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Communities Also Named Colby ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Colby.

Within Manitoba, the name Colby is unique.

Beyond Manitoba, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Delta County
      • This Colby is located in Delta County and lies 905 miles [1,456.5 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Colby.
    • Idaho
      • Bonner 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 Idaho community of Colby [Bonner County].
    • Kansas
      • Thomas County
      • This Colby is located in Thomas County and lies 769 miles [1,237.6 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Thomas County community of Colby.
    • Kentucky
      • Clark County
      • This Colby is located in Clark County and lies 1,125 miles [1,810.5 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Colby.
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • This Colby is located in Aroostook County and lies 1,421 miles [2,286.9 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Colby.
    • Michigan
      • Montcalm 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 Colby [Montcalm County].
    • Minnesota
      • Saint Louis County
      • This Colby is located in Saint Louis County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Colby.
    • Mississippi
      • Yazoo County
      • This Colby is located in Yazoo County and lies 1,286 miles [2,069.6 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yazoo County community of Colby.
    • New Hampshire
      • Merrimack County
      • This Colby is located in Merrimack County and lies 1,376 miles [2,214.5 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merrimack County community of Colby.
    • Ohio
      • Sandusky County
      • This Colby is located in Sandusky County and lies 998 miles [1,606.1 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sandusky County community of Colby.
    • Tennessee
      • Sullivan County
      • 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 Tennessee community of Colby [Sullivan County].
    • Washington
      • Kitsap County
      • This Colby is located in Kitsap County and lies 1,076 miles [1,731.7 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kitsap County community of Colby.
    • Wisconsin
      • Clark County
      • This Colby is located in Clark County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Colby.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Colby ...

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.

  • Eden
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Elk Ranch
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elk Ranch came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Ranch
  • Golden Stream ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Golden Stream. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Stream
  • Grass River
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grass River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass River
  • Mountain Road ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mountain Road. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Road
  • Riding Mountain
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Sandy Bay
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Silver Stream ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Silver Stream. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Stream
  • Woodside ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Woodside. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside

How Far From Colby to ...

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

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

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 94 miles [151.3 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Colby 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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,130 miles [1,818.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,104 miles [9,823.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,871 miles [11,057.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,838 miles [7,786 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Colby. 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 '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- Colby) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Colby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.4464, Longitude: -99.0886    
<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 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 Colby 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.
<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 Colby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<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 Colby 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 322.527 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.662 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.574 degrees.




 

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