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Communities Also Named White Plains ...

We found 21 communities that share the name White Plains.

Within Manitoba, the name White Plains is unique.

Beyond Manitoba, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Calhoun County
      • This White Plains is located in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County community of White Plains.
      • Chambers County
      • This White Plains is located in Chambers County and lies 1,319 miles [2,122.7 km] to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chambers County community of White Plains.
    • Georgia
      • Greene County
      • This White Plains is located in Greene County and lies 1,350 miles [2,172.6 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of White Plains.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This White Plains is located in Cook County and lies 706 miles [1,136.2 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of White Plains.
      • Jersey County
      • Although located in Jersey County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jersey County community of White Plains.
    • Kentucky
      • Allen 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 Kentucky community of White Plains [Allen County].
      • Hopkins County
      • This White Plains is located in Hopkins County and lies 1,010 miles [1,625.4 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hopkins County community of White Plains.
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This White Plains is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 1,377 miles [2,216.1 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of White Plains.
    • Maryland
      • Charles County
      • This White Plains is located in Charles County and lies 1,275 miles [2,051.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of White Plains.
      • Wicomico County
      • This White Plains is located in Wicomico County and lies 1,339 miles [2,154.9 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of White Plains.
    • Mississippi
      • Harrison County
      • This White Plains is located in Harrison County and lies 1,405 miles [2,261.1 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of White Plains.
    • Nevada
      • Churchill 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 Nevada community of White Plains [Churchill County].
    • New York
      • Westchester County
      • This White Plains is located in Westchester County and lies 1,295 miles [2,084.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of White Plains.
    • North Carolina
      • Cleveland County
      • This White Plains is located in Cleveland County and lies 1,295 miles [2,084.1 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleveland County community of White Plains.
      • Hyde County
      • This White Plains is located in Hyde County and lies 1,467 miles [2,360.9 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hyde County community of White Plains.
      • Surry County
      • This White Plains is located in Surry County and lies 1,252 miles [2,014.9 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Surry County community of White Plains.
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson County
      • This White Plains is located in Anderson County and lies 1,293 miles [2,080.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of White Plains.
      • Cherokee County
      • This White Plains is located in Cherokee County and lies 1,298 miles [2,088.9 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of White Plains.
      • Chesterfield County
      • This White Plains is located in Chesterfield County and lies 1,356 miles [2,182.3 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of White Plains.
    • Tennessee
      • Putnam County
      • This White Plains is located in Putnam County and lies 1,121 miles [1,804.1 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of White Plains.
    • Virginia
      • Brunswick County
      • This White Plains is located in Brunswick County and lies 1,334 miles [2,146.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of White Plains.

Curious and Interesting Names Near White Plains ...

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
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Domain
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domain
  • Gordon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
  • Hacienda
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda
  • Oak Bluff
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pigeon Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Starbuck
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starbuck came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starbuck
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Starbuck <4>
  • Tuxedo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • 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 White Plains to ...

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 White Plains to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from White Plains to Winnipeg, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,056 miles [1,699.5 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 60 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,094 miles [9,807.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,859 miles [11,038.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,814 miles [7,747.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for White Plains. 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 from Point A (ie- White Plains) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in White Plains. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.8544, Longitude: -97.5409    
<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 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 White Plains 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 White Plains to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.372 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.284 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.79 degrees.









 

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