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Communities Also Named Wells ...

We found 42 communities that share the name Wells.

Within British Columbia, the name Wells is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another 42 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 42 communities, one is located in Canada and the other 41 communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alaska
      • This Wells lies 699 miles [1,124.9 km]<1> to the northwest.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Wells is located in Hillsborough County and lies 2,634 miles [4,239 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Wells.
    • Georgia
      • Murray 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 Georgia community of Wells [Murray County].
    • Illinois
      • Gallatin 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 Illinois community of Wells [Gallatin County].
    • Indiana
      • Miami County
      • This Wells is located in Miami County and lies 1,852 miles [2,980.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami County community of Wells.
    • Iowa
      • Madison 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 Iowa community of Wells [Madison County].
    • Kansas
      • Marshall 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 Kansas community of Wells [Marshall County].
      • Ottawa County
      • This Wells is located in Ottawa County and lies 1,487 miles [2,393.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Wells.
    • Kentucky
      • Martin 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 Kentucky community of Wells [Martin County].
      • Morgan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Wells [Morgan County].
      • Muhlenberg County
      • This Wells is located in Muhlenberg County and lies 1,980 miles [3,186.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muhlenberg County community of Wells.
    • Maine
      • York County
      • This Wells is located in York County and lies 2,385 miles [3,838.3 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Wells.
    • Michigan
      • Allegan 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 Wells [Allegan County].
      • Antrim County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wells [Antrim County].
      • Arenac County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wells [Arenac County].
      • Delta County
      • This Wells is located in Delta County and lies 1,611 miles [2,592.7 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Wells.
      • Tuscola County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wells [Tuscola County].
    • Minnesota
      • Faribault County
      • This Wells is located in Faribault County and lies 1,417 miles [2,280.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faribault County community of Wells.
    • Mississippi
      • Attala 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 Mississippi community of Wells [Attala County].
      • Lowndes County
      • This Wells is located in Lowndes County and lies 2,110 miles [3,395.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Wells.
      • Rankin County
      • This Wells is located in Rankin County and lies 2,115 miles [3,403.8 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Wells.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis 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 Missouri community of Wells [Saint Louis County].
    • Nevada
      • Elko County
      • This Wells is located in Elko County and lies 883 miles [1,421.1 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Wells.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Wells lies 2,497 miles [4,018.5 km]<1> to the east.
    • New Mexico
      • San Miguel County
      • Although located in San Miguel County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Miguel County community of Wells.
    • New York
      • Chemung 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 New York community of Wells [Chemung County].
      • Hamilton County
      • This Wells is located in Hamilton County and lies 2,229 miles [3,587.2 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Wells.
    • North Dakota
      • Wells 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 North Dakota community of Wells [Wells County].
    • Oregon
      • Benton 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 Oregon community of Wells [Benton County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bradford 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 Pennsylvania community of Wells [Bradford County].
      • Indiana County
      • This Wells is located in Indiana County and lies 2,132 miles [3,431.1 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Wells.
    • South Carolina
      • Orangeburg County
      • This Wells is located in Orangeburg County and lies 2,426 miles [3,904.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Wells.
    • Tennessee
      • Shelby County
      • This Wells is located in Shelby County and lies 1,970 miles [3,170.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Wells.
    • Texas
      • Cherokee County
      • This Wells is located in Cherokee County and lies 1,995 miles [3,210.6 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Wells.
      • Lynn County
      • This Wells is located in Lynn County and lies 1,692 miles [2,723 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lynn County community of Wells.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Wells is located in Salt Lake County and lies 970 miles [1,561.1 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Wells.
    • Vermont
      • Rutland County
      • This Wells is located in Rutland County and lies 2,273 miles [3,658 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutland County community of Wells.
    • Virginia
      • Augusta 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 Virginia community of Wells [Augusta County].
      • Wise County
      • This Wells is located in Wise County and lies 2,165 miles [3,484.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wise County community of Wells.
    • Washington
      • Lincoln 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 Wells [Lincoln County].
    • West Virginia
      • Marshall 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 West Virginia community of Wells [Marshall County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Calumet County
      • This Wells is located in Calumet County and lies 1,633 miles [2,628.1 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calumet County community of Wells.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wells ...

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.

  • Beaver Pass House
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Pass House came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Pass House
  • Cottonwood
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
  • Stanley ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
  • Van Winkle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Winkle came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Winkle

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

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 331 miles [532.7 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Wells to Victoria, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,094 miles [3,370 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 82 days and walking would take 119 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,404 miles [10,306.2 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 7,163 miles [11,527.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,322 miles [8,564.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wells. 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wells) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wells. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 53.1024, Longitude: -121.5702    
<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 Wells, 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 Wells 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 Wells 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 340.415 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.198 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 326.696 degrees.




 

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