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Communities Also Named Prairie Grove ...

We found eight communities that share the name Prairie Grove.

Within Manitoba, the name Prairie Grove is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Drew County
      • This Prairie Grove is located in Drew County and lies 1,161 miles [1,868.4 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Drew County community of Prairie Grove.
      • Washington County
      • This Prairie Grove is located in Washington County and lies 963 miles [1,549.8 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Prairie Grove.
    • Illinois
      • McHenry County
      • This Prairie Grove is located in McHenry County and lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McHenry County community of Prairie Grove.
    • Iowa
      • Clarke 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 Iowa community of Prairie Grove [Clarke County].
      • Des Moines County
      • This Prairie Grove is located in Des Moines County and lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Des Moines County community of Prairie Grove.
    • Kansas
      • Republic 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 Prairie Grove [Republic County].
    • Texas
      • Angelina County
      • This Prairie Grove is located in Angelina County and lies 1,291 miles [2,077.7 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Angelina County community of Prairie Grove.
      • Limestone County
      • This Prairie Grove is located in Limestone County and lies 1,258 miles [2,024.6 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Prairie Grove.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Prairie Grove ...

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.

  • Bright Oaks
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Deacon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deacon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
  • Glass
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glass came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass
  • Greenland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
  • Hazelridge
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazelridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelridge
  • Landmark
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmark
  • Middlechurch
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middlechurch came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlechurch
  • Oak Bluff
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Pine Ridge
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
  • Rosewood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosewood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
  • Tuxedo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tuxedo came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo

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

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

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Prairie Grove to Winnipeg, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,030 miles [1,657.6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,081 miles [9,786.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,846 miles [11,017.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,798 miles [7,721.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Prairie Grove. 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 from Point A (ie- Prairie Grove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prairie Grove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.7969, Longitude: -96.9597    
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Prairie Grove 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>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.
<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 Prairie Grove to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.938 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.787 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.454 degrees.




 

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