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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 Cadiz:
37.579216, -88.226424
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We found eleven communities that are also named Cadiz.
Within Illinois, the name Cadiz is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
In addition to the above occurrences of Cadiz, we know of three communities located outside of the United States and Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
San Bernardino County
This Cadiz is located in San Bernardino County and lies 1,532 miles [2,465.5 km]<1> to the west of the Cadiz that is located in Hardin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Cadiz.
Georgia
Franklin 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 Georgia community of Cadiz [Franklin County].
Indiana
Henry County
This Cadiz is located in Henry County and lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cadiz that is located in Hardin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Cadiz.
Kentucky
Trigg County
This Cadiz is located in Trigg County and lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Cadiz that is located in Hardin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trigg County community of Cadiz.
Michigan
Iron 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 Cadiz [Iron County].
New York
Cattaraugus County
This Cadiz is located in Cattaraugus County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cadiz that is located in Hardin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cattaraugus County community of Cadiz.
Ohio
Harrison County
This Cadiz is located in Harrison County and lies 430 miles [692 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cadiz that is located in Hardin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Cadiz.
Texas
Bee County
This Cadiz is located in Bee County and lies 844 miles [1,358.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cadiz that is located in Hardin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bee County community of Cadiz.
Communities Beyond North America ...
Spain
Distance: 4,357 miles [7,011.9 km]<1> to the east northeast
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cadiz to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cadiz and extending to:
Elizabethtown, which is the Seat of Hardin County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cadiz to Elizabethtown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 170 miles [273.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 613 miles [986.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,413 miles [10,320.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,140 miles [11,490.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,017 miles [8,074.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cadiz) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Cadiz 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.
<3>
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.
<4>
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 Cadiz to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cadiz. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5792, Longitude: -88.2264 In this case, the coordinates for Cadiz have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.757 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.097 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.986 degrees.