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Communities Also Named Arizona ...

We found five communities that share the name Arizona.

Within Manitoba, the name Arizona is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Butler 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 Kansas community of Arizona [Butler County].
      • Doniphan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Arizona [Doniphan County].
    • Louisiana
      • Claiborne Parish
      • This Arizona is located in Claiborne Parish and lies 1,216 miles [1,957 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne Parish community of Arizona.
    • Nebraska
      • Burt County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Burt County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burt County community of Arizona.
    • Texas
      • Walker County
      • This Arizona is located in Walker County and lies 1,327 miles [2,135.6 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Arizona.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Arizona ...

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.

  • Deer
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer
  • Firdale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Firdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firdale
  • Gregg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gregg came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg
  • Holland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Ladysmith
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ladysmith came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladysmith
  • Landseer ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landseer
  • Littleton ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Littleton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
  • Melbourne
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point

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

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

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Arizona to Winnipeg, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,122 miles [1,805.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,136 miles [9,874.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,902 miles [11,107.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,865 miles [7,829.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>

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

The official website for Province of Manitoba: https://www.gov.mb.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 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 Arizona 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Arizona) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Arizona. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.8283, Longitude: -99.0278    
<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 Arizona, 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.
<8>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 Arizona to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.49 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.544 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.70 degrees.




 

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