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Communities Also Named Alamo ...

We found twenty communities that share the name Alamo.

Within British Columbia, the name Alamo is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Montgomery County
      • This Alamo is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,610 miles [2,591 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Alamo.
    • California
      • Contra Costa County
      • This Alamo is located in Contra Costa County and lies 871 miles [1,401.7 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Contra Costa County community of Alamo.
    • Colorado
      • Huerfano County
      • This Alamo is located in Huerfano County and lies 1,048 miles [1,686.6 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huerfano County community of Alamo.
    • Florida
      • Gadsden 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 Florida community of Alamo [Gadsden County].
    • Georgia
      • 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 Georgia community of Alamo [Montgomery County].
      • Wheeler County
      • This Alamo is located in Wheeler County and lies 2,149 miles [3,458.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wheeler County community of Alamo.
    • Indiana
      • Montgomery County
      • This Alamo is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,616 miles [2,600.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Alamo.
    • Kansas
      • Stanton 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 Alamo [Stanton County].
    • Kentucky
      • Bell 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 Kentucky community of Alamo [Bell County].
    • Michigan
      • Kalamazoo County
      • This Alamo is located in Kalamazoo County and lies 1,585 miles [2,550.8 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kalamazoo County community of Alamo.
    • Montana
      • Beaverhead 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 Montana community of Alamo [Beaverhead County].
    • Nevada
      • Lincoln County
      • This Alamo is located in Lincoln County and lies 879 miles [1,414.6 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Alamo.
    • New Mexico
      • Guadalupe 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 New Mexico community of Alamo [Guadalupe County].
      • Socorro County
      • This Alamo is located in Socorro County and lies 1,184 miles [1,905.5 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Socorro County community of Alamo.
    • North Dakota
      • Williams County
      • This Alamo is located in Williams County and lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williams County community of Alamo.
    • Oklahoma
      • Woods 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 Alamo [Woods County].
    • Tennessee
      • Crockett County
      • This Alamo is located in Crockett County and lies 1,715 miles [2,760 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crockett County community of Alamo.
    • Texas
      • Cass 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 Alamo [Cass County].
      • Hidalgo County
      • This Alamo is located in Hidalgo County and lies 1,934 miles [3,112.5 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Alamo.
    • Wyoming
      • Big Horn 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 Wyoming community of Alamo [Big Horn County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Alamo ...

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.

  • Box Lake
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Box Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Lake
  • Cody ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
  • Fry Creek
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fry Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry Creek
  • Hills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
  • Marblehead
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marblehead came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
  • Meadow Creek
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Creek
  • Mirror Lake
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mirror Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirror Lake
  • Three Forks ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Three Forks. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Alamo once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Alamo and extending to:

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Alamo to Victoria, with an average speed<6>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 1,933 miles [3,110.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 76 days and walking would take 110 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,536 miles [10,518.7 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 7,302 miles [11,751.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,394 miles [8,680.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alamo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alamo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.0045, Longitude: -117.3084    
<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 Alamo 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 Alamo, 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>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.
<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 Alamo 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 336.843 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.924 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.223 degrees.




 

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