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 Fairbanks in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Fairbanks. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Fairbanks listed first.
- Lone Pine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lone Pine is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Latah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakesdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oakesdale is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakesdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Tekoa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Seltice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Seltice is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seltice
- Waverly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Waverly is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Rosalia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Belmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Thornton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Thornton is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Plaza
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plaza is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaza
- Fairfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Farmington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Sunset
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Pine City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pine City is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Garfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Steptoe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elberton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Elberton is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberton
- Spangle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Juno
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Juno is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno
- Saint John
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Glenwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Glenwood is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Freeman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Freeman is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Palouse
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mica
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mica is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mica
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 Fairbanks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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