We found nine communities that share the name Busby.
There is one other community in New Brunswick which is also named Busby.
Beyond New Brunswick, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these eight communities, three are located in Canada and six are in the United States.
This Busby lies 2,123 miles [3,416.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
Kansas
Elk County
This Busby is located in Elk County and lies 1,677 miles [2,698.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elk County community of Busby.
Mississippi
Tunica 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 Busby [Tunica County].
Montana
Big Horn County
This Busby is located in Big Horn County and lies 1,949 miles [3,136.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Big Horn County community of Busby.
Ontario
We haven't found the location of this community yet.
Tennessee
Lawrence County
This Busby is located in Lawrence County and lies 1,398 miles [2,249.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Busby.
Texas
Fisher County
This Busby is located in Fisher County and lies 2,075 miles [3,339.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fisher County community of Busby.
Washington
Whitman County
This Busby is located in Whitman County and lies 2,383 miles [3,835.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitman County community of Busby.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Busby ...
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.
Back Lots (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Back Lots came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
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 Busby to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Busby and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 495 miles [796.6 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Busby 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 29 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 20 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,102 miles [8,210.9 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 5,820 miles [9,366.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,696 miles [5,948.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Busby) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Busby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.2000, Longitude: -65.6333
<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 Busby 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.
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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.
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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.
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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 Busby to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 299.661 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.618 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 295.094 degrees.