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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Edwardsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Edwardsville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Edwardsville:
    • 38.996503, -75.713819
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Edwardsville
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Edwardsville ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Edwardsville.

Within Delaware, the name Edwardsville is unique.

Beyond Delaware, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cleburne County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Edwardsville that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleburne County community of Edwardsville.
      • Coffee County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Coffee County and lies 783 miles [1,260.1 km] to the southwest of the Edwardsville that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Edwardsville.
      • Etowah County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Etowah County and lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km] to the west southwest of the Edwardsville that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Edwardsville.
    • Georgia
      • Fulton 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 Edwardsville [Fulton County].
    • Illinois
      • Madison County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Madison County and lies 764 miles [1,229.5 km]<1> to the west of the Edwardsville that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Edwardsville.
    • Indiana
      • Floyd County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Floyd County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<1> to the west of the Edwardsville that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Edwardsville.
    • Kansas
      • Wyandotte County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Wyandotte County and lies 1,022 miles [1,644.7 km]<1> to the west of the Edwardsville that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyandotte County community of Edwardsville.
    • New York
      • Saint Lawrence County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 381 miles [613.2 km]<1> to the north of the Edwardsville that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Edwardsville.
    • North Carolina
      • Surry 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 Carolina community of Edwardsville [Surry County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Edwardsville lies 927 miles [1,491.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Edwardsville that is located in Kent County.
    • Ohio
      • Clark County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Clark County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Edwardsville.
      • Warren County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Warren County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km]<1> to the west of the Edwardsville that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Edwardsville.
    • Oklahoma
      • Edwardsville #
      • 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 Oklahoma community of Edwardsville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Luzerne County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Luzerne County and lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<1> to the north of the Edwardsville that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Edwardsville.
    • Virginia
      • Fauquier County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Fauquier County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km]<1> to the west of the Edwardsville that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Edwardsville.
      • Northumberland County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Northumberland County and lies 83 miles [133.6 km] to the south southwest of the Edwardsville that is located in Kent County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northumberland County community of Edwardsville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Edwardsville ...

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.

  • Choptank Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Choptank Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptank Mills
    • Choptank Mills is located in Kent County
  • Choptank Pines
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Choptank Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptank Pines
    • Choptank Pines is located in Caroline County (MD)
  • Choptank Ponds
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Choptank Ponds have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptank Ponds
    • Choptank Ponds is located in Caroline County (MD)
  • Four Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
    • Four Corners is located in Caroline County (MD)
  • Greens Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greens Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Corner
    • Greens Corner is located in Kent County
  • Hollandsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollandsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandsville
    • Hollandsville is located in Kent County
  • Hughes Crossroads
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hughes Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Crossroads
    • Hughes Crossroads is located in Kent County
  • Lords Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lords Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lords Corner
    • Lords Corner is located in Kent County
  • Maple Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
    • Maple Village is located in Caroline County (MD)
  • Melvin Crossroads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melvin Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Crossroads
    • Melvin Crossroads is located in Kent County
  • Sandtown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
    • Sandtown is located in Kent County
  • Union Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Corner
    • Union Corner is located in Caroline County (MD)

How Far From Edwardsville to ...

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 Edwardsville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Dover, which is the Seat of Kent County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Edwardsville to Dover, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Dover, which is the State Capital of Delaware, lies 15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 71 miles [114.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take 4 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,837 miles [9,393.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,539 miles [10,523.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,417 miles [7,108.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Kent County: www.co.kent.de.us/

The official website for State of Delaware: https://delaware.gov/

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Edwardsville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Edwardsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9965, Longitude: -75.7138       In this case, the coordinates for Edwardsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Edwardsville, 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 Edwardsville 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.
<4>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.
<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 Edwardsville 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 307.106 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.564 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.122 degrees.




 

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