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We found 39 communities that share the name Hanover.
There is one other community in Connecticut which is also named Hanover.
Beyond Connecticut, we know of another 38 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 38 communities, 38 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Connecticut ...
New Haven County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Hanover [New Haven County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Coosa County
This Hanover is located in Coosa County and lies 976 miles [1,570.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coosa County community of Hanover.
Arkansas
Crittenden County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Hanover [Crittenden County].
Stone County
This Hanover is located in Stone County and lies 1,150 miles [1,850.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stone County community of Hanover.
Colorado
El Paso County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Hanover [El Paso County].
Georgia
Clarke County
This Hanover is located in Clarke County and lies 817 miles [1,314.8 km]<2> to the southwest of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Hanover.
Decatur County
This Hanover is located in Decatur County and lies 1,015 miles [1,633.5 km] to the southwest of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Hanover.
Illinois
Jo Daviess County
This Hanover is located in Jo Daviess County and lies 934 miles [1,503.1 km]<2> to the west of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jo Daviess County community of Hanover.
Indiana
Jefferson County
This Hanover is located in Jefferson County and lies 734 miles [1,181.3 km]<2> to the west of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Hanover.
Iowa
Allamakee County
This Hanover is located in Allamakee County and lies 995 miles [1,601.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allamakee County community of Hanover.
Buena Vista County
This Hanover is located in Buena Vista County and lies 1,191 miles [1,916.7 km] to the west northwest of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buena Vista County community of Hanover.
Kansas
Osage County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Hanover [Osage County].
Washington County
This Hanover is located in Washington County and lies 1,298 miles [2,088.9 km]<2> to the west of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Hanover.
Maine
Oxford County
This Hanover is located in Oxford County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oxford County community of Hanover.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Hanover [Anne Arundel County].
Howard County
This Hanover is located in Howard County and lies 297 miles [478 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Hanover.
Massachusetts
Plymouth County
This Hanover is located in Plymouth County and lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Hanover.
Michigan
Jackson County
This Hanover is located in Jackson County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<2> to the west of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Hanover.
Minnesota
Wright County
This Hanover is located in Wright County and lies 1,107 miles [1,781.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wright County community of Hanover.
Montana
Fergus County
This Hanover is located in Fergus County and lies 1,869 miles [3,007.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fergus County community of Hanover.
Nebraska
Gage County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Gage County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gage County community of Hanover.
New Hampshire
Grafton County
This Hanover is located in Grafton County and lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<2> to the north of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of Hanover.
New Jersey
Burlington County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Hanover [Burlington County].
Morris County
This Hanover is located in Morris County and lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Hanover.
New Mexico
Grant County
This Hanover is located in Grant County and lies 2,055 miles [3,307.2 km]<2> to the west of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Hanover.
New York
Oneida County
This Hanover is located in Oneida County and lies 192 miles [309 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Hanover.
Ohio
Butler County
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 Ohio community of Hanover [Butler County].
Harrison County
This Hanover is located in Harrison County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km]<2> to the west of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Hanover.
Licking County
This Hanover is located in Licking County and lies 543 miles [873.9 km] to the west of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of Hanover.
Perry County
This community is historic and although located in Perry County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Hanover.
Ontario
This Hanover lies 484 miles [778.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
Pennsylvania
Luzerne County
This Hanover is located in Luzerne County and lies 205 miles [329.9 km]<2> to the west of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Hanover.
Northampton County
This Hanover is located in Northampton County and lies 186 miles [299.3 km] to the west southwest of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Hanover.
York County
This Hanover is located in York County and lies 286 miles [460.3 km] to the west southwest of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Hanover.
South Carolina
Anderson County
This Hanover is located in Anderson County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Hanover.
Texas
Milam County
This Hanover is located in Milam County and lies 1,560 miles [2,510.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Milam County community of Hanover.
Virginia
Hanover County
This Hanover is located in Hanover County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Hanover.
West Virginia
Wyoming County
This Hanover is located in Wyoming County and lies 588 miles [946.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Hanover.
Wisconsin
Rock County
This Hanover is located in Rock County and lies 876 miles [1,409.8 km]<2> to the west of the Hanover that is located in New London County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rock County community of Hanover.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hanover ...
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.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Franklin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Greenville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hanover to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hanover and extending to:
Hartford, which is the State Capital of Connecticut, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Hanover to Hartford, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 323 miles [519.8 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,574 miles [8,970.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,280 miles [10,106.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,157 miles [6,690 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Hanover 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 county. 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.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hanover) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hanover. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6426, Longitude: -72.0654 In this case, the coordinates for Hanover have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Hanover, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>
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.
<8>
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 Hanover to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.678 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.242 degrees.
<11>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.379 degrees.