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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 Rome:
36.841262, -92.772649
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.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Covington County
This Rome is located in Covington County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Rome that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington County community of Rome.
Arkansas
Arkansas County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Arkansas County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas County community of Rome.
Georgia
Floyd County
This Rome is located in Floyd County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Rome that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Rome.
Illinois
Jefferson 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 Rome [Jefferson County].
Peoria County
This Rome is located in Peoria County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Rome that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Peoria County community of Rome.
Indiana
Perry County
This Rome is located in Perry County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rome that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Rome.
Iowa
Henry County
This Rome is located in Henry County and lies 291 miles [468.3 km]<1> to the north of the Rome that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Rome.
Kansas
Ellis 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 Kansas community of Rome [Ellis County].
Franklin County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rome [Franklin County].
Sumner County
This Rome is located in Sumner County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<1> to the west of the Rome that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Rome.
Kentucky
Daviess County
This Rome is located in Daviess County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rome that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daviess County community of Rome.
Lewis 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 Kentucky community of Rome [Lewis County].
Louisiana
Livingston Parish
This Rome is located in Livingston Parish and lies 464 miles [746.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Rome that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston Parish community of Rome.
Maine
Kennebec County
This Rome is located in Kennebec County and lies 1,306 miles [2,101.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rome that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kennebec County community of Rome.
Michigan
Lenawee 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 Michigan community of Rome [Lenawee County].
Mississippi
Sunflower County
This Rome is located in Sunflower County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Rome that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sunflower County community of Rome.
Winston County
This Rome is located in Winston County and lies 326 miles [524.6 km] to the southeast of the Rome that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winston County community of Rome.
New York
Essex County
This Rome is located in Essex County and lies 1,125 miles [1,810.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rome that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Rome.
Oneida County
This Rome is located in Oneida County and lies 1,011 miles [1,627 km] to the east northeast of the Rome that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Rome.
North Carolina
Johnston 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 North Carolina community of Rome [Johnston County].
Ohio
Adams County
This Rome is located in Adams County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rome that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Rome.
Ashtabula County
This Rome is located in Ashtabula County and lies 715 miles [1,150.7 km] to the east northeast of the Rome that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Rome.
Delaware County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rome [Delaware County].
Franklin County
This Rome is located in Franklin County and lies 563 miles [906.1 km] to the east northeast of the Rome that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Rome.
Lawrence County
This Rome is located in Lawrence County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km] to the east northeast of the Rome that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Rome.
Morrow County
This community is historic and although located in Morrow County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morrow County community of Rome.
Richland County
This Rome is located in Richland County and lies 618 miles [994.6 km] to the east northeast of the Rome that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Rome.
Stark County
This community is historic and although located in Stark County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Rome.
Oregon
Malheur County
This Rome is located in Malheur County and lies 1,375 miles [2,212.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rome that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Malheur County community of Rome.
Pennsylvania
Bradford County
This Rome is located in Bradford County and lies 941 miles [1,514.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rome that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of Rome.
South Carolina
Williamsburg County
This Rome is located in Williamsburg County and lies 782 miles [1,258.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Rome that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamsburg County community of Rome.
Tennessee
Smith County
This Rome is located in Smith County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km]<1> to the east of the Rome that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Rome.
Texas
Milam 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 Texas community of Rome [Milam County].
West Virginia
Kanawha 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 West Virginia community of Rome [Kanawha County].
Wisconsin
Jefferson County
This Rome is located in Jefferson County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Rome that is located in Douglas County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Rome.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rome ...
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.
Cross Roads (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Roads 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 Red Bank. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
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 Rome to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rome and extending to:
Ava, which is the Seat of Douglas County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Rome to Ava, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 868 miles [1,396.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,623 miles [10,658.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,358 miles [11,841.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,239 miles [8,431.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rome) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rome. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8413, Longitude: -92.7726
<2>
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 Rome, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 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 Rome 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>
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 Rome 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 317.67 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.36 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.222 degrees.