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Communities Also Named Turnbull ...

We found eight communities that share the name Turnbull.

Within Manitoba, the name Turnbull is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Monroe County
      • This Turnbull is located in Monroe County and lies 1,690 miles [2,719.8 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Turnbull.
    • California
      • Tulare 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 Turnbull [Tulare County].
    • Florida
      • Brevard County
      • This Turnbull is located in Brevard County and lies 2,013 miles [3,239.6 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brevard County community of Turnbull.
    • Louisiana
      • West Feliciana Parish
      • This Turnbull is located in West Feliciana Parish and lies 1,677 miles [2,698.9 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the West Feliciana Parish community of Turnbull.
    • Michigan
      • Alpena 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 Michigan community of Turnbull [Alpena County].
    • Mississippi
      • Wilkinson County
      • This Turnbull is located in Wilkinson County and lies 1,675 miles [2,695.7 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkinson County community of Turnbull.
    • Tennessee
      • Dickson 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 Tennessee community of Turnbull [Dickson County].
    • Virginia
      • Fauquier County
      • This Turnbull is located in Fauquier County and lies 1,490 miles [2,397.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Turnbull.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Turnbull ...

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.

  • Button
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Button came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Button
  • Herb Lake ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Herb Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herb Lake
  • Herb Lake Landing
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Snow Lake
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snow Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Lake
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Snow Lake <6>

How Far From Turnbull to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Turnbull to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 336 miles [540.7 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Turnbull to Winnipeg, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 14 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,220 miles [1,963.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 70 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,888 miles [9,475.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,656 miles [10,711.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,659 miles [7,497.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Turnbull. 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Turnbull) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Turnbull. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 54.5661, Longitude: -99.4769    
<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 Turnbull, 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 Turnbull 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.
<8>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 Turnbull to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.686 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.351 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.633 degrees.




 

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