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Communities Also Named Alexandria ...

We found 24 communities that share the name Alexandria.

Within British Columbia, the name Alexandria is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 24 communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Calhoun County
      • This Alexandria is located in Calhoun County and lies 2,217 miles [3,567.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Alexandria.
    • Georgia
      • Elbert 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 Alexandria [Elbert County].
    • Indiana
      • Madison County
      • This Alexandria is located in Madison County and lies 1,919 miles [3,088.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Alexandria.
    • Kansas
      • Leavenworth 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 Alexandria [Leavenworth County].
    • Kentucky
      • Campbell County
      • This Alexandria is located in Campbell County and lies 2,029 miles [3,265.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Alexandria.
      • Kenton County
      • This Alexandria is located in Kenton County and lies 2,033 miles [3,271.8 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kenton County community of Alexandria.
    • Louisiana
      • Rapides Parish
      • This Alexandria is located in Rapides Parish and lies 2,102 miles [3,382.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Alexandria.
    • Manitoba
      • 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 Manitoba community of Alexandria.
    • Minnesota
      • Douglas County
      • This Alexandria is located in Douglas County and lies 1,296 miles [2,085.7 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Alexandria.
    • Missouri
      • Callaway County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Callaway County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Callaway County community of Alexandria.
      • Clark County
      • This Alexandria is located in Clark County and lies 1,680 miles [2,703.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Alexandria.
      • Lincoln County
      • This community is historic and although located in Lincoln County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Alexandria.
    • Nebraska
      • Thayer County
      • This Alexandria is located in Thayer County and lies 1,455 miles [2,341.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Thayer County community of Alexandria.
    • New Hampshire
      • Grafton County
      • This Alexandria is located in Grafton County and lies 2,363 miles [3,802.9 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of Alexandria.
    • New Jersey
      • Essex 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 New Jersey community of Alexandria [Essex County].
    • Ohio
      • Licking County
      • This Alexandria is located in Licking County and lies 2,053 miles [3,304 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of Alexandria.
      • Ross County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Ross County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ross County community of Alexandria.
      • Scioto County
      • This Alexandria is located in Scioto County and lies 2,094 miles [3,370 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scioto County community of Alexandria.
    • Ontario
      • This Alexandria lies 2,183 miles [3,513.2 km]<1> to the east.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Huntingdon County
      • This Alexandria is located in Huntingdon County and lies 2,221 miles [3,574.4 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huntingdon County community of Alexandria.
    • South Dakota
      • Hanson County
      • This Alexandria is located in Hanson County and lies 1,285 miles [2,068 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanson County community of Alexandria.
    • Tennessee
      • DeKalb County
      • This Alexandria is located in DeKalb County and lies 2,097 miles [3,374.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Alexandria.
    • Virginia
      • Alexandria City
      • This Alexandria is located in Alexandria City and lies 2,339 miles [3,764.3 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alexandria City community of Alexandria.
      • Virginia Beach City
      • This Alexandria is located in Virginia Beach City and lies 2,466 miles [3,968.6 km] to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Virginia Beach City community of Alexandria.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Alexandria ...

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.

  • Australian
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Australian came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Australian
  • Castle Rock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Rock came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rock
  • Dragon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dragon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dragon
  • Hawks
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawks came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawks
  • Red Bluff
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Bluff came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
  • Rich Bar
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rich Bar came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Bar
  • Soda Creek ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Soda Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Creek

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 292 miles [469.9 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Alexandria 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 2,134 miles [3,434.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 84 days and walking would take 122 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,447 miles [10,375.4 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 7,205 miles [11,595.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,369 miles [8,640.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>

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

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' (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- Alexandria) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alexandria. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 52.6333, Longitude: -122.4500    
<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 Alexandria 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 Alexandria, 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 Alexandria 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 341.135 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.991 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.355 degrees.




 

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