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Communities Also Named Blairs ...

We found five communities that share the name Blairs.

There is one other community in New Brunswick which is also named Blairs.

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

  • Communities Located In New Brunswick ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Covington County
      • This Blairs is located in Covington County and lies 1,462 miles [2,352.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington County community of Blairs.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clarion 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 Blairs [Clarion County].
    • Virginia
      • Pittsylvania County
      • This Blairs is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 921 miles [1,482.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Blairs.
      • Prince George County
      • This Blairs is located in Prince George County and lies 805 miles [1,295.5 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George County community of Blairs.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blairs ...

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.

  • Bonney Road
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonney Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonney Road
  • Chapel Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chapel Grove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Grove
  • Coldbrook
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Damascus
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
  • Fairvale
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairvale
  • Glen Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Falls came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Falls
  • Glen Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Park
  • Golden Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Grove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Grove
  • Grays Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grays Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Mills
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Greenwood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Long Reach
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Reach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Reach
    • Model Farm
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Model Farm came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Model Farm
    • Perry Point
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perry Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Point
    • Reeds Point
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reeds Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Point
    • Woodpecker Hall
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodpecker Hall came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodpecker Hall

How Far From Blairs 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 Blairs to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 472 miles [759.6 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Blairs to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>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 27 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,176 miles [8,330 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,887 miles [9,474.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,762 miles [6,054.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

The official website for Province of New Brunswick: https://www.gnb.ca/

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- Blairs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blairs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4283, Longitude: -65.9500    
<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 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 Blairs 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.
<3>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<4>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.
<5>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 Blairs to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 300.287 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.984 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.413 degrees.




 

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