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Communities Also Named Amos ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Amos.

Within Quebec, the name Amos is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Winston 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 Amos [Winston County].
    • Arkansas
      • Baxter County
      • This Amos is located in Baxter County and lies 1,114 miles [1,792.8 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baxter County community of Amos.
    • California
      • Imperial 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 California community of Amos [Imperial County].
    • Kentucky
      • Allen County
      • This Amos is located in Allen County and lies 915 miles [1,472.5 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Amos.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Tammany Parish
      • This Amos is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 1,400 miles [2,253.1 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Amos.
    • Missouri
      • Vernon County
      • This Amos is located in Vernon County and lies 1,098 miles [1,767.1 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon County community of Amos.
    • Nevada
      • Humboldt 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 Nevada community of Amos [Humboldt County].
    • Oregon
      • Lane 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 Amos [Lane County].
    • Tennessee
      • Williamson 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 Tennessee community of Amos [Williamson County].
    • Virginia
      • Floyd 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 Virginia community of Amos [Floyd County].
    • West Virginia
      • Marion 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 West Virginia community of Amos [Marion County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Amos ...

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.

  • Berry
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berry came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry
  • Cadillac
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cadillac came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadillac
  • Fisher
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fisher came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
  • Gourd
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gourd came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gourd

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 244 miles [392.7 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Amos to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,531 miles [8,901.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,273 miles [10,095.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,162 miles [6,698.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

The official website for Amos: www.ville.amos.qc.ca/

The official website for Province of Quebec: https://www.quebec.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 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 Amos 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 '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- Amos) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Amos. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.5667, Longitude: -78.1167    
<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 Amos, 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 Amos 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 307.604 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.667 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.018 degrees.




 

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