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We found six communities that are also named Marianna.
Within Arkansas, the name Marianna is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Florida
Jackson County
This Marianna is located in Jackson County and lies 423 miles [680.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Marianna that is located in Lee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Marianna.
Georgia
Camden 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 Georgia community of Marianna [Camden County].
Mississippi
Marshall County
This Marianna is located in Marshall County and lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<1> to the east of the Marianna that is located in Lee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Marianna.
Pennsylvania
Washington County
This Marianna is located in Washington County and lies 686 miles [1,104 km]<1> to the northeast of the Marianna that is located in Lee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Marianna.
Texas
Polk 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 Marianna [Polk County].
West Virginia
Wyoming County
This Marianna is located in Wyoming County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Marianna that is located in Lee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Marianna.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Marianna ...
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.
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 Marianna to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Marianna and extending to:
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Marianna to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 809 miles [1,302 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,650 miles [10,702.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,375 miles [11,868.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,250 miles [8,449.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Marianna) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Marianna, 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 Marianna 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 county. 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 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.
<5>
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 Marianna to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Marianna. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7746, Longitude: -90.7610
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.213 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.396 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.702 degrees.