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Communities Also Named Roland ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Roland.

Within Manitoba, the name Roland is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Houston County
      • This Roland is located in Houston County and lies 1,416 miles [2,278.8 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Roland.
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski County
      • This Roland is located in Pulaski County and lies 1,036 miles [1,667.3 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Roland.
    • Georgia
      • Upson County
      • This Roland is located in Upson County and lies 1,335 miles [2,148.5 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upson County community of Roland.
    • Idaho
      • Shoshone County
      • This Roland is located in Shoshone County and lies 822 miles [1,322.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shoshone County community of Roland.
    • Illinois
      • White County
      • This Roland is located in White County and lies 924 miles [1,487 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Roland.
    • Indiana
      • Orange County
      • This Roland is located in Orange County and lies 928 miles [1,493.5 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Roland.
    • Iowa
      • Story County
      • This Roland is located in Story County and lies 541 miles [870.7 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Story County community of Roland.
    • Kansas
      • Leavenworth County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Leavenworth County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leavenworth County community of Roland.
      • Rush County
      • This community is historic and although located in Rush County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rush County community of Roland.
      • Sumner County
      • This Roland is located in Sumner County and lies 835 miles [1,343.8 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Roland.
    • Minnesota
      • Red Lake County
      • This Roland is located in Red Lake County and lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Red Lake County community of Roland.
    • Missouri
      • McDonald 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 Missouri community of Roland [McDonald County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Sequoyah County
      • This Roland is located in Sequoyah County and lies 978 miles [1,573.9 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sequoyah County community of Roland.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Centre 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 Pennsylvania community of Roland [Centre County].
    • South Carolina
      • Kershaw 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 South Carolina community of Roland [Kershaw County].
    • Texas
      • Collin County
      • This Roland is located in Collin County and lies 1,112 miles [1,789.6 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collin County community of Roland.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Roland ...

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.

  • Graham
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graham came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
  • Graysville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenfarm
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Homewood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homewood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
  • Jordan
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jordan came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
  • Kane
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kane came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kane
  • Nelson ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nelson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
  • Rosebank
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosebank came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebank
  • Salterville ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Salterville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salterville

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

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

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Roland to Winnipeg, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,070 miles [1,722 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 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,132 miles [9,868.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,897 miles [11,099.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,851 miles [7,806.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Roland. 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Roland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Roland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.3667, Longitude: -97.9500    
<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 Roland, 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 Roland 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 Roland 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 321.686 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.577 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.169 degrees.




 

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