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38.283614, -85.612591
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We found 25 communities that share the name Bancroft.
There is one other community in Kentucky which is also named Bancroft.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 24 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Kentucky ...
Muhlenberg County
This Bancroft is located in Muhlenberg County and lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bancroft that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muhlenberg County community of Bancroft.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Contra Costa County
This Bancroft is located in Contra Costa County and lies 1,966 miles [3,164 km]<1> to the west of the Bancroft that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Contra Costa County community of Bancroft.
Georgia
Early County
This Bancroft is located in Early County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the south of the Bancroft that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Early County community of Bancroft.
Idaho
Caribou County
This Bancroft is located in Caribou County and lies 1,406 miles [2,262.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bancroft that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caribou County community of Bancroft.
Iowa
Kossuth County
This Bancroft is located in Kossuth County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bancroft that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kossuth County community of Bancroft.
Kansas
Coffey 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 Kansas community of Bancroft [Coffey County].
Nemaha County
This Bancroft is located in Nemaha County and lies 559 miles [899.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bancroft that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nemaha County community of Bancroft.
Louisiana
Beauregard Parish
This Bancroft is located in Beauregard Parish and lies 703 miles [1,131.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bancroft that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beauregard Parish community of Bancroft.
Maine
Aroostook County
This Bancroft is located in Aroostook County and lies 1,033 miles [1,662.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bancroft that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Bancroft.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Bancroft is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<1> to the east of the Bancroft that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Bancroft.
Massachusetts
Berkshire 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 Massachusetts community of Bancroft [Berkshire County].
Hampshire County
This Bancroft is located in Hampshire County and lies 717 miles [1,153.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bancroft that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampshire County community of Bancroft.
Michigan
Marquette 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 Bancroft [Marquette County].
Shiawassee County
This Bancroft is located in Shiawassee County and lies 327 miles [526.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Bancroft that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shiawassee County community of Bancroft.
Minnesota
Freeborn County
This Bancroft is located in Freeborn County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bancroft that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Freeborn County community of Bancroft.
Missouri
Daviess County
This Bancroft is located in Daviess County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bancroft that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daviess County community of Bancroft.
Nebraska
Cuming County
This Bancroft is located in Cuming County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bancroft that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuming County community of Bancroft.
Ohio
Stark County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Stark County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Bancroft.
Ontario
This Bancroft lies 614 miles [988.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bancroft that is located in Jefferson County.
Oregon
Coos County
This Bancroft is located in Coos County and lies 2,020 miles [3,250.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bancroft that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Bancroft.
Pennsylvania
Washington 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 Pennsylvania community of Bancroft [Washington County].
South Dakota
Kingsbury County
This Bancroft is located in Kingsbury County and lies 759 miles [1,221.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bancroft that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kingsbury County community of Bancroft.
Texas
Orange County
This Bancroft is located in Orange County and lies 732 miles [1,178 km]<1> to the southwest of the Bancroft that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Bancroft.
West Virginia
Putnam County
This Bancroft is located in Putnam County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the east of the Bancroft that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Bancroft.
Wisconsin
Portage County
This Bancroft is located in Portage County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Bancroft that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Bancroft.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bancroft ...
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.
Cherrywood Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherrywood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 city such as Bancroft to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bancroft and extending to:
Louisville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bancroft to Louisville, with an average speed<5> 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.
Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 40 miles [64.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 464 miles [746.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,277 miles [10,101.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,000 miles [11,265.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,876 miles [7,847.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bancroft) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bancroft. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2836, Longitude: -85.6126 In this case, the coordinates for Bancroft 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 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 Bancroft 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 Bancroft, 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 Bancroft 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 313.12 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.315 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.632 degrees.