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Communities Also Named Damascus ...

We found 25 communities that share the name Damascus.

Within New Brunswick, the name Damascus is unique.

Beyond New Brunswick, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 24 communities, one is located in Canada and the other 23 communities are located in  the United States.

In addition to the above occurrences of Damascus, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Coffee County
      • This Damascus is located in Coffee County and lies 1,458 miles [2,346.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Damascus.
      • Cullman County
      • This Damascus is located in Cullman County and lies 1,364 miles [2,195.1 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cullman County community of Damascus.
      • Escambia County
      • This Damascus is located in Escambia County and lies 1,499 miles [2,412.4 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Damascus.
    • Arkansas
      • Columbia County
      • This Damascus is located in Columbia County and lies 1,667 miles [2,682.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Damascus.
      • Van Buren County
      • This Damascus is located in Van Buren County and lies 1,552 miles [2,497.7 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Damascus.
    • California
      • Placer 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 California community of Damascus [Placer County].
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven 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 Connecticut community of Damascus [New Haven County].
    • Georgia
      • Early County
      • This Damascus is located in Early County and lies 1,409 miles [2,267.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Early County community of Damascus.
      • Gordon County
      • This Damascus is located in Gordon County and lies 1,255 miles [2,019.7 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gordon County community of Damascus.
    • Illinois
      • Stephenson County
      • This Damascus is located in Stephenson County and lies 1,203 miles [1,936 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stephenson County community of Damascus.
    • Maine
      • Penobscot County
      • This Damascus is located in Penobscot County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of Damascus.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This Damascus is located in Montgomery County and lies 719 miles [1,157.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Damascus.
    • Mississippi
      • Kemper County
      • This Damascus is located in Kemper County and lies 1,509 miles [2,428.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kemper County community of Damascus.
      • Scott County
      • This Damascus is located in Scott County and lies 1,538 miles [2,475.2 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Damascus.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Clair 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 Missouri community of Damascus [Saint Clair County].
    • New York
      • Broome County
      • This Damascus is located in Broome County and lies 542 miles [872.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broome County community of Damascus.
    • Ohio
      • Henry County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Damascus [Henry County].
      • Logan County
      • This community is historic and although located in Logan County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Damascus.
      • Mahoning County
      • This Damascus is located in Mahoning County and lies 823 miles [1,324.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of Damascus.
    • Ontario
      • This Damascus lies 727 miles [1,170 km]<1> to the west.
    • Oregon
      • Clackamas County
      • This Damascus is located in Clackamas County and lies 2,684 miles [4,319.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Damascus.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Wayne County
      • This Damascus is located in Wayne County and lies 530 miles [853 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Damascus.
    • Tennessee
      • Johnson County
      • This Damascus is located in Johnson County and lies 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Damascus.
    • Virginia
      • Washington County
      • This Damascus is located in Washington County and lies 1,028 miles [1,654.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Damascus.
  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • Syria
      • - Dimashq
      • Distance: 5,128 miles [8,252.7 km]<1> to the east northeast

Curious and Interesting Names Near Damascus ...

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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonney Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonney Road
  • Fairvale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairvale
  • Grove Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grove Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill
  • Model Farm
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Model Farm came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Model Farm
  • Perry Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perry Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Point
  • Porter Road
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porter Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Road
  • Reeds Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reeds Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Point
  • Salt Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salt Springs came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Springs
  • Willow Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Willow Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
  • Woodpecker Hall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodpecker Hall came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodpecker Hall

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Damascus to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>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 28 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,168 miles [8,317.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,880 miles [9,462.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,755 miles [6,043.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Damascus. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Damascus) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Damascus. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4621, Longitude: -65.8029    
<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 Damascus 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>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 Damascus, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<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 Damascus 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 300.188 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.881 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.319 degrees.




 

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