We found eight communities that are also named Sprague.
Within Manitoba, the name Sprague is unique.
Beyond Manitoba, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Montgomery County
This Sprague is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,264 miles [2,034.2 km]<1> to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Sprague.
Missouri
Bates County
This Sprague is located in Bates County and lies 757 miles [1,218.3 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bates County community of Sprague.
Nebraska
Lancaster County
This Sprague is located in Lancaster County and lies 582 miles [936.6 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Sprague.
Ohio
Monroe County
This Sprague is located in Monroe County and lies 958 miles [1,541.8 km]<1> to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Sprague.
Washington
Lincoln County
This Sprague is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,031 miles [1,659.2 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Sprague.
West Virginia
Raleigh County
This Sprague is located in Raleigh County and lies 1,058 miles [1,702.7 km]<1> to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Raleigh County community of Sprague.
Wisconsin
Barron 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 Wisconsin community of Sprague [Barron County].
Juneau County
This Sprague is located in Juneau County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Juneau County community of Sprague.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sprague ...
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.
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 Sprague to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sprague and extending to:
Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Sprague to Winnipeg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 964 miles [1,551.4 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,084 miles [9,791.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,847 miles [11,019.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,788 miles [7,705.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Sprague) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Sprague 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.
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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.
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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 Sprague 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 Sprague. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.0333, Longitude: -95.6500
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.981 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.608 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.886 degrees.