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We found 30 communities that share the name Rocky Ford.
There are three communities within Arkansas that are also named Rocky Ford.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Arkansas ...
Madison County
This Rocky Ford is located in Madison County and lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the west of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Rocky Ford.
Marion County
This Rocky Ford is located in Marion County and lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the west of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Rocky Ford.
Perry County
This Rocky Ford is located in Perry County and lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Rocky Ford.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Greene County
This Rocky Ford is located in Greene County and lies 298 miles [479.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Rocky Ford.
Colorado
Otero County
This Rocky Ford is located in Otero County and lies 719 miles [1,157.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otero County community of Rocky Ford.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Rocky Ford is located in Hillsborough County and lies 746 miles [1,200.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Rocky Ford.
Georgia
Screven County
This Rocky Ford is located in Screven County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Screven County community of Rocky Ford.
Illinois
Cumberland County
This Rocky Ford is located in Cumberland County and lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Rocky Ford.
Indiana
Warren County
This Rocky Ford is located in Warren County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Rocky Ford.
Kansas
Clay 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 Rocky Ford [Clay County].
Greenwood County
This Rocky Ford is located in Greenwood County and lies 306 miles [492.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Rocky Ford.
Riley County
This Rocky Ford is located in Riley County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km] to the northwest of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riley County community of Rocky Ford.
Wabaunsee County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rocky Ford [Wabaunsee County].
Mississippi
Clay County
This Rocky Ford is located in Clay County and lies 227 miles [365.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Rocky Ford.
Pontotoc County
This Rocky Ford is located in Pontotoc County and lies 162 miles [260.7 km] to the southeast of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pontotoc County community of Rocky Ford.
Union County
This Rocky Ford is located in Union County and lies 152 miles [244.6 km] to the southeast of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Rocky Ford.
Missouri
Vernon 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 Missouri community of Rocky Ford [Vernon County].
North Carolina
Franklin County
This Rocky Ford is located in Franklin County and lies 697 miles [1,121.7 km]<1> to the east of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Rocky Ford.
Ohio
Wood County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Wood County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Rocky Ford.
Oklahoma
Comanche 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 Oklahoma community of Rocky Ford [Comanche County].
Delaware County
This Rocky Ford is located in Delaware County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<1> to the west of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Rocky Ford.
Grady County
This Rocky Ford is located in Grady County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km] to the west of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grady County community of Rocky Ford.
Oregon
Klamath County
This Rocky Ford is located in Klamath County and lies 1,682 miles [2,706.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Klamath County community of Rocky Ford.
Malheur County
This Rocky Ford is located in Malheur County and lies 1,470 miles [2,365.7 km] to the west northwest of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Malheur County community of Rocky Ford.
South Dakota
Fall River County
This Rocky Ford is located in Fall River County and lies 831 miles [1,337.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fall River County community of Rocky Ford.
Tennessee
Campbell County
This Rocky Ford is located in Campbell County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<1> to the east of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Rocky Ford.
Virginia
Bedford County
This Rocky Ford is located in Bedford County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<1> to the east of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Rocky Ford.
Brunswick County
This Rocky Ford is located in Brunswick County and lies 725 miles [1,166.8 km] to the east of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of Rocky Ford.
Frederick County
This Rocky Ford is located in Frederick County and lies 729 miles [1,173.2 km] to the east northeast of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Rocky Ford.
West Virginia
Upshur County
This Rocky Ford is located in Upshur County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rocky Ford that is located in Randolph County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upshur County community of Rocky Ford.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rocky Ford ...
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 community such as Rocky Ford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rocky Ford and extending to:
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 129 miles [207.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Rocky Ford to Little Rock, with an average speed<7>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 White House (Washington, DC) is 778 miles [1,252.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,581 miles [10,591.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,311 miles [11,765.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,188 miles [8,349.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
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 from Point A (ie- Rocky Ford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rocky Ford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2340, Longitude: -90.8654 In this case, the coordinates for Rocky Ford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Rocky Ford 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.
<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 Rocky Ford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>
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.
<8>
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 Rocky Ford to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.383 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.789 degrees.
<11>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.468 degrees.