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Communities Also Named Porterville ...

We found ten communities that share the name Porterville.

Within Newfoundland and Labrador, the name Porterville is unique.

Beyond Newfoundland and Labrador, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • DeKalb 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 Alabama community of Porterville [DeKalb County].
    • California
      • Tulare County
      • This Porterville is located in Tulare County and lies 3,263 miles [5,251.3 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulare County community of Porterville.
    • Illinois
      • Crawford County
      • This Porterville is located in Crawford County and lies 1,743 miles [2,805.1 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Porterville.
    • Kansas
      • Bourbon County
      • This Porterville is located in Bourbon County and lies 2,121 miles [3,413.4 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bourbon County community of Porterville.
    • Louisiana
      • Webster Parish
      • This Porterville is located in Webster Parish and lies 2,254 miles [3,627.5 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster Parish community of Porterville.
    • Mississippi
      • Kemper County
      • This Porterville is located in Kemper County and lies 2,052 miles [3,302.4 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kemper County community of Porterville.
    • New York
      • Erie County
      • This Porterville is located in Erie County and lies 1,199 miles [1,929.6 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Porterville.
    • Oregon
      • Grant 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 Oregon community of Porterville [Grant County].
    • Texas
      • Loving County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Loving County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loving County community of Porterville.
    • Utah
      • Morgan County
      • This Porterville is located in Morgan County and lies 2,744 miles [4,416 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Porterville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Porterville ...

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.

  • Burnt Arm
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnt Arm came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Arm
  • Little Burnt Bay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Burnt Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Burnt Bay
  • Marshallville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshallville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallville
  • Michaels Harbour
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Michaels Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaels Harbour
  • Paradise Cove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Cove
  • Peterview
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peterview came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterview
  • Phillips Head
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Phillips Head came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Head
  • Pleasantview
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasantview came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantview
  • Salt Pond Cove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salt Pond Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Pond Cove
  • Scissors Cove ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scissors Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scissors Cove

How Far From Porterville to ...

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 992 miles [1,596.5 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Porterville to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 57 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,608 miles [7,415.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,322 miles [8,564.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,197 miles [5,145.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

The official website for Province of Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.gov.nl.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 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 Porterville 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Porterville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Porterville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.2500, Longitude: -55.1833    
<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 Porterville, 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>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 Porterville 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 292.29 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 287.926 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 287.833 degrees.




 

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