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Communities Also Named Edgerton ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Edgerton.

Within Alberta, the name Edgerton is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • El Paso 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 Colorado community of Edgerton [El Paso County].
    • Indiana
      • Allen County
      • This Edgerton is located in Allen County and lies 1,441 miles [2,319.1 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Edgerton.
    • Kansas
      • Johnson County
      • This Edgerton is located in Johnson County and lies 1,214 miles [1,953.7 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Edgerton.
    • Michigan
      • Kent County
      • This Edgerton is located in Kent County and lies 1,318 miles [2,121.1 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Edgerton.
    • Minnesota
      • Pipestone County
      • This Edgerton is located in Pipestone County and lies 896 miles [1,442 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pipestone County community of Edgerton.
    • Missouri
      • Platte County
      • This Edgerton is located in Platte County and lies 1,182 miles [1,902.2 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Platte County community of Edgerton.
    • Ohio
      • Williams County
      • This Edgerton is located in Williams County and lies 1,426 miles [2,294.9 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williams County community of Edgerton.
    • South Dakota
      • Charles Mix 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 South Dakota community of Edgerton [Charles Mix County].
    • Virginia
      • Brunswick County
      • This Edgerton is located in Brunswick County and lies 1,919 miles [3,088.3 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of Edgerton.
    • Wisconsin
      • Rock County
      • This Edgerton is located in Rock County and lies 1,198 miles [1,928 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rock County community of Edgerton.
    • Wyoming
      • Natrona County
      • This Edgerton is located in Natrona County and lies 673 miles [1,083.1 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Natrona County community of Edgerton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Edgerton ...

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.

  • Czar
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Czar
  • Greenshields
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenshields came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenshields
  • Lone Rock
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Rock came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
  • Paradise Valley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley

How Far From Edgerton 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 village such as Edgerton to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Edgerton to Edmonton, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,632 miles [2,626.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 64 days and walking would take 93 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,237 miles [10,037.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,005 miles [11,273.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,063 miles [8,148.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

The official website for Edgerton: www.edgerton-oasis.ca/

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 Edgerton 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Edgerton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Edgerton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 52.7602, Longitude: -110.4586    
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Edgerton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.371 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.913 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.287 degrees.




 

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