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Communities Also Named Lockport ...

We found nineteen communities that share the name Lockport.

Within Manitoba, the name Lockport is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Will County
      • This Lockport is located in Will County and lies 725 miles [1,166.8 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Lockport.
    • Indiana
      • Carroll County
      • This Lockport is located in Carroll County and lies 818 miles [1,316.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Lockport.
    • Kansas
      • Finney 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 Kansas community of Lockport [Finney County].
      • Gray County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lockport [Gray County].
      • Haskell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lockport [Haskell County].
    • Kentucky
      • Henry County
      • This Lockport is located in Henry County and lies 996 miles [1,602.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Lockport.
    • Louisiana
      • Lafourche Parish
      • This Lockport is located in Lafourche Parish and lies 1,450 miles [2,333.5 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafourche Parish community of Lockport.
    • Michigan
      • Midland County
      • This Lockport is located in Midland County and lies 750 miles [1,207 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Midland County community of Lockport.
      • Saint Joseph 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 Lockport [Saint Joseph County].
    • New York
      • Niagara County
      • This Lockport is located in Niagara County and lies 984 miles [1,583.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Niagara County community of Lockport.
    • Ohio
      • Licking County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Licking County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of Lockport.
      • Warren County
      • This community is historic and although located in Warren County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Lockport.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clinton County
      • This Lockport is located in Clinton County and lies 1,121 miles [1,804.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Lockport.
      • Erie 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 Pennsylvania community of Lockport [Erie County].
      • Mifflin County
      • This Lockport is located in Mifflin County and lies 1,139 miles [1,833 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mifflin County community of Lockport.
      • Northampton County
      • This Lockport is located in Northampton County and lies 1,214 miles [1,953.7 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Lockport.
      • Westmoreland County
      • This Lockport is located in Westmoreland County and lies 1,090 miles [1,754.2 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Lockport.
      • York County
      • This Lockport is located in York County and lies 1,217 miles [1,958.6 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Lockport.
    • Tennessee
      • Wilson 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 Tennessee community of Lockport [Wilson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lockport ...

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.

  • Breezy Point
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Cloverdale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cooks Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooks Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Creek
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cooks Creek <5>
  • Hazelglen
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazelglen came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelglen
  • Hazelridge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazelridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelridge
  • Little Britain
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Britain came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain
  • Middlechurch
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middlechurch came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlechurch
  • Old England
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old England
    • Old England has also been known as:
    • Mapleton
  • Pine Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
  • Rockwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockwood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
  • Stony Mountain
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)

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

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

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Lockport to Winnipeg, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,033 miles [1,662.5 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 41 days and walking would take 59 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,065 miles [9,760.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,830 miles [10,991.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,784 miles [7,699.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lockport. 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lockport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lockport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.0841, Longitude: -96.9470    
<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 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 Lockport 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 Lockport, 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Lockport 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 320.922 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.806 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.365 degrees.




 

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