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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 Harris in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Harris. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Harris listed first.
- McCoy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McCoy is located in Kaufman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoy
- Poetry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Poetry is located in Kaufman County
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- Elmo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Terrell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wieland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wieland is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wieland
- Blackland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Blackland is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Caddo Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Royse City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chisholm
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Chisholm is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisholm
- Wills Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence is located in Kaufman County
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- Lone Oak
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fate
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dixon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dixon is located in Hunt County
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- Abner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Abner is located in Kaufman County
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- Clinton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Clinton is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Josephine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nevada
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Millwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Millwood is located in Collin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Rockwall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Greenville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Heath
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Floyd
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Floyd is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Edgewood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lavon
(19 miles [30.6 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 Harris, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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