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Communities Also Named Pope ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Pope.

Within Manitoba, the name Pope is unique.

Beyond Manitoba, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cherokee County
      • This Pope is located in Cherokee County and lies 1,346 miles [2,166.2 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Pope.
      • DeKalb County
      • This Pope is located in DeKalb County and lies 1,312 miles [2,111.5 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Pope.
      • Marengo County
      • This Pope is located in Marengo County and lies 1,415 miles [2,277.2 km] to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marengo County community of Pope.
    • California
      • Imperial 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 California community of Pope [Imperial County].
      • San Joaquin County
      • This Pope is located in San Joaquin County and lies 1,302 miles [2,095.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Joaquin County community of Pope.
    • Georgia
      • Bibb 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 Pope [Bibb County].
    • Kansas
      • Leavenworth 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 Kansas community of Pope [Leavenworth County].
    • Kentucky
      • Allen County
      • This Pope is located in Allen County and lies 1,166 miles [1,876.5 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Pope.
    • Mississippi
      • Panola County
      • This Pope is located in Panola County and lies 1,225 miles [1,971.4 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Panola County community of Pope.
    • New Mexico
      • Socorro 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 Pope [Socorro County].
    • New York
      • Cattaraugus County
      • This Pope is located in Cattaraugus County and lies 1,167 miles [1,878.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cattaraugus County community of Pope.
    • Tennessee
      • Perry County
      • This Pope is located in Perry County and lies 1,186 miles [1,908.7 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Pope.
    • Texas
      • Cherokee 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 Texas community of Pope [Cherokee County].
    • Virginia
      • Southampton County
      • This Pope is located in Southampton County and lies 1,489 miles [2,396.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Southampton County community of Pope.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pope ...

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.

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Pope once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Pope and extending to:

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Pope to Winnipeg, with an average speed<4>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 9 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 1,199 miles [1,929.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 69 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,166 miles [9,923.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,933 miles [11,157.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,906 miles [7,895.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 from Point A (ie- Pope) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Pope, 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 Pope 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>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.
<5>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 Pope to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pope. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.1140, Longitude: -100.7277    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.775 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 323.033 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.667 degrees.