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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 Wellington:
38.216646, -85.670321
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We found 36 communities that share the name Wellington.
There is one other community in Kentucky which is also named Wellington.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 35 communities, 31 are located in the United States and eight are in Canada.
Communities Located In Kentucky ...
Menifee County
This Wellington is located in Menifee County and lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<1> to the east of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menifee County community of Wellington.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Calhoun County
This Wellington is located in Calhoun County and lies 303 miles [487.6 km]<1> to the south of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Wellington.
British Columbia
This Wellington lies 2,032 miles [3,270.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
Colorado
Larimer County
This Wellington is located in Larimer County and lies 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Larimer County community of Wellington.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Wellington is located in Hillsborough County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Wellington.
Palm Beach County
This Wellington is located in Palm Beach County and lies 857 miles [1,379.2 km] to the south southeast of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Palm Beach County community of Wellington.
Georgia
Fulton County
This Wellington is located in Fulton County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<1> to the south of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Wellington.
Muscogee County
This Wellington is located in Muscogee County and lies 398 miles [640.5 km] to the south of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muscogee County community of Wellington.
Illinois
Iroquois County
This Wellington is located in Iroquois County and lies 192 miles [309 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iroquois County community of Wellington.
Indiana
Marion County
This Wellington is located in Marion County and lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Wellington.
Kansas
Sumner County
This Wellington is located in Sumner County and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km]<1> to the west of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Wellington.
Louisiana
East Baton Rouge Parish
This Wellington is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Wellington.
Maine
Piscataquis County
This Wellington is located in Piscataquis County and lies 951 miles [1,530.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Piscataquis County community of Wellington.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Wellington is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km]<1> to the east of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Wellington.
Somerset County
This Wellington is located in Somerset County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km] to the east of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Wellington.
Massachusetts
Middlesex County
This Wellington is located in Middlesex County and lies 819 miles [1,318.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Wellington.
Michigan
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 Michigan community of Wellington [Crawford County].
Gogebic County
This Wellington is located in Gogebic County and lies 595 miles [957.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gogebic County community of Wellington.
Minnesota
Renville 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 Minnesota community of Wellington [Renville County].
Missouri
Lafayette County
This Wellington is located in Lafayette County and lies 452 miles [727.4 km]<1> to the west of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Wellington.
Nevada
Lyon County
This Wellington is located in Lyon County and lies 1,811 miles [2,914.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Wellington.
Nye County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Nye County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Wellington.
Newfoundland and Labrador
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 Newfoundland and Labrador community of Wellington.
Nova Scotia
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 Nova Scotia community of Wellington.
Ohio
Lorain County
This Wellington is located in Lorain County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lorain County community of Wellington.
Ontario
This Wellington lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
Pennsylvania
Lehigh County
This Wellington is located in Lehigh County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lehigh County community of Wellington.
Prince Edward Island
This Wellington lies 1,237 miles [1,990.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
South Carolina
Aiken County
This Wellington is located in Aiken County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Wellington.
South Dakota
Minnehaha 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 South Dakota community of Wellington [Minnehaha County].
Texas
Collingsworth County
This Wellington is located in Collingsworth County and lies 838 miles [1,348.6 km]<1> to the west of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collingsworth County community of Wellington.
Harris County
This Wellington is located in Harris County and lies 792 miles [1,274.6 km] to the southwest of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Wellington.
Utah
Carbon County
This Wellington is located in Carbon County and lies 1,346 miles [2,166.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carbon County community of Wellington.
Virginia
Fairfax County
This Wellington is located in Fairfax County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<1> to the east of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Wellington.
Prince William County
This Wellington is located in Prince William County and lies 439 miles [706.5 km] to the east of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince William County community of Wellington.
West Virginia
Roane County
This Wellington is located in Roane County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the east of the Wellington that is located in Jefferson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Wellington.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wellington ...
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 (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
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, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Wellington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wellington and extending to:
Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 43 miles [69.2 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Wellington to Frankfort, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full 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 468 miles [753.2 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,282 miles [10,109.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,006 miles [11,275.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,881 miles [7,855.2 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 from Point A (ie- Wellington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wellington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2166, Longitude: -85.6703 In this case, the coordinates for Wellington 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Wellington 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 Wellington, 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 Wellington 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 313.155 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.346 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.676 degrees.