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We found eight communities that are also named Weeks.
There is one other community in Arkansas that is also named Weeks.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Arkansas ...
Scott County
This Weeks is located in Scott County and lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the northwest of the Weeks that is located in Bradley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Weeks.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Geneva County
This Weeks is located in Geneva County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Weeks that is located in Bradley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Geneva County community of Weeks.
Louisiana
Iberia Parish
This Weeks is located in Iberia Parish and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<1> to the south of the Weeks that is located in Bradley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iberia Parish community of Weeks.
Michigan
Monroe 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 Weeks [Monroe County].
Nevada
Lyon 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 Nevada community of Weeks [Lyon County].
Oklahoma
Bryan County
This Weeks is located in Bryan County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<1> to the west of the Weeks that is located in Bradley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bryan County community of Weeks.
South Carolina
Aiken 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 South Carolina community of Weeks [Aiken County].
Colleton County
This Weeks is located in Colleton County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<1> to the east of the Weeks that is located in Bradley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colleton County community of Weeks.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Weeks ...
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 & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Weeks to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Weeks and extending to:
Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Weeks 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 917 miles [1,475.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,762 miles [10,882.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,487 miles [12,049.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,363 miles [8,630.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Weeks) 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 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 Weeks 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 Weeks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Weeks 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 Weeks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6693, Longitude: -92.2101 In this case, the coordinates for Weeks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.042 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.212 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.521 degrees.