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 Sweet Union in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Sweet Union. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Sweet Union listed first.
- Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Wells
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tadmor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tadmor is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tadmor
- Ratcliff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pollok
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hagerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hagerville is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerville
- Alto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Linwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Linwood is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Weches
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Weches is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weches
- Centralia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Clawson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clawson is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clawson
- Douglass
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Belott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Belott is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belott
- Augusta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Augusta is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Apple Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Keltys
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Keltys is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keltys
- New Birmingham ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- New Birmingham is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Birmingham
- Lufkin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- San Pedro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- San Pedro is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
- Looneyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Looneyville is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
- Rusk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pennington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Burke
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Burke is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
- Nacogdoches
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Redfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Redfield is located in Nacogdoches County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
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 Sweet Union, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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