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Communities Also Named Barlow ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Barlow.

Within British Columbia, the name Barlow is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these sixteen communities, one is located in Canada and the other fifteen communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Washington County
      • This Barlow is located in Washington County and lies 2,250 miles [3,621 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Barlow.
    • California
      • Sonoma County
      • This Barlow is located in Sonoma County and lies 1,010 miles [1,625.4 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of Barlow.
    • Idaho
      • Jefferson County
      • This Barlow is located in Jefferson County and lies 802 miles [1,290.7 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Barlow.
    • Kansas
      • Norton 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 Barlow [Norton County].
    • Kentucky
      • Ballard County
      • This Barlow is located in Ballard County and lies 1,939 miles [3,120.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ballard County community of Barlow.
    • Mississippi
      • Copiah County
      • This Barlow is located in Copiah County and lies 2,151 miles [3,461.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Copiah County community of Barlow.
    • Missouri
      • Wayne 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 Barlow [Wayne County].
    • New Jersey
      • Camden 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 New Jersey community of Barlow [Camden County].
    • North Dakota
      • Foster County
      • This Barlow is located in Foster County and lies 1,087 miles [1,749.4 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Foster County community of Barlow.
    • Ohio
      • Washington County
      • This Barlow is located in Washington County and lies 2,124 miles [3,418.2 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Barlow.
    • Oregon
      • Clackamas County
      • This Barlow is located in Clackamas County and lies 538 miles [865.8 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Barlow.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Adams County
      • This Barlow is located in Adams County and lies 2,291 miles [3,687 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Barlow.
    • Texas
      • Cooke 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 Barlow [Cooke County].
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Barlow is located in Davis County and lies 973 miles [1,565.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Barlow.
    • West Virginia
      • Kanawha 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 Barlow [Kanawha County].
    • Yukon
      • This Barlow lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km]<1> to the north northwest.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Barlow ...

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.

  • Australian
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Australian came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Australian
  • Beaver Pass House
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Pass House came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Pass House
  • Cinema
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cinema came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinema
  • Cottonwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
  • Dragon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dragon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dragon
  • Moose Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Red Bluff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Bluff came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
  • Rich Bar
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rich Bar came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Bar
  • Ten Mile Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ten Mile Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile Lake

How Far From Barlow to ...

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 Barlow to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 321 miles [516.6 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Barlow to Victoria, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,129 miles [3,426.3 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 84 days and walking would take 121 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,419 miles [10,330.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,177 miles [11,550.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,344 miles [8,600.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/

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- Barlow) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Barlow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 53.0500, Longitude: -122.4000    
<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 Barlow 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 Barlow, 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 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.
<6>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 Barlow to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.101 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.974 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.272 degrees.




 

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