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 French Island in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of French Island. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to French Island listed first.
- River Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- River Junction is located in Houston County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
- North La Crosse
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- North La Crosse is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Crosse
- Grand Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- La Crosse
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Medary
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Medary is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medary
- Onalaska
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- La Crescent
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Midway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dresbach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dresbach is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresbach
- Holmen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Holmen is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,368 people
- Dakota
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dakota is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota
- Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
- Calvert
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Calvert is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert
- Barre Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hokah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Amsterdam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- New Amsterdam is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Amsterdam
- West Salem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- New Hartford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New Hartford is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hartford
- Brownsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Joseph
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stoddard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mindoro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stevenstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Stevenstown is located in La Crosse County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenstown
- Trempealeau
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Trempealeau is located in Trempealeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trempealeau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,663 people
- Lamoille
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pickwick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pickwick is located in Winona County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick
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 French Island, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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