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we pass this GPS location for Roxbury:
42.314952, -71.093687
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We found 22 communities that are also named Roxbury.
Within Massachusetts, the name Roxbury is unique.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of 22 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, twenty are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Connecticut
Fairfield County
This Roxbury is located in Fairfield County and lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Roxbury that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Roxbury.
Litchfield County
This Roxbury is located in Litchfield County and lies 125 miles [201.2 km] to the west southwest of the Roxbury that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Litchfield County community of Roxbury.
Illinois
Lee County
This Roxbury is located in Lee County and lies 920 miles [1,480.6 km]<1> to the west of the Roxbury that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Roxbury.
Kansas
McPherson County
This Roxbury is located in McPherson County and lies 1,402 miles [2,256.3 km]<1> to the west of the Roxbury that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McPherson County community of Roxbury.
Maine
Oxford County
This Roxbury is located in Oxford County and lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<1> to the north of the Roxbury that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oxford County community of Roxbury.
Maryland
Howard County
This Roxbury is located in Howard County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Roxbury that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Roxbury.
Washington County
This Roxbury is located in Washington County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km] to the west southwest of the Roxbury that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Roxbury.
New Hampshire
Cheshire County
This Roxbury is located in Cheshire County and lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Roxbury that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheshire County community of Roxbury.
New Jersey
Morris 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 Jersey community of Roxbury [Morris County].
New York
Delaware County
This Roxbury is located in Delaware County and lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<1> to the west of the Roxbury that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Roxbury.
Queens County
This Roxbury is located in Queens County and lies 188 miles [302.6 km] to the southwest of the Roxbury that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Roxbury.
Nova Scotia
This Roxbury lies 342 miles [550.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Roxbury that is located in Suffolk County.
Ohio
Morgan County
This Roxbury is located in Morgan County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Roxbury that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Roxbury.
Pennsylvania
Cambria County
This Roxbury is located in Cambria County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Roxbury that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Roxbury.
Cumberland County
This Roxbury is located in Cumberland County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km] to the west southwest of the Roxbury that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Roxbury.
Franklin County
This Roxbury is located in Franklin County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km] to the west southwest of the Roxbury that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Roxbury.
Somerset County
This Roxbury is located in Somerset County and lies 437 miles [703.3 km] to the west southwest of the Roxbury that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Roxbury.
Prince Edward Island
This Roxbury lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Roxbury that is located in Suffolk County.
Vermont
Washington County
This Roxbury is located in Washington County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Roxbury that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Roxbury.
Virginia
Charles City County
This Roxbury is located in Charles City County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Roxbury that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles City County community of Roxbury.
Henrico 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 Virginia community of Roxbury [Henrico County].
Wisconsin
Dane County
This Roxbury is located in Dane County and lies 941 miles [1,514.4 km]<1> to the west of the Roxbury that is located in Suffolk County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dane County community of Roxbury.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Roxbury ...
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.
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 Roxbury to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Roxbury and extending to:
Boston, which is the State Capital of Massachusetts, lies just to the north northeast (NNE).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 390 miles [627.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Roxbury to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,507 miles [8,862.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,214 miles [10,000.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,090 miles [6,582.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Roxbury) 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 Roxbury 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 Roxbury 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 Roxbury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3150, Longitude: -71.0937
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.003 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.594 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.609 degrees.