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Communities Also Named Wellington ...

We found 36 communities that share the name Wellington.

Within British Columbia, the name Wellington is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another 36 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 36 communities, seven are located in Canada and 32 are in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Calhoun County
      • This Wellington is located in Calhoun County and lies 2,206 miles [3,550.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Wellington.
    • Colorado
      • Larimer County
      • This Wellington is located in Larimer County and lies 1,094 miles [1,760.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Larimer County community of Wellington.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Wellington is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,643 miles [4,253.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Wellington.
      • Palm Beach County
      • This Wellington is located in Palm Beach County and lies 2,790 miles [4,490.1 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Palm Beach County community of Wellington.
    • Georgia
      • Fulton County
      • This Wellington is located in Fulton County and lies 2,275 miles [3,661.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Wellington.
      • Muscogee County
      • This Wellington is located in Muscogee County and lies 2,310 miles [3,717.6 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Wellington.
    • Illinois
      • Iroquois County
      • This Wellington is located in Iroquois County and lies 1,855 miles [2,985.3 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iroquois County community of Wellington.
    • Indiana
      • Marion County
      • This Wellington is located in Marion County and lies 1,948 miles [3,135 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Wellington.
    • Kansas
      • Sumner County
      • This Wellington is located in Sumner County and lies 1,559 miles [2,509 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Wellington.
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • This Wellington is located in Jefferson County and lies 2,032 miles [3,270.2 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Wellington.
      • Menifee County
      • This Wellington is located in Menifee County and lies 2,140 miles [3,444 km] to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menifee County community of Wellington.
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Wellington is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 2,148 miles [3,456.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Wellington.
    • Maine
      • Piscataquis County
      • This Wellington is located in Piscataquis County and lies 2,517 miles [4,050.7 km]<1> to the east northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Piscataquis County community of Wellington.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Wellington is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 2,402 miles [3,865.6 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Wellington.
      • Somerset County
      • This Wellington is located in Somerset County and lies 2,487 miles [4,002.4 km] to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Wellington.
    • Massachusetts
      • Middlesex County
      • This Wellington is located in Middlesex County and lies 2,537 miles [4,082.9 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Wellington.
    • Michigan
      • Crawford 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 Wellington [Crawford County].
      • Gogebic County
      • This Wellington is located in Gogebic County and lies 1,593 miles [2,563.7 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gogebic County community of Wellington.
    • Minnesota
      • Renville 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 Minnesota community of Wellington [Renville County].
    • Missouri
      • Lafayette County
      • This Wellington is located in Lafayette County and lies 1,627 miles [2,618.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Wellington.
    • Nevada
      • Lyon County
      • This Wellington is located in Lyon County and lies 756 miles [1,216.7 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Wellington.
      • Nye County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Wellington.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • 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 Newfoundland and Labrador community of Wellington.
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Wellington.
    • Ohio
      • Lorain County
      • This Wellington is located in Lorain County and lies 2,079 miles [3,345.8 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lorain County community of Wellington.
    • Ontario
      • This Wellington lies 2,208 miles [3,553.4 km]<1> to the east.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lehigh County
      • This Wellington is located in Lehigh County and lies 2,399 miles [3,860.8 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lehigh County community of Wellington.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Wellington lies 2,715 miles [4,369.4 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • South Carolina
      • Aiken County
      • This Wellington is located in Aiken County and lies 2,391 miles [3,847.9 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Wellington.
    • South Dakota
      • Minnehaha 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 Dakota community of Wellington [Minnehaha County].
    • Texas
      • Collingsworth County
      • This Wellington is located in Collingsworth County and lies 1,560 miles [2,510.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collingsworth County community of Wellington.
      • Harris County
      • This Wellington is located in Harris County and lies 1,987 miles [3,197.8 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Wellington.
    • Utah
      • Carbon County
      • This Wellington is located in Carbon County and lies 932 miles [1,499.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carbon County community of Wellington.
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • This Wellington is located in Fairfax County and lies 2,399 miles [3,860.8 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Wellington.
      • Prince William County
      • This Wellington is located in Prince William County and lies 2,375 miles [3,822.2 km] to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince William County community of Wellington.
    • West Virginia
      • Roane County
      • This Wellington is located in Roane County and lies 2,203 miles [3,545.4 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Wellington.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wellington ...

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.

  • Cedar
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
  • Chase River
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chase River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase River
  • Cinnabar Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cinnabar Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnabar Valley
  • Departure Bay
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Departure Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Departure Bay
  • Dolphin Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dolphin Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin Beach
  • Extension
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Extension came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Extension
  • Jayem
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jayem came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jayem
  • Starks
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starks came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Wellington to Victoria, with an average speed<5> 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 about three full days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,238 miles [3,601.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 88 days and walking would take 128 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,693 miles [10,771.3 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 7,452 miles [11,992.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,606 miles [9,022 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wellington. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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 from Point A (ie- Wellington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wellington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.2000, Longitude: -124.0167    
<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 Wellington 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 Wellington, 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 Wellington 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 342.34 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 344.201 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.754 degrees.




 

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