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Communities Also Named Hicks ...

We found nineteen communities that share the name Hicks.

Within British Columbia, the name Hicks is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Calhoun County
      • This Hicks is located in Calhoun County and lies 2,124 miles [3,418.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Hicks.
      • Cleburne 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 Alabama community of Hicks [Cleburne County].
    • Arkansas
      • Little River County
      • This Hicks is located in Little River County and lies 1,776 miles [2,858.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Little River County community of Hicks.
      • Phillips County
      • This Hicks is located in Phillips County and lies 1,860 miles [2,993.4 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Hicks.
      • Washington County
      • This Hicks is located in Washington County and lies 1,670 miles [2,687.6 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Hicks.
    • Georgia
      • Macon County
      • This Hicks is located in Macon County and lies 2,247 miles [3,616.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Hicks.
    • Illinois
      • Hardin County
      • This Hicks is located in Hardin County and lies 1,835 miles [2,953.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Hicks.
    • Indiana
      • Jefferson 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 Indiana community of Hicks [Jefferson County].
      • LaPorte County
      • This Hicks is located in LaPorte County and lies 1,752 miles [2,819.6 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaPorte County community of Hicks.
    • Iowa
      • Black Hawk County
      • This Hicks is located in Black Hawk County and lies 1,465 miles [2,357.7 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Black Hawk County community of Hicks.
    • Louisiana
      • Vernon Parish
      • This Hicks is located in Vernon Parish and lies 1,949 miles [3,136.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon Parish community of Hicks.
    • Michigan
      • Oscoda 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 Hicks [Oscoda County].
    • Mississippi
      • Jefferson 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 Mississippi community of Hicks [Jefferson County].
    • Missouri
      • Sainte Genevieve County
      • This Hicks is located in Sainte Genevieve County and lies 1,749 miles [2,814.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sainte Genevieve County community of Hicks.
    • New York
      • Chemung County
      • This Hicks is located in Chemung County and lies 2,180 miles [3,508.4 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chemung County community of Hicks.
    • Ohio
      • Warren County
      • This Hicks is located in Warren County and lies 1,950 miles [3,138.2 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Hicks.
    • Tennessee
      • DeKalb 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 Tennessee community of Hicks [DeKalb County].
    • Texas
      • Lee County
      • This Hicks is located in Lee County and lies 1,837 miles [2,956.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Hicks.
      • Tarrant 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 Hicks [Tarrant County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hicks ...

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.

  • Boston Bar
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • China Bar
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for China Bar came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Bar
  • Dogwood Valley
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dogwood Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Valley
  • Falls Creek
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falls Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Creek
  • Hells Gate
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hells Gate came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hells Gate
  • Kingsvale
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsvale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsvale
  • Saddle Rock
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saddle Rock came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddle Rock
  • Silver River
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver River
  • Stout
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stout came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Hicks to Victoria, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,116 miles [3,405.4 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 6,614 miles [10,644.2 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 7,376 miles [11,870.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,508 miles [8,864.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hicks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hicks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.8333, Longitude: -121.4333    
<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 Hicks 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Hicks 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 340.22 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.792 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.97 degrees.




 

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