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Communities Also Named Cork ...

We found nine communities that are also named Cork.

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

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

  • Communities Located In New Brunswick ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Graham County
      • This Cork is located in Graham County and lies 2,425 miles [3,902.7 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Graham County community of Cork.
    • Georgia
      • Butts County
      • This Cork is located in Butts County and lies 1,243 miles [2,000.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butts County community of Cork.
    • Kentucky
      • Metcalfe County
      • This Cork is located in Metcalfe County and lies 1,132 miles [1,821.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Metcalfe County community of Cork.
    • Minnesota
      • Grant 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 Minnesota community of Cork [Grant County].
    • New York
      • Fulton County
      • This Cork is located in Fulton County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Cork.
    • Ohio
      • Ashtabula County
      • This Cork is located in Ashtabula County and lies 750 miles [1,207 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Cork.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Cork is located in Allegheny County and lies 764 miles [1,229.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Cork.
    • West Virginia
      • Tyler 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 West Virginia community of Cork [Tyler County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cork ...

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.

  • Beaver Dam
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Frog Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Harvey
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Harvey Station
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kingsclear Parish
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Lake George
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Little Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Longs Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Roach
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roach
  • Swans Shore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Three Tree Creek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Cork 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 24 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,207 miles [8,379.9 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 5,921 miles [9,528.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,796 miles [6,109.1 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- Cork) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Cork 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Cork 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 Cork. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6833, Longitude: -66.9167    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 300.828 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 296.633 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.727 degrees.