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 Floyd:
37.954213, -90.948745
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.
We found 23 communities that share the name Floyd.
There is one other community in Missouri which is also named Floyd.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Missouri ...
Ray County
This Floyd is located in Ray County and lies 190 miles [305.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Floyd that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ray County community of Floyd.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Elmore County
This Floyd is located in Elmore County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Floyd that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elmore County community of Floyd.
Arkansas
White County
This Floyd is located in White County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Floyd that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Floyd.
California
Fresno County
This Floyd is located in Fresno County and lies 1,590 miles [2,558.9 km]<1> to the west of the Floyd that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fresno County community of Floyd.
Georgia
Cobb County
This Floyd is located in Cobb County and lies 454 miles [730.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Floyd that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Floyd.
Iowa
Floyd County
This Floyd is located in Floyd County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Floyd that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Floyd.
Kansas
Mitchell 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 Kansas community of Floyd [Mitchell County].
Kentucky
Pulaski County
This Floyd is located in Pulaski County and lies 347 miles [558.4 km]<1> to the east of the Floyd that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Floyd.
Louisiana
West Carroll Parish
This Floyd is located in West Carroll Parish and lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<1> to the south of the Floyd that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the West Carroll Parish community of Floyd.
Maryland
Garrett County
This Floyd is located in Garrett County and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Floyd that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garrett County community of Floyd.
Michigan
Isabella 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 Michigan community of Floyd [Isabella County].
Midland County
This Floyd is located in Midland County and lies 517 miles [832 km]<1> to the northeast of the Floyd that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Midland County community of Floyd.
Saint Clair County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Saint Clair County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Floyd.
Mississippi
Benton 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 Mississippi community of Floyd [Benton County].
Washington County
This Floyd is located in Washington County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the south of the Floyd that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Floyd.
New Mexico
Roosevelt County
This Floyd is located in Roosevelt County and lies 749 miles [1,205.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Floyd that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roosevelt County community of Floyd.
New York
Oneida County
This Floyd is located in Oneida County and lies 894 miles [1,438.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Floyd that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Floyd.
North Carolina
Cumberland 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 Floyd [Cumberland County].
Pennsylvania
Venango 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 Pennsylvania community of Floyd [Venango County].
South Carolina
Darlington County
This Floyd is located in Darlington County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Floyd that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darlington County community of Floyd.
Texas
Floyd County
Although located in Floyd County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Floyd.
Hunt County
This Floyd is located in Hunt County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Floyd that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunt County community of Floyd.
Virginia
Floyd County
This Floyd is located in Floyd County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<1> to the east of the Floyd that is located in Washington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Floyd.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Floyd ...
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.
Berryman (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berryman have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sunlight. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
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 Floyd to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Floyd and extending to:
The White House (Washington, DC) is 754 miles [1,213.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Floyd to White House, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 43 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 30 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,498 miles [10,457.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,233 miles [11,640.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,113 miles [8,228.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Floyd) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Floyd. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9542, Longitude: -90.9487 In this case, the coordinates for Floyd have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Floyd 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.
<3>
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 Floyd, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>
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 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 Floyd 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 316.535 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.196 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.15 degrees.