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Communities Also Named Lafferty ...

We found four communities that share the name Lafferty.

Within British Columbia, the name Lafferty is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Izard County
      • This Lafferty is located in Izard County and lies 1,609 miles [2,589.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Izard County community of Lafferty.
    • Maryland
      • Allegany 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 Maryland community of Lafferty [Allegany County].
    • Ohio
      • Belmont County
      • This Lafferty is located in Belmont County and lies 1,907 miles [3,069 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Belmont County community of Lafferty.
    • Pennsylvania
      • McKean 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 Pennsylvania community of Lafferty [McKean County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lafferty ...

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.

  • Almond Gardens
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Almond Gardens came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond Gardens
  • Cascade
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
  • Danville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Frontier
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frontier have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
    • Frontier is located in Stevens County (WA)
  • Goldstake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goldstake have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldstake
    • Goldstake is located in Ferry County (WA)
  • Grand Forks
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Forks came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Forks
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Forks <4>
  • Nursery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nursery came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nursery
  • Shields ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shields. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
  • Silica
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
  • Tunnel ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tunnel. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<7> community of Lafferty once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Lafferty and extending to:

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Lafferty to Victoria, with an average speed<8>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,979 miles [3,184.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take three full days, a buggy would take 78 days and walking would take 113 days.
  • The shortest distance<9> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,607 miles [10,632.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,372 miles [11,864.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<11>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,466 miles [8,796.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<12>

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 '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- Lafferty) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lafferty. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.1355, Longitude: -118.1805    
<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 Lafferty 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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>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 Lafferty, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<8>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.
<9>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 Lafferty to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.523 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 338.647 degrees.
<12>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 324.895 degrees.




 

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