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Communities Also Named Saint Francis ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Saint Francis.

Within Alberta, the name Saint Francis is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Clay County
      • This Saint Francis is located in Clay County and lies 1,643 miles [2,644.2 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Saint Francis.
      • Cross 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 Arkansas community of Saint Francis [Cross County].
    • California
      • Santa Clara County
      • This Saint Francis is located in Santa Clara County and lies 1,155 miles [1,858.8 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Clara County community of Saint Francis.
    • Florida
      • Lake County
      • This Saint Francis is located in Lake County and lies 2,356 miles [3,791.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Saint Francis.
    • Kansas
      • Brown County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Brown County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Saint Francis.
      • Cheyenne County
      • This Saint Francis is located in Cheyenne County and lies 1,103 miles [1,775.1 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheyenne County community of Saint Francis.
      • Marion County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Saint Francis [Marion County].
    • Kentucky
      • Marion County
      • This Saint Francis is located in Marion County and lies 1,748 miles [2,813.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Saint Francis.
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • This Saint Francis is located in Aroostook County and lies 2,015 miles [3,242.8 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Saint Francis.
    • Minnesota
      • Anoka County
      • This Saint Francis is located in Anoka County and lies 1,082 miles [1,741.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anoka County community of Saint Francis.
      • Benton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Saint Francis [Benton County].
      • Stearns County
      • This Saint Francis is located in Stearns County and lies 1,021 miles [1,643.1 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stearns County community of Saint Francis.
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Saint Francis [Hamilton County].
    • South Dakota
      • Todd County
      • This Saint Francis is located in Todd County and lies 930 miles [1,496.7 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Todd County community of Saint Francis.
    • Texas
      • Potter County
      • This Saint Francis is located in Potter County and lies 1,389 miles [2,235.4 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Potter County community of Saint Francis.
    • Wisconsin
      • Milwaukee County
      • This Saint Francis is located in Milwaukee County and lies 1,401 miles [2,254.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Milwaukee County community of Saint Francis.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Francis ...

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.

  • Fern Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Fisher Home
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • 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
  • Golden Days
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Days came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Days
  • Keephills
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keephills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keephills
  • Mission Beach
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Beach
  • Poplar Bay
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Sundance Beach
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sundance Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance Beach
  • Sunnybrook
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • 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
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk

How Far From Saint Francis to ...

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

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

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from Saint Francis to Edmonton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,795 miles [2,888.8 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 102 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,278 miles [10,103.5 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 7,044 miles [11,336.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,137 miles [8,267.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Saint Francis. 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Saint Francis) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Saint Francis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 53.2797, Longitude: -114.3429    
<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 Saint Francis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Saint Francis 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.
<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 Saint Francis 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 334.50 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.499 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.774 degrees.




 

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