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Communities Also Named Bonanza ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Bonanza.

Within Alberta, the name Bonanza is unique.

Beyond Alberta, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Sebastian County
      • This Bonanza is located in Sebastian County and lies 1,852 miles [2,980.5 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sebastian County community of Bonanza.
    • Colorado
      • Saguache County
      • This Bonanza is located in Saguache County and lies 1,360 miles [2,188.7 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saguache County community of Bonanza.
    • Georgia
      • Clayton County
      • This Bonanza is located in Clayton County and lies 2,280 miles [3,669.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Bonanza.
    • Idaho
      • Custer County
      • This Bonanza is located in Custer County and lies 818 miles [1,316.4 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Custer County community of Bonanza.
    • Kansas
      • Cherokee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bonanza [Cherokee County].
    • Kentucky
      • Floyd County
      • This Bonanza is located in Floyd County and lies 2,105 miles [3,387.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Bonanza.
    • Missouri
      • Caldwell County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bonanza [Caldwell County].
    • Nevada
      • Clark County
      • This Bonanza is located in Clark County and lies 1,370 miles [2,204.8 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Bonanza.
      • Nye County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Bonanza.
      • White Pine County
      • This community is historic and although located in White Pine County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the White Pine County community of Bonanza.
    • Oregon
      • Klamath County
      • This Bonanza is located in Klamath County and lies 941 miles [1,514.4 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Klamath County community of Bonanza.
    • South Carolina
      • Clarendon County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Bonanza [Clarendon County].
    • Texas
      • Hill County
      • Although located in Hill County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hill County community of Bonanza.
      • Hopkins County
      • This Bonanza is located in Hopkins County and lies 1,948 miles [3,135 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hopkins County community of Bonanza.
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bonanza [Montgomery County].
    • Utah
      • Uintah County
      • This Bonanza is located in Uintah County and lies 1,190 miles [1,915.1 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Uintah County community of Bonanza.
    • Washington
      • Stevens County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Bonanza [Stevens County].
    • Wyoming
      • Big Horn County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Big Horn County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Big Horn County community of Bonanza.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bonanza ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Blueberry Mountain
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Cherry Point
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Point
  • Doe River
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doe River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe River
  • Gordondale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordondale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordondale
  • Poplar Ridge
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Ridge
  • Seven (7) Mile Corner
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven (7) Mile Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven (7) Mile Corner
  • Silver Valley
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
  • Sweetwater
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetwater came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
  • Tomslake
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tomslake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomslake

How Far From Bonanza to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bonanza to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bonanza and extending to:

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 291 miles [468.3 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Bonanza to Edmonton, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,016 miles [3,244.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 79 days and walking would take 115 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,204 miles [9,984.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,963 miles [11,205.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,126 miles [8,249.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bonanza. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bonanza) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bonanza. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 55.7927, Longitude: -119.7070    
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Bonanza could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>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 Bonanza, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Bonanza to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.897 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.644 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.023 degrees.




 

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