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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 Fog Town in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Fog Town. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Fog Town listed first.

  • Hagerville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hagerville is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerville
  • Ratcliff
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Centralia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Tadmor
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Tadmor is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
  • Pennington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Apple Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Belott
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Belott is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
  • Forest
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
  • Weches
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Weches is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weches
  • Wells
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Pollok
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Augusta
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Augusta is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
  • San Pedro
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • San Pedro is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
  • Holly
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Holly is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
  • Groveton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Crockett
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Josserand
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Josserand is located in Trinity County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josserand
  • Clawson
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Clawson is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clawson
  • Saron
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Saron is located in Trinity County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saron
  • Burke
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Burke is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
  • Keltys
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Keltys is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keltys
  • Alto
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Alto is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,239 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alto <2>
  • Lovelady
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Lufkin
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Lufkin is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufkin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,955 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lufkin <2>
  • Grapeland
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)

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 Fog Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
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