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We found eight communities that are also named Balltown.
There is one other community in Kentucky that is also named Balltown.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Kentucky ...
Nelson County
This Balltown is located in Nelson County and lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Balltown that is located in Whitley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nelson County community of Balltown.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Colorado
Lake County
This Balltown is located in Lake County and lies 1,212 miles [1,950.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Balltown that is located in Whitley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Balltown.
Iowa
Dubuque County
This Balltown is located in Dubuque County and lies 541 miles [870.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Balltown that is located in Whitley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dubuque County community of Balltown.
Louisiana
Washington 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 Balltown [Washington Parish].
New York
Chautauqua County
This Balltown is located in Chautauqua County and lies 481 miles [774.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Balltown that is located in Whitley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Balltown.
Pennsylvania
Forest County
This Balltown is located in Forest County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Balltown that is located in Whitley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forest County community of Balltown.
South Carolina
Aiken County
This Balltown is located in Aiken County and lies 256 miles [412 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Balltown that is located in Whitley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Balltown.
Tennessee
McMinn County
This Balltown is located in McMinn County and lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Balltown that is located in Whitley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McMinn County community of Balltown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Balltown ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Balltown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Balltown and extending to:
Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Balltown to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 416 miles [669.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,292 miles [10,126 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,881 miles [7,855.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Balltown) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Balltown 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 Balltown 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 Balltown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7240, Longitude: -84.1677 In this case, the coordinates for Balltown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.206 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.045 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.431 degrees.