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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Crown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crown and the surrounding area.

  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Crown:
    • 37.264381, -92.951213
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Crown
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Crown ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Crown.

Within Missouri, the name Crown is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Benton County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Crown [Benton County].
    • California
      • Sonoma County
      • This Crown is located in Sonoma County and lies 1,616 miles [2,600.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Crown that is located in Webster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of Crown.
    • Illinois
      • Saint Clair 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 Illinois community of Crown [Saint Clair County].
    • Iowa
      • Decatur 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 Iowa community of Crown [Decatur County].
    • Kentucky
      • Letcher County
      • This Crown is located in Letcher County and lies 555 miles [893.2 km]<2> to the east of the Crown that is located in Webster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Letcher County community of Crown.
    • Minnesota
      • Isanti County
      • This Crown is located in Isanti County and lies 565 miles [909.3 km]<2> to the north of the Crown that is located in Webster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Isanti County community of Crown.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clarion County
      • This Crown is located in Clarion County and lies 783 miles [1,260.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Crown that is located in Webster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarion County community of Crown.
    • Texas
      • Atascosa County
      • This Crown is located in Atascosa County and lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Crown that is located in Webster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atascosa County community of Crown.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Crown is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,046 miles [1,683.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Crown that is located in Webster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Crown.
    • West Virginia
      • Logan County
      • This Crown is located in Logan County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<2> to the east of the Crown that is located in Webster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Crown.
      • Monongalia County
      • This Crown is located in Monongalia County and lies 712 miles [1,145.9 km] to the east northeast of the Crown that is located in Webster County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monongalia County community of Crown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crown ...

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.

  • All
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for All have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All
    • All is located in Webster County
  • Bassville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bassville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassville
    • Bassville is located in Greene County
  • Bracken
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bracken have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
    • Bracken is located in Webster County
  • Cross Way
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Way have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Way
    • Cross Way is located in Webster County
  • Fordland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fordland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordland
    • Fordland is located in Webster County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 855 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fordland <5>
  • Panther Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Panther Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Valley
    • Panther Valley is located in Webster County
  • Red Top
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Top have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Top
    • Red Top is located in Webster County
  • Rogersville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Waldo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waldo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
    • Waldo is located in Webster County

How Far From Crown 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 Crown to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Marshfield, which is the Seat of Webster County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 871 miles [1,401.7 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Crown to White House, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 50 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,608 miles [10,634.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,345 miles [11,820.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,226 miles [8,410.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Crown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Crown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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 from Point A (ie- Crown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2644, Longitude: -92.9512    
<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 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 Crown 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 county. 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Crown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.817 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.586 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.226 degrees.









 

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