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Communities Also Named Creston ...

We found 23 communities that share the name Creston.

Within British Columbia, the name Creston is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 23 communities, one is located in Canada and the other 22 communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Napa County
      • This Creston is located in Napa County and lies 803 miles [1,292.3 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Napa County community of Creston.
      • San Luis Obispo County
      • This Creston is located in San Luis Obispo County and lies 959 miles [1,543.4 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Luis Obispo County community of Creston.
    • Illinois
      • Ogle County
      • This Creston is located in Ogle County and lies 1,411 miles [2,270.8 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ogle County community of Creston.
    • Indiana
      • Delaware County
      • This Creston is located in Delaware County and lies 1,633 miles [2,628.1 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Creston.
      • Lake County
      • This Creston is located in Lake County and lies 1,501 miles [2,415.6 km] to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Creston.
    • Iowa
      • Union County
      • This Creston is located in Union County and lies 1,207 miles [1,942.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Creston.
    • Kansas
      • Cloud 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 Creston [Cloud County].
    • Kentucky
      • Casey County
      • This Creston is located in Casey County and lies 1,765 miles [2,840.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Casey County community of Creston.
    • Louisiana
      • Natchitoches Parish
      • This Creston is located in Natchitoches Parish and lies 1,693 miles [2,724.6 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Natchitoches Parish community of Creston.
    • Montana
      • Flathead County
      • This Creston is located in Flathead County and lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Flathead County community of Creston.
    • Nebraska
      • Platte County
      • This Creston is located in Platte County and lies 1,055 miles [1,697.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Platte County community of Creston.
    • New Jersey
      • Mercer County
      • This Creston is located in Mercer County and lies 2,113 miles [3,400.5 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Creston.
    • New Mexico
      • Santa Fe County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Santa Fe County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Fe County community of Creston.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Creston lies 2,751 miles [4,427.3 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • North Carolina
      • Ashe County
      • This Creston is located in Ashe County and lies 1,949 miles [3,136.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashe County community of Creston.
    • Ohio
      • Medina County
      • This Creston is located in Medina County and lies 1,761 miles [2,834.1 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Creston.
    • Oregon
      • Malheur County
      • This Creston is located in Malheur County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Malheur County community of Creston.
    • South Carolina
      • Calhoun County
      • This Creston is located in Calhoun County and lies 2,116 miles [3,405.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Creston.
    • South Dakota
      • Pennington County
      • This Creston is located in Pennington County and lies 746 miles [1,200.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pennington County community of Creston.
    • Tennessee
      • Cumberland County
      • This Creston is located in Cumberland County and lies 1,817 miles [2,924.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Creston.
    • Washington
      • Lincoln County
      • This Creston is located in Lincoln County and lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Creston.
    • West Virginia
      • Wirt County
      • This Creston is located in Wirt County and lies 1,864 miles [2,999.8 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wirt County community of Creston.
    • Wyoming
      • Sweetwater County
      • This Creston is located in Sweetwater County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sweetwater County community of Creston.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Creston ...

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.

  • Canyon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
  • Eileen
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eileen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eileen
    • Eileen is located in Boundary County (ID)
  • Goatfell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goatfell
  • Good Grief
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Good Grief have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Grief
    • Good Grief is located in Boundary County (ID)
  • Kingsgate
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsgate came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsgate
  • Lister
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lister came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lister
  • Meadow Creek
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Creek
    • Meadow Creek is located in Boundary County (ID)
  • Threemile Corner
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Threemile Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threemile Corner
    • Threemile Corner is located in Boundary County (ID)

How Far From Creston to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Creston to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Creston to Victoria, with an average speed<6>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 18 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 1,905 miles [3,065.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 75 days and walking would take 109 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,580 miles [10,589.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,346 miles [11,822.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,424 miles [8,729.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

The official website for Creston: www.crestonbc.com/

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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Creston) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Creston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.0956, Longitude: -116.5106    
<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 Creston 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 Creston, 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>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.
<6>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.
<7>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 Creston to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 336.162 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.079 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.812 degrees.




 

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