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Communities Also Named Gibbs ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Gibbs.

Within British Columbia, the name Gibbs is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Montgomery County
      • This Gibbs is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,794 miles [2,887.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Gibbs.
    • Connecticut
      • New London 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 Connecticut community of Gibbs [New London County].
    • Idaho
      • Kootenai County
      • This Gibbs is located in Kootenai County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kootenai County community of Gibbs.
    • Kansas
      • Chautauqua County
      • This Gibbs is located in Chautauqua County and lies 1,566 miles [2,520.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Gibbs.
    • Kentucky
      • Knox County
      • This Gibbs is located in Knox County and lies 2,083 miles [3,352.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Gibbs.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Landry Parish
      • This Gibbs is located in Saint Landry Parish and lies 2,071 miles [3,333 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Landry Parish community of Gibbs.
    • Massachusetts
      • Hampshire 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 Massachusetts community of Gibbs [Hampshire County].
    • Michigan
      • Alger 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 Gibbs [Alger County].
      • Montmorency 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 Gibbs [Montmorency County].
    • Missouri
      • Adair County
      • This Gibbs is located in Adair County and lies 1,590 miles [2,558.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adair County community of Gibbs.
      • Saint Charles 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 Missouri community of Gibbs [Saint Charles County].
    • North Carolina
      • Burke 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 Carolina community of Gibbs [Burke County].
    • South Carolina
      • Union 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 Gibbs [Union County].
    • Tennessee
      • Hardin 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 Tennessee community of Gibbs [Hardin County].
      • Obion County
      • This Gibbs is located in Obion County and lies 1,895 miles [3,049.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Obion County community of Gibbs.
    • Texas
      • Dallas 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 Gibbs [Dallas County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Gibbs ...

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.

  • Fountain
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
  • Fountain Valley
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Valley
  • Kelly Lake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelly Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Lake
  • Lime
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lime came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime
  • Pavilion
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Gibbs to Victoria, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,125 miles [3,419.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 83 days and walking would take 121 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,561 miles [10,558.9 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 7,322 miles [11,783.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,465 miles [8,795.1 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' (or 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- Gibbs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gibbs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.7500, Longitude: -121.8667    
<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 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 Gibbs 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 Gibbs, 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 Gibbs 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 340.607 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.286 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.168 degrees.




 

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