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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 Sturgeon:
37.419255, -83.784920
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We found eight communities that share the name Sturgeon.
Within Kentucky, the name Sturgeon is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Idaho
Kootenai County
This Sturgeon is located in Kootenai County and lies 1,810 miles [2,912.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Sturgeon that is located in Owsley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kootenai County community of Sturgeon.
Michigan
Baraga 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 Sturgeon [Baraga County].
Dickinson County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Sturgeon [Dickinson County].
Minnesota
Saint Louis County
This Sturgeon is located in Saint Louis County and lies 849 miles [1,366.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Sturgeon that is located in Owsley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Sturgeon.
Missouri
Boone County
This Sturgeon is located in Boone County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sturgeon that is located in Owsley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Sturgeon.
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
This Sturgeon is located in Allegheny County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sturgeon that is located in Owsley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Sturgeon.
Prince Edward Island
This Sturgeon lies 1,242 miles [1,998.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Sturgeon that is located in Owsley County.
Texas
Cooke County
This Sturgeon is located in Cooke County and lies 781 miles [1,256.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sturgeon that is located in Owsley County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cooke County community of Sturgeon.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sturgeon ...
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.
Blake (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Travellers Rest. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sturgeon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sturgeon and extending to:
Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Sturgeon to Frankfort, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 380 miles [611.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,244 miles [10,048.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,960 miles [11,201 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,835 miles [7,781.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sturgeon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sturgeon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4193, Longitude: -83.7849 In this case, the coordinates for Sturgeon 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 Sturgeon 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>
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.
<4>
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.
<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 Sturgeon 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 311.979 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.885 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.073 degrees.