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 Ottawa in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Ottawa. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Ottawa listed first.
- Hewett
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Van
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gordon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Madison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Danville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bandytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Foster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Chapmanville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bald Knob
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Peytona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Man
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jarrolds Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jarrolds Valley is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarrolds Valley
- Racine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Comfort
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spurlockville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spurlockville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurlockville
- Christian
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Christian is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian
- Oilville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oilville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oilville
- Dry Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dry Creek is located in Raleigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Acme
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Oceana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crany
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crany is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crany
- Griffithsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Griffithsville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffithsville
- Decota
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Decota is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decota
- Winifrede
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fourteen ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fourteen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourteen
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 Ottawa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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