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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 Millersville:
39.853096, -86.091652
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.
We found fourteen communities that share the name Millersville.
Within Indiana, the name Millersville is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Kern County
This Millersville is located in Kern County and lies 1,788 miles [2,877.5 km]<1> to the west of the Millersville that is located in Marion County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kern County community of Millersville.
Illinois
Christian County
This Millersville is located in Christian County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the west of the Millersville that is located in Marion County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Christian County community of Millersville.
Louisiana
Acadia Parish
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 Louisiana community of Millersville [Acadia Parish].
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Millersville is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 506 miles [814.3 km]<1> to the east of the Millersville that is located in Marion County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Millersville.
Michigan
Wexford County
This Millersville is located in Wexford County and lies 306 miles [492.5 km]<1> to the north of the Millersville that is located in Marion County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wexford County community of Millersville.
Missouri
Cape Girardeau County
This Millersville is located in Cape Girardeau County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Millersville that is located in Marion County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape Girardeau County community of Millersville.
Nevada
Douglas County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Douglas County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Millersville.
North Carolina
Alexander County
This Millersville is located in Alexander County and lies 384 miles [618 km]<1> to the southeast of the Millersville that is located in Marion County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alexander County community of Millersville.
Ohio
Sandusky County
This Millersville is located in Sandusky County and lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Millersville that is located in Marion County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sandusky County community of Millersville.
Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
This Millersville is located in Lancaster County and lies 515 miles [828.8 km]<1> to the east of the Millersville that is located in Marion County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Millersville.
South Carolina
Bamberg 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 South Carolina community of Millersville [Bamberg County].
Tennessee
Robertson County
This Millersville is located in Robertson County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<1> to the south of the Millersville that is located in Marion County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robertson County community of Millersville.
West Virginia
Marion County
This Millersville is located in Marion County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<1> to the east of the Millersville that is located in Marion County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Millersville.
Wisconsin
Sheboygan 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 Wisconsin community of Millersville [Sheboygan County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Millersville ...
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 Cove (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Millersville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Millersville and extending to:
Indianapolis, which is the State Capital of Indiana, lies just to the south southwest (SSW).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 487 miles [783.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Millersville to White House, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 28 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 19 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,221 miles [10,011.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,951 miles [11,186.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,829 miles [7,771.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Millersville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Millersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8531, Longitude: -86.0917 In this case, the coordinates for Millersville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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 Millersville 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>
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 Millersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Millersville 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 313.434 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.899 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.41 degrees.