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 Homer in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Homer. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Homer listed first.
- Beech Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beech Grove is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
- Rockland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rockland is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Jasper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Colmesneil
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Town Bluff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Town Bluff is located in Tyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Bluff
- Brookeland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Erin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Erin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Zana ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Zana is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zana
- Woodville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Spurger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Magnolia Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia Springs is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Springs
- Hillister
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Farrsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Farrsville is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrsville
- Chester
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ora is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Warren
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barnum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Barnum is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnum
- Newton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bleakwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bleakwood is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleakwood
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 Homer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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