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We found six communities that are also named Colgate.
There is one other community in Maryland that is also named Colgate.
Beyond Maryland, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Maryland ...
Baltimore County
This Colgate is located in Baltimore County and lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Colgate.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Montana
Dawson County
This Colgate is located in Dawson County and lies 1,507 miles [2,425.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dawson County community of Colgate.
New York
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 New York community of Colgate [Madison County].
North Dakota
Steele County
This Colgate is located in Steele County and lies 1,190 miles [1,915.1 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steele County community of Colgate.
Saskatchewan
This Colgate lies 1,508 miles [2,426.9 km]<1> to the northwest.
Wisconsin
Washington County
This Colgate is located in Washington County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Colgate.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Colgate ...
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.
Charles Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Colgate to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Colgate and extending to:
Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Colgate to Annapolis, with an average speed<4> 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 most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 36 miles [57.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,861 miles [9,432.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,567 miles [10,568.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,444 miles [7,151.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Colgate) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 Colgate 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>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Colgate 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 Colgate. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2715, Longitude: -76.5555 In this case, the coordinates for Colgate have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.58 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.145 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.365 degrees.