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38.233539, -85.453303
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We found 40 communities that share the name Eastwood.
Within Kentucky, the name Eastwood is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 37 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 37 communities, 36 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of Eastwood, we know of three communities located outside of the United States and Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Baldwin County
This Eastwood is located in Baldwin County and lies 523 miles [841.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baldwin County community of Eastwood.
Blount County
This Eastwood is located in Blount County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km] to the south southwest of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Eastwood.
Calhoun County
This Eastwood is located in Calhoun County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km] to the south of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Eastwood.
Jefferson County
This Eastwood is located in Jefferson County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km] to the south southwest of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Eastwood.
Arkansas
Jefferson County
This Eastwood is located in Jefferson County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Eastwood.
Colorado
Pueblo 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 Colorado community of Eastwood [Pueblo County].
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Eastwood is located in Hillsborough County and lies 735 miles [1,182.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Eastwood.
Polk County
This Eastwood is located in Polk County and lies 737 miles [1,186.1 km] to the south southeast of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Eastwood.
Georgia
DeKalb 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 Eastwood [DeKalb County].
Illinois
Cook 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 Eastwood [Cook County].
Kansas
Bourbon 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 Eastwood [Bourbon County].
Louisiana
Bossier Parish
This Eastwood is located in Bossier Parish and lies 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bossier Parish community of Eastwood.
Michigan
Kalamazoo County
This Eastwood is located in Kalamazoo County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<1> to the north of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kalamazoo County community of Eastwood.
Saginaw 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 Eastwood [Saginaw County].
Missouri
Carter County
This Eastwood is located in Carter County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Eastwood.
Jackson County
This Eastwood is located in Jackson County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km] to the west of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Eastwood.
New York
Onondaga County
This Eastwood is located in Onondaga County and lies 592 miles [952.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Eastwood.
North Carolina
Lenoir County
This Eastwood is located in Lenoir County and lies 470 miles [756.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenoir County community of Eastwood.
Moore County
This Eastwood is located in Moore County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km] to the east southeast of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moore County community of Eastwood.
Orange County
This Eastwood is located in Orange County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km] to the east southeast of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Eastwood.
Pitt County
This Eastwood is located in Pitt County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km] to the east southeast of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Eastwood.
Wake County
This Eastwood is located in Wake County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km] to the east southeast of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Eastwood.
Wilson County
This Eastwood is located in Wilson County and lies 453 miles [729 km] to the east southeast of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Eastwood.
Ohio
Brown County
This Eastwood is located in Brown County and lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Eastwood.
Franklin County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Franklin County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Eastwood.
Ontario
This Eastwood lies 421 miles [677.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
Oregon
Douglas 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 Oregon community of Eastwood [Douglas County].
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
This Eastwood is located in Allegheny County and lies 335 miles [539.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Eastwood.
Westmoreland County
This Eastwood is located in Westmoreland County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km] to the east northeast of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Eastwood.
Tennessee
Knox County
This Eastwood is located in Knox County and lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Eastwood.
Putnam County
This Eastwood is located in Putnam County and lies 143 miles [230.1 km] to the south of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Eastwood.
Rutherford County
This Eastwood is located in Rutherford County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km] to the south southwest of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Eastwood.
Texas
El Paso 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 Texas community of Eastwood [El Paso County].
Harris County
This Eastwood is located in Harris County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Eastwood.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Eastwood is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,410 miles [2,269.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Eastwood.
Virginia
Newport News City
This Eastwood is located in Newport News City and lies 494 miles [795 km]<1> to the east of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newport News City community of Eastwood.
Washington
Kitsap County
This Eastwood is located in Kitsap County and lies 1,966 miles [3,164 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Eastwood that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kitsap County community of Eastwood.
Communities Beyond North America ...
Australia
- New South Wales
Distance: 9,305 miles [14,974.9 km]<1> to the west southwest
- South Australia
Distance: 9,997 miles [16,088.6 km] to the west
England
Distance: 3,945 miles [6,348.9 km]<1> to the northeast
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eastwood ...
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.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lincoln Ridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
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 Eastwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Eastwood and extending to:
Louisville, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Eastwood to Louisville, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 31 miles [49.9 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 over a day and walking would take most of two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 456 miles [733.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,273 miles [10,095.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,996 miles [11,259 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,871 miles [7,839.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Eastwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Eastwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2335, Longitude: -85.4533 In this case, the coordinates for Eastwood 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 Eastwood 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 Eastwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
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.
<6>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>
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.
<8>
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 Eastwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.019 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.193 degrees.
<11>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.574 degrees.