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38.221720, -85.616679
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We found 42 communities that share the name Cambridge.
Within Kentucky, the name Cambridge is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 42 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 42 communities, 39 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Randolph County
This Cambridge is located in Randolph County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<1> to the south of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Cambridge.
Georgia
Columbia County
This Cambridge is located in Columbia County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Cambridge.
Idaho
Bannock County
This Cambridge is located in Bannock County and lies 1,418 miles [2,282 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bannock County community of Cambridge.
Washington County
This Cambridge is located in Washington County and lies 1,656 miles [2,665.1 km] to the west northwest of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Cambridge.
Illinois
Henry County
This Cambridge is located in Henry County and lies 322 miles [518.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Cambridge.
Lake 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 Illinois community of Cambridge [Lake County].
Iowa
Henry 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 Iowa community of Cambridge [Henry County].
Story County
This Cambridge is located in Story County and lies 489 miles [787 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Story County community of Cambridge.
Kansas
Cowley County
This Cambridge is located in Cowley County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<1> to the west of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cowley County community of Cambridge.
Johnson 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 Cambridge [Johnson County].
Maine
Somerset County
This Cambridge is located in Somerset County and lies 954 miles [1,535.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Cambridge.
Maryland
Dorchester County
This Cambridge is located in Dorchester County and lies 516 miles [830.4 km]<1> to the east of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Cambridge.
Massachusetts
Middlesex County
This Cambridge is located in Middlesex County and lies 814 miles [1,310 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Cambridge.
Worcester County
This Cambridge is located in Worcester County and lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km] to the east northeast of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Cambridge.
Michigan
Lenawee 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 Cambridge [Lenawee County].
Minnesota
Isanti County
This Cambridge is located in Isanti County and lies 639 miles [1,028.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Isanti County community of Cambridge.
Mississippi
Lafayette 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 Mississippi community of Cambridge [Lafayette County].
Missouri
Saline County
This Cambridge is located in Saline County and lies 401 miles [645.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Cambridge.
Nebraska
Furnas County
This Cambridge is located in Furnas County and lies 790 miles [1,271.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Furnas County community of Cambridge.
Nevada
Lyon 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 Nevada community of Cambridge [Lyon County].
New Hampshire
Coos 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 New Hampshire community of Cambridge [Coos County].
New Jersey
Burlington County
This Cambridge is located in Burlington County and lies 585 miles [941.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Cambridge.
New York
Washington County
This Cambridge is located in Washington County and lies 721 miles [1,160.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Cambridge.
North Carolina
Cumberland County
This Cambridge is located in Cumberland County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Cambridge.
Pitt County
This Cambridge is located in Pitt County and lies 489 miles [787 km] to the east southeast of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Cambridge.
Rockingham County
This Cambridge is located in Rockingham County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km] to the east southeast of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Cambridge.
Nova Scotia
This Cambridge lies 1,203 miles [1,936 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
Ohio
Guernsey County
This Cambridge is located in Guernsey County and lies 249 miles [400.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guernsey County community of Cambridge.
Jackson County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Jackson County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Cambridge.
Oklahoma
Kiowa County
This Cambridge is located in Kiowa County and lies 782 miles [1,258.5 km]<1> to the west of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kiowa County community of Cambridge.
Ontario
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 Ontario community of Cambridge.
Pennsylvania
Chester County
This Cambridge is located in Chester County and lies 533 miles [857.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Cambridge.
Crawford 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 Cambridge [Crawford County].
Prince Edward Island
This Cambridge lies 1,294 miles [2,082.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
South Carolina
Greenwood 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 Cambridge [Greenwood County].
Spartanburg County
This Cambridge is located in Spartanburg County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Cambridge.
Tennessee
Warren County
This Cambridge is located in Warren County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<1> to the south of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Cambridge.
Texas
Clay County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Clay County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Cambridge.
Grayson County
This Cambridge is located in Grayson County and lies 690 miles [1,110.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Cambridge.
Vermont
Lamoille County
This Cambridge is located in Lamoille County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamoille County community of Cambridge.
Virginia
Chesterfield County
This Cambridge is located in Chesterfield County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km]<1> to the east of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Cambridge.
Wisconsin
Dane County
This Cambridge is located in Dane County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Cambridge that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dane County community of Cambridge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cambridge ...
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.
Cherokee Garden (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherokee Garden 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 city such as Cambridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cambridge and extending to:
Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Cambridge to Frankfort, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 465 miles [748.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,280 miles [10,106.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,003 miles [11,270.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,879 miles [7,852 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
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- Cambridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cambridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2217, Longitude: -85.6167 In this case, the coordinates for Cambridge 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 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 Cambridge 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 Cambridge, 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>
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.
<7>
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 Cambridge to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.122 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.308 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.65 degrees.