We found eleven communities that are also named Fosterville.
There is one other community in New Brunswick that is also named Fosterville.
Beyond New Brunswick, we know of ten communities that are located in Canada and the United States. Of these ten communities, one is located in Canada and the other ten communities are located in the United States.
This Fosterville is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,478 miles [2,378.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Fosterville.
New York
Cayuga County
This Fosterville is located in Cayuga County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cayuga County community of Fosterville.
Ohio
Jefferson County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Jefferson County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Fosterville.
Mahoning County
This Fosterville is located in Mahoning County and lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of Fosterville.
Preble County
This Fosterville is located in Preble County and lies 961 miles [1,546.6 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Preble County community of Fosterville.
Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Fosterville [Westmoreland County].
Tennessee
Rutherford County
This Fosterville is located in Rutherford County and lies 1,199 miles [1,929.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Fosterville.
Texas
Anderson County
This Fosterville is located in Anderson County and lies 1,763 miles [2,837.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Fosterville.
Virginia
Stafford County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Fosterville [Stafford County].
West Virginia
Boone County
This Fosterville is located in Boone County and lies 889 miles [1,430.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Fosterville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fosterville ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fosterville to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fosterville and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 389 miles [626 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Fosterville 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 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,234 miles [8,423.3 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 5,950 miles [9,575.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,825 miles [6,155.7 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fosterville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Fosterville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
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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 Fosterville 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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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 Fosterville 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 Fosterville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7761, Longitude: -67.6532
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 301.267 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.138 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.036 degrees.