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Communities Also Named Leighton ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Leighton.

Within Manitoba, the name Leighton is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Colbert County
      • This Leighton is located in Colbert County and lies 1,202 miles [1,934.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colbert County community of Leighton.
    • Arkansas
      • Prairie 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 Arkansas community of Leighton [Prairie County].
    • California
      • Shasta County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Shasta County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Leighton.
    • Georgia
      • Coffee 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 Georgia community of Leighton [Coffee County].
    • Iowa
      • Mahaska County
      • This Leighton is located in Mahaska County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahaska County community of Leighton.
    • Kentucky
      • Estill County
      • This Leighton is located in Estill County and lies 1,155 miles [1,858.8 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Estill County community of Leighton.
    • Louisiana
      • Lafourche Parish
      • This Leighton is located in Lafourche Parish and lies 1,435 miles [2,309.4 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafourche Parish community of Leighton.
    • Minnesota
      • Hennepin County
      • This Leighton is located in Hennepin County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hennepin County community of Leighton.
    • Mississippi
      • Lee 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 Mississippi community of Leighton [Lee County].
    • New Mexico
      • Colfax 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 New Mexico community of Leighton [Colfax County].
      • Union County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Union County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Leighton.
    • Tennessee
      • Madison County
      • This Leighton is located in Madison County and lies 1,109 miles [1,784.8 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Leighton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Leighton ...

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.

  • Argue
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Argue came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argue
  • Broomhill
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broomhill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomhill
  • Emblem
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emblem came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emblem
  • Goodlands
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodlands came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodlands
  • Mountainside ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mountainside. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainside
  • Pipestone
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pipestone came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipestone
  • Regent
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regent came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regent

How Far From Leighton to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Leighton to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Leighton to Winnipeg, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,188 miles [1,911.9 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,212 miles [9,997.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,979 miles [11,231.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,945 miles [7,958.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Leighton. 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- Leighton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Leighton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.2192, Longitude: -100.5994    
<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 Leighton, 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 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 Leighton 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>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 Leighton 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 323.681 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.82 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.807 degrees.




 

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