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Communities Also Named Leo ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Leo.

Within Alberta, the name Leo is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • White County
      • This Leo is located in White County and lies 1,857 miles [2,988.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Leo.
    • Indiana
      • Allen County
      • This Leo is located in Allen County and lies 1,483 miles [2,386.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Leo.
    • Kansas
      • Wyandotte 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 Leo [Wyandotte County].
    • Michigan
      • Baraga 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 Michigan community of Leo [Baraga County].
    • Minnesota
      • Lyon 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 Leo [Lyon County].
      • Roseau County
      • This Leo is located in Roseau County and lies 742 miles [1,194.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roseau County community of Leo.
    • Missouri
      • Johnson 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 Missouri community of Leo [Johnson County].
    • North Carolina
      • Stanly 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 North Carolina community of Leo [Stanly County].
    • Ohio
      • Jackson County
      • This Leo is located in Jackson County and lies 1,670 miles [2,687.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Leo.
    • South Carolina
      • Florence County
      • This Leo is located in Florence County and lies 2,050 miles [3,299.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Florence County community of Leo.
    • Texas
      • Cooke County
      • This Leo is located in Cooke County and lies 1,485 miles [2,389.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cooke County community of Leo.
      • Lee County
      • This Leo is located in Lee County and lies 1,689 miles [2,718.2 km] to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Leo.
    • West Virginia
      • Roane 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 West Virginia community of Leo [Roane County].
    • Wyoming
      • Carbon County
      • This Leo is located in Carbon County and lies 725 miles [1,166.8 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carbon County community of Leo.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Leo ...

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.

  • Big Valley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Valley
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Valley <5>
  • Byemoor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byemoor came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byemoor
  • Fleet
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fleet came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleet
  • Hartshorn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartshorn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorn
  • Heart Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Red Willow
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

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

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

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Leo to Edmonton, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 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 1,710 miles [2,752 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 67 days and walking would take 98 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,317 miles [10,166.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,084 miles [11,400.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,151 miles [8,289.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Leo. 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' (or 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- Leo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Leo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 52.0556, Longitude: -112.3605    
<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 Leo 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 Leo, 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Leo 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 332.889 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 333.571 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.669 degrees.




 

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