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Communities Also Named Badger ...

We found nineteen communities that share the name Badger.

Within Manitoba, the name Badger is unique.

Beyond Manitoba, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these eighteen communities, one is located in Canada and the other seventeen communities are located in  the United States.

In addition to the above occurrences of Badger, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alaska
      • This Badger lies 2,131 miles [3,429.5 km]<1> to the northwest.
    • California
      • Tulare County
      • This Badger is located in Tulare County and lies 1,442 miles [2,320.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulare County community of Badger.
    • Colorado
      • Washington County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Washington County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Badger.
    • Indiana
      • White County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Badger [White County].
    • Iowa
      • Webster County
      • This Badger is located in Webster County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Badger.
    • Kansas
      • Cherokee County
      • This Badger is located in Cherokee County and lies 832 miles [1,339 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Badger.
    • Kentucky
      • Taylor County
      • This Badger is located in Taylor County and lies 962 miles [1,548.2 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Badger.
    • Minnesota
      • Kittson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Badger [Kittson County].
      • Roseau County
      • This Badger is located in Roseau County and lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roseau County community of Badger.
    • Nebraska
      • Gage County
      • This Badger is located in Gage County and lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gage County community of Badger.
      • Holt County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Badger [Holt County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Badger lies 1,784 miles [2,871.1 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • South Dakota
      • Kingsbury County
      • This Badger is located in Kingsbury County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kingsbury County community of Badger.
    • Texas
      • Ector County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Badger [Ector County].
    • Washington
      • Benton County
      • This Badger is located in Benton County and lies 1,101 miles [1,771.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Badger.
      • Yakima County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Badger [Yakima County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Portage County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Badger [Portage County].
    • Wyoming
      • Laramie County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Badger [Laramie County].
  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • England
      • Distance: 3,785 miles [6,091.4 km]<1> to the northeast

Curious and Interesting Names Near Badger ...

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.

  • Caribou
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caribou have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
    • Caribou is located in Kittson County (MN)
  • Fox
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
    • Fox is located in Roseau County (MN)
  • Hickey
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickey came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickey
  • Lonesand
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonesand
  • Noacres
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noacres have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noacres
    • Noacres is located in Roseau County (MN)
  • Pinecreek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinecreek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecreek
    • Pinecreek is located in Roseau County (MN)
  • Spurgrave
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spurgrave came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgrave
  • Sundown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sundown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundown

How Far From Badger to ...

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 Badger to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Badger to Winnipeg, with an average speed<6>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 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 980 miles [1,577.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,085 miles [9,792.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,849 miles [11,022.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,792 miles [7,712 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Badger. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Manitoba: https://www.gov.mb.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Badger) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Badger. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.1833, Longitude: -95.9667    
<2>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 Badger, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Badger 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 . 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.
<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>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<6>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.
<7>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 Badger to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.212 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.888 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.031 degrees.




 

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