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>
Spencer itself is historic and described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.
The following communities are listed based on their distance from Spencer, with the one closest to Spencer listed first.
- Newcastle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cambria ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clifton ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Clifton is located in Weston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Pedro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pedro is located in Weston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedro
- Jerome
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jerome is located in Weston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Berne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Berne is located in Custer County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
- Oreville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Oreville is located in Pennington County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreville
- Custer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Redfern
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Redfern is located in Pennington County (SD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfern
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 Spencer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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