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 Lanta in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Lanta. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Lanta listed first.
- Van
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hewett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bandytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Madison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Foster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Nelson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Danville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lake is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Bald Knob
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Peytona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jarrolds Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jarrolds Valley is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrolds Valley
- Comfort
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Racine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Acme
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Chapmanville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Winifrede
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dry Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Decota
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Decota is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decota
- Man
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Spurlockville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Spurlockville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurlockville
- Dry Branch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Winifrede Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Winifrede Junction is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winifrede Junction
- Crany
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crany is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crany
- Shrewsbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shrewsbury is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
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 Lanta, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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