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

  • Tadmor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Tadmor is located in Houston County
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  • Ratcliff
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hagerville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Hagerville is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerville
  • Forest
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
  • Weches
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Weches is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weches
  • Wells
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Belott
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Belott is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
  • Centralia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Alto
    (13 miles [20.9 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>
  • Pollok
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Augusta
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Augusta is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
  • San Pedro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • San Pedro is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
  • Linwood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Linwood is located in Cherokee County
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  • Apple Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Pennington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Clawson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Clawson is located in Angelina County
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  • Douglass
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Crockett
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • New Birmingham ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • New Birmingham is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Birmingham
  • Keltys
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Keltys is located in Angelina County
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  • Grapeland
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • 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>
  • Rusk
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Rusk is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,664 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rusk <2>
  • Holly
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Holly is located in Houston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
  • Burke
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Burke is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people

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