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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Farmersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Farmersville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • 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 Farmersville:
    • 37.202549, -87.906959
    • 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.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Farmersville
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Caldwell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Caldwell County
    • Since Farmersville is near Hopkins County and also Crittenden County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hopkins County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Crittenden County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Farmersville

Communities Also Named Farmersville ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Farmersville.

Within Kentucky, the name Farmersville is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lowndes County
      • This Farmersville is located in Lowndes County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the south of the Farmersville that is located in Caldwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Farmersville.
    • California
      • Tulare County
      • This Farmersville is located in Tulare County and lies 1,724 miles [2,774.5 km]<1> to the west of the Farmersville that is located in Caldwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulare County community of Farmersville.
    • Georgia
      • Chattooga County
      • This Farmersville is located in Chattooga County and lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Farmersville that is located in Caldwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chattooga County community of Farmersville.
    • Illinois
      • Montgomery County
      • This Farmersville is located in Montgomery County and lies 181 miles [291.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Farmersville that is located in Caldwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Farmersville.
    • Indiana
      • Posey County
      • This Farmersville is located in Posey County and lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<1> to the north of the Farmersville that is located in Caldwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Posey County community of Farmersville.
    • Kansas
      • Osage 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 Farmersville [Osage County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Barnstable County
      • This Farmersville is located in Barnstable County and lies 979 miles [1,575.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Farmersville that is located in Caldwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barnstable County community of Farmersville.
    • Missouri
      • Livingston County
      • This Farmersville is located in Livingston County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Farmersville that is located in Caldwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Farmersville.
    • New Jersey
      • Hunterdon County
      • This Farmersville is located in Hunterdon County and lies 743 miles [1,195.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Farmersville that is located in Caldwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Farmersville.
      • Monmouth County
      • Although located in Monmouth County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Farmersville.
    • New York
      • Cattaraugus County
      • This Farmersville is located in Cattaraugus County and lies 618 miles [994.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Farmersville that is located in Caldwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cattaraugus County community of Farmersville.
    • Ohio
      • Montgomery County
      • This Farmersville is located in Montgomery County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Farmersville that is located in Caldwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Farmersville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster County
      • This Farmersville is located in Lancaster County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Farmersville that is located in Caldwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Farmersville.
      • Northampton County
      • This Farmersville is located in Northampton County and lies 717 miles [1,153.9 km] to the east northeast of the Farmersville that is located in Caldwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Farmersville.
    • Texas
      • Collin County
      • This Farmersville is located in Collin County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Farmersville that is located in Caldwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collin County community of Farmersville.
    • Wisconsin
      • Dodge County
      • This Farmersville is located in Dodge County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km]<1> to the north of the Farmersville that is located in Caldwell County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Farmersville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Farmersville ...

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.

  • Bakers
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Bakers is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakers
  • Cedar Bluff
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Bluff is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
  • Crowtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Crowtown is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowtown
  • Flat Rock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Flat Rock is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
  • Fryer
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Fryer is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryer
  • Harper Ford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Harper Ford is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Ford
  • Lewistown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lewistown is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
  • Needmore
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Needmore is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
  • Piney Fork
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Piney Fork is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork
  • Pumpkin Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pumpkin Center is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
  • Rufus
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Rufus is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rufus
  • Tom Gray Ford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Tom Gray Ford is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Gray Ford

How Far From Farmersville to ...

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 Farmersville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Farmersville and extending to:

  • Princeton, which is the Seat of Caldwell County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Farmersville to Frankfort, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 602 miles [968.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,419 miles [10,330.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,144 miles [11,497.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,020 miles [8,078.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Farmersville) 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 Farmersville 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 Farmersville 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 Farmersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2025, Longitude: -87.9070       In this case, the coordinates for Farmersville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.541 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.795 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.933 degrees.