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Communities Also Named Heath ...

We found 22 communities that share the name Heath.

Within Alberta, the name Heath is unique.

Beyond Alberta, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Covington County
      • This Heath is located in Covington County and lies 1,910 miles [3,073.8 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington County community of Heath.
    • Colorado
      • Kiowa County
      • This Heath is located in Kiowa County and lies 1,059 miles [1,704.3 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kiowa County community of Heath.
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • This Heath is located in Sussex County and lies 1,916 miles [3,083.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Heath.
    • Georgia
      • Burke 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 Georgia community of Heath [Burke County].
    • Idaho
      • Washington 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 Idaho community of Heath [Washington County].
    • Indiana
      • Boone 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 Indiana community of Heath [Boone County].
      • Tippecanoe County
      • This Heath is located in Tippecanoe County and lies 1,405 miles [2,261.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tippecanoe County community of Heath.
    • Kansas
      • Lane 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 Kansas community of Heath [Lane County].
    • Kentucky
      • McCracken County
      • This Heath is located in McCracken County and lies 1,509 miles [2,428.5 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCracken County community of Heath.
    • Massachusetts
      • Franklin County
      • This Heath is located in Franklin County and lies 1,862 miles [2,996.6 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Heath.
    • Minnesota
      • Pipestone 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 Minnesota community of Heath [Pipestone County].
    • Montana
      • Fergus County
      • This Heath is located in Fergus County and lies 405 miles [651.8 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fergus County community of Heath.
    • Nebraska
      • Banner County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Banner County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Banner County community of Heath.
    • New York
      • Ulster 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 New York community of Heath [Ulster County].
    • North Carolina
      • Lenoir County
      • This Heath is located in Lenoir County and lies 2,009 miles [3,233.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenoir County community of Heath.
    • Ohio
      • Belmont County
      • This Heath is located in Belmont County and lies 1,656 miles [2,665.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belmont County community of Heath.
      • Licking County
      • This Heath is located in Licking County and lies 1,588 miles [2,555.6 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of Heath.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Mercer County
      • This Heath is located in Mercer County and lies 1,632 miles [2,626.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Heath.
    • Tennessee
      • Dickson 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 Tennessee community of Heath [Dickson County].
      • Johnson County
      • This Heath is located in Johnson County and lies 1,791 miles [2,882.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Heath.
    • Texas
      • Rockwall County
      • This Heath is located in Rockwall County and lies 1,546 miles [2,488 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockwall County community of Heath.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Heath is located in Davis County and lies 815 miles [1,311.6 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Heath.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Heath ...

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.

  • Czar
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Czar
  • Greenshields
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenshields came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenshields
  • Paradise Valley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Valley

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

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

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Heath 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 5 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,638 miles [2,636.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 64 days and walking would take 93 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,237 miles [10,037.5 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 7,005 miles [11,273.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,064 miles [8,149.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Heath) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Heath. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 52.8000, Longitude: -110.6000    
<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 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 Heath 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 Heath, 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 Heath 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 331.484 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 332.045 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.373 degrees.




 

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