Nearby Communities in the 1890s
We largely built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. Over time, we will continue to add communities that we find during our research.
If it applies, we indicate whether a community no longer exists and is now historic.<1>
While we didn't find Elk in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Elk. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Elk listed first.
- Axtell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Battle
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Battle is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle
- Harrison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mart
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Riesel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- East Waco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Calm
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Elm Mott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kirk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ross
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Downs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Downs is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
- Downsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Perry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Frosa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Robinson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- West
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bosqueville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rosenthal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hubbard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gholson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hewitt
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Golinda
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Golinda is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golinda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
- McClanahan
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Horn Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Horn Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Hill
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Elk, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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