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Communities Also Named Blackland ...

We found seven communities that are also named Blackland.

There is one other community in New Brunswick that is also named Blackland.

Beyond New Brunswick, we know of six communities that are located in Canada and the United States. Of these six communities, one is located in Canada and the other six communities are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In New Brunswick ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Blackland #1
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Little River County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Blackland [Little River County].
    • Illinois
      • Macon County
      • This Blackland is located in Macon County and lies 1,169 miles [1,881.3 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Blackland.
    • Mississippi
      • Prentiss County
      • This Blackland is located in Prentiss County and lies 1,341 miles [2,158.1 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prentiss County community of Blackland.
    • Oklahoma
      • Osage County
      • This Blackland is located in Osage County and lies 1,617 miles [2,602.3 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Osage County community of Blackland.
    • Texas
      • McLennan County
      • This Blackland is located in McLennan County and lies 1,847 miles [2,972.5 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLennan County community of Blackland.
      • Rockwall County
      • This Blackland is located in Rockwall County and lies 1,762 miles [2,835.7 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockwall County community of Blackland.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blackland ...

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.

How Far From Blackland to ...

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 Blackland to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 408 miles [656.6 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Blackland to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 24 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,238 miles [8,429.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,951 miles [9,577.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,826 miles [6,157.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Blackland 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Blackland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Blackland 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 Blackland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2354, Longitude: -67.2831    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 301.154 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 296.914 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.185 degrees.