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Communities Also Named Buck Creek ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Buck Creek.

Within Alberta, the name Buck Creek is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tallapoosa County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Buck Creek [Tallapoosa County].
    • Georgia
      • Carroll County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Buck Creek [Carroll County].
      • Newton County
      • This Buck Creek is located in Newton County and lies 2,029 miles [3,265.4 km]<3> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Buck Creek.
      • Screven County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Buck Creek [Screven County].
    • Indiana
      • Tippecanoe County
      • This Buck Creek is located in Tippecanoe County and lies 1,573 miles [2,531.5 km]<3> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tippecanoe County community of Buck Creek.
    • Iowa
      • Bremer County
      • This Buck Creek is located in Bremer County and lies 1,263 miles [2,032.6 km]<3> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bremer County community of Buck Creek.
      • Delaware County
      • This Buck Creek is located in Delaware County and lies 1,313 miles [2,113.1 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Buck Creek.
    • Kansas
      • Jefferson County
      • This Buck Creek is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,342 miles [2,159.7 km]<3> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Buck Creek.
    • Kentucky
      • Estill County
      • This Buck Creek is located in Estill County and lies 1,821 miles [2,930.6 km]<3> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Estill County community of Buck Creek.
      • Owsley County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Buck Creek [Owsley County].
    • Mississippi
      • Greene County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Buck Creek [Greene County].
    • Missouri
      • Morgan County
      • This Buck Creek is located in Morgan County and lies 1,470 miles [2,365.7 km]<3> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Buck Creek.
    • Texas
      • Cottle County
      • Although located in Cottle County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cottle County community of Buck Creek.
    • Wisconsin
      • Richland County
      • This Buck Creek is located in Richland County and lies 1,301 miles [2,093.8 km]<3> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Buck Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Buck Creek ...

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.

  • Cynthia
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cynthia came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthia
  • Fern Creek
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Fisher Home
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisher Home came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Home
  • Lodgepole
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lodgepole came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodgepole
  • Rocky Rapids
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Round Valley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Sunnybrook
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnybrook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook
  • Tomahawk
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
  • Violet Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)

How Far From Buck Creek to ...

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

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

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 64 miles [103 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Buck Creek to Edmonton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,818 miles [2,925.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 104 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,299 miles [10,137.3 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 7,064 miles [11,368.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,161 miles [8,305.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Buck Creek 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.
<2>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 Buck Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Buck Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Buck Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 53.1051, Longitude: -114.8971    
<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 Buck Creek 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 334.948 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.993 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 322.175 degrees.




 

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