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Communities Also Named Standard ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Standard.

Within Alberta, the name Standard is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Sumter County
      • This Standard is located in Sumter County and lies 1,795 miles [2,888.8 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Standard.
      • Walker County
      • This Standard is located in Walker County and lies 1,759 miles [2,830.8 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Standard.
    • Alaska
      • This Standard lies 1,574 miles [2,533.1 km]<1> to the northwest.
    • California
      • Tuolumne County
      • This Standard is located in Tuolumne County and lies 975 miles [1,569.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuolumne County community of Standard.
    • Illinois
      • Putnam County
      • This Standard is located in Putnam County and lies 1,316 miles [2,117.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Standard.
    • Indiana
      • Sullivan County
      • This Standard is located in Sullivan County and lies 1,481 miles [2,383.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Standard.
    • Louisiana
      • La Salle Parish
      • This Standard is located in La Salle Parish and lies 1,693 miles [2,724.6 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Salle Parish community of Standard.
      • Vernon Parish
      • This Standard is located in Vernon Parish and lies 1,703 miles [2,740.7 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon Parish community of Standard.
    • Maryland
      • Garrett County
      • This Standard is located in Garrett County and lies 1,809 miles [2,911.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garrett County community of Standard.
    • Mississippi
      • Hancock County
      • This Standard is located in Hancock County and lies 1,863 miles [2,998.2 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Standard.
    • Missouri
      • DeKalb County
      • Although located in DeKalb County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Standard.
    • North Carolina
      • Pitt 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 North Carolina community of Standard [Pitt County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Logan 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 Oklahoma community of Standard [Logan County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Westmoreland County
      • This Standard is located in Westmoreland County and lies 1,763 miles [2,837.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Standard.
    • Texas
      • Grayson 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 Standard [Grayson County].
    • West Virginia
      • Kanawha County
      • This Standard is located in Kanawha County and lies 1,772 miles [2,851.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Standard.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Standard ...

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.

  • Aerial
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Aerial. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aerial
  • Carbon
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carbon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
  • Chancellor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chancellor came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellor
  • Cluny
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cluny came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluny
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cluny <5>
  • Crowfoot
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crowfoot came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowfoot
  • Drumheller
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Gayford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gayford came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayford
  • Nightingale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nightingale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nightingale
  • Rockyford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockyford came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockyford
  • Rosebud
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosebud came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosebud <5>
  • Rosedale
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rosedale Station
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosedale Station came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Station

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

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

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Standard to Edmonton, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,738 miles [2,797 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 68 days and walking would take 99 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,387 miles [10,278.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,155 miles [11,514.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,219 miles [8,399.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Standard. 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Standard) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Standard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 51.1119, Longitude: -112.9818    
<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 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 Standard 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Standard to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.373 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.042 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.235 degrees.




 

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