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Communities Also Named Milner ...

We found eight communities that share the name Milner.

Within British Columbia, the name Milner is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Randolph County
      • This Milner is located in Randolph County and lies 2,178 miles [3,505.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Milner.
    • Arkansas
      • Columbia County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Milner [Columbia County].
    • Colorado
      • Routt County
      • This Milner is located in Routt County and lies 966 miles [1,554.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Routt County community of Milner.
    • Georgia
      • Lamar County
      • This Milner is located in Lamar County and lies 2,250 miles [3,621 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Milner.
      • Pike 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 Georgia community of Milner [Pike County].
    • Idaho
      • Twin Falls County
      • This Milner is located in Twin Falls County and lies 615 miles [989.7 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Twin Falls County community of Milner.
    • Kentucky
      • Woodford County
      • This Milner is located in Woodford County and lies 2,014 miles [3,241.2 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodford County community of Milner.
    • Texas
      • Cass 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 Texas community of Milner [Cass County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Milner ...

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.

  • Clover Valley ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clover Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Valley
  • Cloverdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Fern Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fern Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Ridge
  • Fleetwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fleetwood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetwood
  • Forest Knolls
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Knolls came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Knolls
  • Glen Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Valley
  • Grandview
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grandview came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
  • Hydro
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hydro came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydro
  • Livingstone
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Livingstone came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstone
  • Walnut Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Grove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove

How Far From Milner to ...

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Milner to Victoria, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,177 miles [3,503.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 85 days and walking would take 124 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,678 miles [10,747.2 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 7,438 miles [11,970.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,577 miles [8,975.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>

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- Milner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Milner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.1333, Longitude: -122.6167    
<2>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 Milner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Milner 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Milner 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 341.174 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.853 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.824 degrees.




 

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