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Communities Also Named Happy Hollow ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Happy Hollow.

Within Alberta, the name Happy Hollow is unique.

Beyond Alberta, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these thirteen communities, one is located in Canada and the other twelve communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Etowah County
      • This Happy Hollow is located in Etowah County and lies 1,840 miles [2,961.2 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Happy Hollow.
    • Georgia
      • Bartow County
      • This Happy Hollow is located in Bartow County and lies 1,875 miles [3,017.5 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartow County community of Happy Hollow.
      • DeKalb County
      • This Happy Hollow is located in DeKalb County and lies 1,902 miles [3,061 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Happy Hollow.
    • Indiana
      • Harrison County
      • This Happy Hollow is located in Harrison County and lies 1,617 miles [2,602.3 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Happy Hollow.
    • Kentucky
      • Pulaski 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 Kentucky community of Happy Hollow [Pulaski County].
    • Missouri
      • Washington County
      • This Happy Hollow is located in Washington County and lies 1,470 miles [2,365.7 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Happy Hollow.
    • Montana
      • Valley County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Valley County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Valley County community of Happy Hollow.
    • Ohio
      • Hocking County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Hocking County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hocking County community of Happy Hollow.
      • Stark 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 Ohio community of Happy Hollow [Stark County].
    • Ontario
      • This Happy Hollow lies 1,687 miles [2,715 km]<1> to the east.
    • Oregon
      • Tillamook County
      • This Happy Hollow is located in Tillamook County and lies 872 miles [1,403.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tillamook County community of Happy Hollow.
    • Rhode Island
      • Providence County
      • This Happy Hollow is located in Providence County and lies 1,967 miles [3,165.6 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Providence County community of Happy Hollow.
    • Texas
      • Uvalde County
      • This Happy Hollow is located in Uvalde County and lies 1,800 miles [2,896.8 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Uvalde County community of Happy Hollow.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Happy Hollow ...

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.

  • Beaver Crossing
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Crossing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Crossing
  • Beaver River
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver River
  • Beaverdam
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaverdam came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam
  • Big Meadow
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Meadow came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Meadow
  • Gurneyville
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gurneyville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurneyville
  • Hoselaw
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoselaw came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoselaw
  • Iron River
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron River
  • Medley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medley
  • Pelican Narrows
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pelican Narrows came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Narrows

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

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

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Happy Hollow to Edmonton, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,649 miles [2,653.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 65 days and walking would take 94 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,133 miles [9,870.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,900 miles [11,104.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,974 miles [8,004.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Happy Hollow) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Happy Hollow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 54.5000, Longitude: -110.5500    
<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 Happy Hollow 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 Happy Hollow, 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 Happy Hollow 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 331.438 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.15 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.993 degrees.




 

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