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34.548254, -88.793048
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We found 38 communities that share the name Graham.
There is one other community in Mississippi which is also named Graham.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another 37 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 37 communities, 35 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Located In Mississippi ...
Lauderdale County
This Graham is located in Lauderdale County and lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the south of the Graham that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Graham.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Randolph County
This Graham is located in Randolph County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Graham that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Graham.
Arizona
Graham County
This Graham is located in Graham County and lies 1,206 miles [1,940.9 km]<1> to the west of the Graham that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Graham County community of Graham.
Mohave County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Mohave County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mohave County community of Graham.
Arkansas
Independence 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 Arkansas community of Graham [Independence County].
British Columbia
This Graham lies 1,987 miles [3,197.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Graham that is located in Union County.
California
Los Angeles County
This Graham is located in Los Angeles County and lies 1,674 miles [2,694 km]<1> to the west of the Graham that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Graham.
Sacramento 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 California community of Graham [Sacramento County].
Siskiyou County
This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Graham [Siskiyou County].
Florida
Bradford County
This Graham is located in Bradford County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<1> to the southeast of the Graham that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of Graham.
Georgia
Appling County
This Graham is located in Appling County and lies 408 miles [656.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Graham that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Appling County community of Graham.
Idaho
Boise 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 Idaho community of Graham [Boise County].
Indiana
Davies's County
This Graham is located in Davies's County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Graham that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davies's County community of Graham.
Fountain County
This Graham is located in Fountain County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km] to the north northeast of the Graham that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fountain County community of Graham.
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 Indiana community of Graham [Jefferson County].
Iowa
Johnson 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 Iowa community of Graham [Johnson County].
Kansas
Graham 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 Graham [Graham County].
Kentucky
Muhlenberg County
This Graham is located in Muhlenberg County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Graham that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muhlenberg County community of Graham.
Louisiana
Rapides Parish
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 Louisiana community of Graham [Rapides Parish].
Manitoba
This Graham lies 1,127 miles [1,813.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Graham that is located in Union County.
Michigan
Saginaw 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 Graham [Saginaw County].
Missouri
Nodaway County
This Graham is located in Nodaway County and lies 519 miles [835.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Graham that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nodaway County community of Graham.
Saint Louis 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 Missouri community of Graham [Saint Louis County].
New York
Westchester County
This Graham is located in Westchester County and lies 932 miles [1,499.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Graham that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Graham.
North Carolina
Alamance County
This Graham is located in Alamance County and lies 539 miles [867.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Graham that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alamance County community of Graham.
Ohio
Monroe County
This Graham is located in Monroe County and lies 546 miles [878.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Graham that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Graham.
Oklahoma
Carter County
This Graham is located in Carter County and lies 492 miles [791.8 km]<1> to the west of the Graham that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Graham.
Ontario
This Graham lies 1,019 miles [1,639.9 km]<1> to the north of the Graham that is located in Union County.
Oregon
Multnomah County
This Graham is located in Multnomah County and lies 1,923 miles [3,094.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Graham that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Multnomah County community of Graham.
Pennsylvania
Clearfield County
This Graham is located in Clearfield County and lies 723 miles [1,163.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Graham that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Graham.
Tennessee
Hickman County
This Graham is located in Hickman County and lies 118 miles [189.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Graham that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hickman County community of Graham.
Texas
Cameron County
This Graham is located in Cameron County and lies 784 miles [1,261.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Graham that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cameron County community of Graham.
Garza County
This Graham is located in Garza County and lies 732 miles [1,178 km] to the west of the Graham that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garza County community of Graham.
Jasper County
Although located in Jasper County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Graham.
Young County
This Graham is located in Young County and lies 569 miles [915.7 km] to the west of the Graham that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Young County community of Graham.
Virginia
Tazewell 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 Virginia community of Graham [Tazewell County].
Washington
Pierce County
This Graham is located in Pierce County and lies 1,932 miles [3,109.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Graham that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Graham.
West Virginia
Mason 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 Graham [Mason County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Graham ...
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.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mound City. 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 Graham to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Graham and extending to:
New Albany, which is the Seat of Union County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Graham to New Albany, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 174 miles [280 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 715 miles [1,150.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,301 miles [11,749.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,177 miles [8,331.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Graham) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Graham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5483, Longitude: -88.7930
<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 Graham, 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 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 Graham 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 Graham 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 314.96 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.913 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.903 degrees.