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Communities Also Named Bennett ...

We found 30 communities that share the name Bennett.

Within British Columbia, the name Bennett is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 30 communities, one is located in Canada and the other 29 communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Nevada County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bennett [Nevada County].
    • Colorado
      • Adams County
      • This Bennett is located in Adams County and lies 1,911 miles [3,075.5 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Bennett.
      • Arapahoe 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 Colorado community of Bennett [Arapahoe County].
    • Florida
      • Bay County
      • This Bennett is located in Bay County and lies 3,039 miles [4,890.8 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bay County community of Bennett.
    • Illinois
      • Vermilion County
      • This Bennett is located in Vermilion County and lies 2,426 miles [3,904.3 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermilion County community of Bennett.
    • Iowa
      • Cedar County
      • This Bennett is located in Cedar County and lies 2,230 miles [3,588.8 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cedar County community of Bennett.
    • Kansas
      • Lyon 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 Kansas community of Bennett [Lyon County].
    • Kentucky
      • Harlan 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 Kentucky community of Bennett [Harlan County].
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • This Bennett is located in Aroostook County and lies 2,799 miles [4,504.6 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Bennett.
    • Manitoba
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Michigan
      • Alger 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 Michigan community of Bennett [Alger County].
      • Lake 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 Michigan community of Bennett [Lake County].
      • Wayne 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 Michigan community of Bennett [Wayne County].
    • Minnesota
      • Itasca County
      • This Bennett is located in Itasca County and lies 1,876 miles [3,019.1 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Itasca County community of Bennett.
    • Mississippi
      • Hancock County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Bennett [Hancock County].
    • Missouri
      • Ripley County
      • This Bennett is located in Ripley County and lies 2,500 miles [4,023.4 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ripley County community of Bennett.
    • New Jersey
      • Cape May County
      • This Bennett is located in Cape May County and lies 2,926 miles [4,708.9 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape May County community of Bennett.
    • New Mexico
      • Lea County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Bennett [Lea County].
      • San Juan County
      • Although located in San Juan County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Juan County community of Bennett.
    • North Carolina
      • Anson 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 North Carolina community of Bennett [Anson County].
      • Chatham County
      • This Bennett is located in Chatham County and lies 2,949 miles [4,746 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Bennett.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Bennett [Allegheny County].
      • Luzerne 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 Pennsylvania community of Bennett [Luzerne County].
    • South Carolina
      • Charleston County
      • This Bennett is located in Charleston County and lies 3,083 miles [4,961.6 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Bennett.
    • Texas
      • Parker County
      • This Bennett is located in Parker County and lies 2,511 miles [4,041.1 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parker County community of Bennett.
    • Utah
      • Uintah County
      • This Bennett is located in Uintah County and lies 1,721 miles [2,769.7 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Uintah County community of Bennett.
    • West Virginia
      • Gilmer County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Bennett [Gilmer County].
      • Lewis County
      • This Bennett is located in Lewis County and lies 2,735 miles [4,401.6 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Bennett.
    • Wisconsin
      • Douglas County
      • This Bennett is located in Douglas County and lies 1,964 miles [3,160.8 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Bennett.
    • Wyoming
      • Carbon 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 Wyoming community of Bennett [Carbon County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bennett ...

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.

  • Log Cabin
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Log Cabin came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Cabin
  • Meadows
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadows came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
  • Teepee
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teepee came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teepee
  • Ten Mile
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile

How Far From Bennett 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 Bennett to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Bennett once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Bennett and extending to:

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 914 miles [1,470.9 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Bennett to Victoria, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 52 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 36 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,572 miles [4,139.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 6 days, a buggy would take 101 days and walking would take 147 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,077 miles [9,780 km] and it lies to the north (N).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,809 miles [10,958 km] and it lies to the north (N).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,164 miles [8,310.7 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>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 Bennett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bennett) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bennett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 59.8449, Longitude: -134.9959    
<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 Bennett 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.
<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 Bennett 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 351.702 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 355.125 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 335.481 degrees.




 

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