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35.379256, -94.041870
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We found twelve communities that are also named Vesta.
Within Arkansas, the name Vesta is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Oglethorpe County
This Vesta is located in Oglethorpe County and lies 637 miles [1,025.2 km]<1> to the east of the Vesta that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oglethorpe County community of Vesta.
Indiana
Clark County
This Vesta is located in Clark County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Vesta that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Vesta.
Kansas
Clark 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 Vesta [Clark County].
Minnesota
Redwood County
This Vesta is located in Redwood County and lies 634 miles [1,020.3 km]<1> to the north of the Vesta that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Redwood County community of Vesta.
Nebraska
Johnson County
This Vesta is located in Johnson County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Vesta that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Vesta.
North Dakota
Walsh 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 Dakota community of Vesta [Walsh County].
Ontario
This Vesta lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Vesta that is located in Franklin County.
Tennessee
Wilson County
This Vesta is located in Wilson County and lies 430 miles [692 km]<1> to the east of the Vesta that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Vesta.
Texas
Sabine 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 Texas community of Vesta [Sabine County].
Shackelford 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 Texas community of Vesta [Shackelford County].
Virginia
Patrick County
This Vesta is located in Patrick County and lies 768 miles [1,236 km]<1> to the east of the Vesta that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Patrick County community of Vesta.
Washington
Grays Harbor County
This Vesta is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 1,714 miles [2,758.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Vesta that is located in Franklin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Vesta.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vesta ...
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 Vesta to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Vesta and extending to:
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Vesta to Little Rock, with an average speed<4>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 White House (Washington, DC) is 965 miles [1,553 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,745 miles [10,855 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,480 miles [12,037.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,359 miles [8,624.5 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- Vesta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Vesta 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>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Vesta 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 Vesta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3793, Longitude: -94.0419 In this case, the coordinates for Vesta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.392 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.008 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.06 degrees.