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 Witcher in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Witcher. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Witcher listed first.
- Winifrede Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Winifrede Junction is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winifrede Junction
- Shrewsbury
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shrewsbury is located in Kanawha County
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- Winifrede
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coalburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Coalburg is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalburg
- East Bank
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Bank is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bank
- Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
- Dry Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Malden
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Crown Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crown Hill is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Hill
- Kanawha City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kanawha City is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha City
- Comfort
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Handley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Handley is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
- Racine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Ruffner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peytona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Charleston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crescent
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Nelson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Eagle is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
- Davis Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Davis Creek is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Creek
- Acme
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Powellton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Powellton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Mount Carbon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pond Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pond Gap is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Gap
- Spangler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spangler is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Kendalia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kendalia is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendalia
- Odell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Odell is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Coco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
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 Witcher, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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