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 Orton Hill in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Orton Hill. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Orton Hill listed first.
- Nacogdoches
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Redfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Redfield is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Appleby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Appleby is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Woden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Melrose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Melrose is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Swift
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Swift is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Martinsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Linn Flat
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Linn Flat is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Flat
- Fitze
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fitze is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitze
- Douglass
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Clawson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clawson is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clawson
- Looneyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Looneyville is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
- Pollok
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Keltys
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Keltys is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keltys
- Garrison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lufkin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Etoile
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Chireno
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wells
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Homer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Homer is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Linwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Linwood is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Forest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Mount Enterprise
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Denning
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Denning is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
- Ironosa
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ironosa is located in San Augustine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironosa
- Caledonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Caledonia is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Lawsonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lawsonville is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonville
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 Orton Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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