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Communities Also Named Alma ...

We found 41 communities that share the name Alma.

Within Ontario, the name Alma is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 41 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 41 communities, four are located in Canada and 37 are in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Clarke County
      • This Alma is located in Clarke County and lies 934 miles [1,503.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Alma.
    • Arizona
      • Pinal County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Pinal County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pinal County community of Alma.
    • Arkansas
      • Crawford County
      • This Alma is located in Crawford County and lies 924 miles [1,487 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Alma.
    • California
      • Santa Clara County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Alma [Santa Clara County].
      • Santa Cruz County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Alma [Santa Cruz County].
    • Colorado
      • Park County
      • This Alma is located in Park County and lies 1,351 miles [2,174.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Park County community of Alma.
    • Florida
      • Jefferson County
      • This Alma is located in Jefferson County and lies 924 miles [1,487 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Alma.
    • Georgia
      • Bacon County
      • This Alma is located in Bacon County and lies 848 miles [1,364.7 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bacon County community of Alma.
      • Decatur County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Alma [Decatur County].
      • Gilmer 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 Georgia community of Alma [Gilmer County].
    • Illinois
      • Marion County
      • This Alma is located in Marion County and lies 556 miles [894.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Alma.
      • Saint Clair County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Alma [Saint Clair County].
    • Kansas
      • Osage County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alma [Osage County].
      • Wabaunsee County
      • This Alma is located in Wabaunsee County and lies 878 miles [1,413 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wabaunsee County community of Alma.
    • Louisiana
      • Pointe Coupee Parish
      • This Alma is located in Pointe Coupee Parish and lies 1,084 miles [1,744.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pointe Coupee Parish community of Alma.
    • Michigan
      • Gratiot County
      • This Alma is located in Gratiot County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gratiot County community of Alma.
    • Mississippi
      • Lee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Alma [Lee County].
    • Missouri
      • Lafayette County
      • This Alma is located in Lafayette County and lies 746 miles [1,200.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Alma.
    • Montana
      • Liberty County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Alma [Liberty County].
    • Nebraska
      • Harlan County
      • This Alma is located in Harlan County and lies 998 miles [1,606.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harlan County community of Alma.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Alma lies 773 miles [1,244 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • New Mexico
      • Catron County
      • This Alma is located in Catron County and lies 1,680 miles [2,703.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catron County community of Alma.
      • Socorro County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Alma [Socorro County].
    • New York
      • Allegany County
      • This Alma is located in Allegany County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Alma.
    • North Carolina
      • Robeson County
      • This Alma is located in Robeson County and lies 625 miles [1,005.8 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robeson County community of Alma.
    • North Dakota
      • Cavalier County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Alma [Cavalier County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Alma lies 878 miles [1,413 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • Ohio
      • Henry County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Henry County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Alma.
      • Ross County
      • This Alma is located in Ross County and lies 338 miles [544 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ross County community of Alma.
    • Oklahoma
      • Stephens County
      • This Alma is located in Stephens County and lies 1,116 miles [1,796 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stephens County community of Alma.
    • Oregon
      • Lane County
      • This Alma is located in Lane County and lies 2,116 miles [3,405.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Alma.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Alma lies 823 miles [1,324.5 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • Quebec
      • This Alma lies 537 miles [864.2 km]<1> to the northeast.
    • South Carolina
      • Laurens County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Alma [Laurens County].
    • Texas
      • Clay County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Alma [Clay County].
      • Ellis County
      • This Alma is located in Ellis County and lies 1,173 miles [1,887.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ellis County community of Alma.
      • Hidalgo County
      • This Alma is located in Hidalgo County and lies 1,555 miles [2,502.5 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Alma.
    • Virginia
      • Page County
      • This Alma is located in Page County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Page County community of Alma.
    • Washington
      • Okanogan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Alma [Okanogan County].
    • West Virginia
      • Tyler County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Alma [Tyler County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Buffalo County
      • This Alma is located in Buffalo County and lies 568 miles [914.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buffalo County community of Alma.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Alma ...

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.

  • Arthur
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Creek Bank
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creek Bank came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Bank
  • Floradale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floradale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floradale
  • Goldstone
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Green Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Park
  • Living Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Living Springs came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Living Springs
  • Riverbank
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Spruce Green
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spruce Green came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Green

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 263 miles [423.3 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Alma to Parliament Hill, 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 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,828 miles [9,379.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,559 miles [10,555.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,438 miles [7,142.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.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 from Point A (ie- Alma) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alma. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7300, Longitude: -80.5020    
<2>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 Alma, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Alma 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<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 Alma 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 309.699 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.236 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.41 degrees.




 

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