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Communities Also Named Greenland ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Greenland.

Within Manitoba, the name Greenland is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Washington County
      • This Greenland is located in Washington County and lies 950 miles [1,528.9 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Greenland.
    • Colorado
      • Douglas County
      • This Greenland is located in Douglas County and lies 824 miles [1,326.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Greenland.
    • Florida
      • Duval County
      • This Greenland is located in Duval County and lies 1,559 miles [2,509 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Greenland.
    • Illinois
      • Fayette 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 Illinois community of Greenland [Fayette County].
    • Maryland
      • Wicomico County
      • This Greenland is located in Wicomico County and lies 1,300 miles [2,092.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Greenland.
    • Michigan
      • Ontonagon County
      • This Greenland is located in Ontonagon County and lies 402 miles [647 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ontonagon County community of Greenland.
    • Minnesota
      • Le Sueur County
      • This Greenland is located in Le Sueur County and lies 400 miles [643.7 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Le Sueur County community of Greenland.
    • Mississippi
      • Newton County
      • This Greenland is located in Newton County and lies 1,243 miles [2,000.4 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Greenland.
    • New Hampshire
      • Rockingham County
      • This Greenland is located in Rockingham County and lies 1,307 miles [2,103.4 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Greenland.
    • New Jersey
      • Camden County
      • This Greenland is located in Camden County and lies 1,253 miles [2,016.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Greenland.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • 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 Newfoundland and Labrador community of Greenland.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Greenland lies 1,493 miles [2,402.8 km]<1> to the east.
    • Ohio
      • Ross County
      • This Greenland is located in Ross County and lies 968 miles [1,557.8 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ross County community of Greenland.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster County
      • This Greenland is located in Lancaster County and lies 1,196 miles [1,924.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Greenland.
    • South Carolina
      • Barnwell 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 South Carolina community of Greenland [Barnwell County].
    • Tennessee
      • Hawkins County
      • This Greenland is located in Hawkins County and lies 1,143 miles [1,839.5 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hawkins County community of Greenland.
    • West Virginia
      • Grant County
      • This Greenland is located in Grant County and lies 1,122 miles [1,805.7 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Greenland.
      • Wood 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 West Virginia community of Greenland [Wood County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenland ...

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.

  • Deacon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deacon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
  • Glass
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glass came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass
  • Landmark
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmark
  • Mitchell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
  • Prairie Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Grove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
  • Queens Valley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Randolph
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randolph came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
  • Rosewood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosewood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood

How Far From Greenland 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 Greenland to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Greenland to Winnipeg, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,018 miles [1,638.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 40 days and walking would take 58 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,083 miles [9,789.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,848 miles [11,020.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,797 miles [7,720 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Greenland. 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' (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- Greenland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Greenland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.6339, Longitude: -96.7286    
<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 Greenland, 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 Greenland 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>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>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 Greenland 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 320.769 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.575 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.36 degrees.




 

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