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Communities Also Named Moran ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Moran.

Within British Columbia, the name Moran 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
      • Mississippi County
      • This Moran is located in Mississippi County and lies 1,891 miles [3,043.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Moran.
    • California
      • Lassen 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 California community of Moran [Lassen County].
      • Sierra 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 California community of Moran [Sierra County].
    • Georgia
      • Crawford County
      • This Moran is located in Crawford County and lies 2,277 miles [3,664.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Moran.
    • Indiana
      • Clinton County
      • This Moran is located in Clinton County and lies 1,831 miles [2,946.7 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Moran.
    • Iowa
      • Dallas County
      • This Moran is located in Dallas County and lies 1,460 miles [2,349.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Moran.
    • Kansas
      • Allen County
      • This Moran is located in Allen County and lies 1,578 miles [2,539.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Moran.
    • Louisiana
      • Plaquemines Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Moran [Plaquemines Parish].
    • Michigan
      • Mackinac County
      • This Moran is located in Mackinac County and lies 1,710 miles [2,752 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mackinac County community of Moran.
      • Schoolcraft 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 Michigan community of Moran [Schoolcraft County].
    • Ohio
      • Portage County
      • This Moran is located in Portage County and lies 2,019 miles [3,249.3 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Moran.
    • Texas
      • Shackelford County
      • This Moran is located in Shackelford County and lies 1,710 miles [2,752 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shackelford County community of Moran.
    • Virginia
      • Prince Edward County
      • This Moran is located in Prince Edward County and lies 2,318 miles [3,730.5 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward County community of Moran.
    • Washington
      • Spokane 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 Washington community of Moran [Spokane County].
    • Wyoming
      • Laramie 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 Wyoming community of Moran [Laramie County].
      • Teton County
      • This Moran is located in Teton County and lies 719 miles [1,157.1 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Teton County community of Moran.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Moran ...

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.

  • Big Bar Creek
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Bar Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar Creek
  • Chasm
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chasm came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chasm
  • Fill
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fill
  • Fountain
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • 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
    (12 miles [19.3 km] 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
    (7 miles [11.3 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
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • 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
  • Loon Lake
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loon Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Lake
  • Pavilion
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Moran to Victoria, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,122 miles [3,415 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 6,550 miles [10,541.2 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 7,311 miles [11,765.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,455 miles [8,779 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 '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- Moran) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Moran. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.9167, Longitude: -121.8500    
<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 Moran, 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 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 Moran 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 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 Moran 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 340.598 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.285 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.139 degrees.




 

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