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Communities Also Named Volga ...

We found eight communities that share the name Volga.

Within Manitoba, the name Volga is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Jefferson County
      • This Volga is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,119 miles [1,800.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Volga.
    • Iowa
      • Clayton County
      • This Volga is located in Clayton County and lies 717 miles [1,153.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Volga.
    • Kentucky
      • Johnson County
      • This Volga is located in Johnson County and lies 1,252 miles [2,014.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Volga.
    • North Carolina
      • Madison 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 North Carolina community of Volga [Madison County].
    • South Dakota
      • Brookings County
      • This Volga is located in Brookings County and lies 517 miles [832 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brookings County community of Volga.
    • Texas
      • Houston County
      • Although located in Houston County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Volga.
    • West Virginia
      • Barbour County
      • This Volga is located in Barbour County and lies 1,279 miles [2,058.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Volga.
    • Wisconsin
      • Polk 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 Volga [Polk County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Volga ...

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.

  • Fishing River
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fishing River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishing River
  • Fork River
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fork River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork River
  • Freedale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freedale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedale
  • Meadow Portage
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Portage came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Portage
  • Meadowlands
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowlands came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlands
  • Million
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Million came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Million
  • Moose Bay
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moose Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Bay
  • Salt Point
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salt Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Point

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

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

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Volga to Winnipeg, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 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 1,175 miles [1,891 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,061 miles [9,754.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,829 miles [10,990.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,808 miles [7,737.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Volga. 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Volga) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Volga. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 51.5658, Longitude: -99.8064    
<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 Volga 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 Volga 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 323.05 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 322.389 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.717 degrees.




 

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