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Communities Also Named Matthews ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Matthews.

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

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

  • Communities Located In New Brunswick ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Montgomery County
      • This Matthews is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,464 miles [2,356.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Matthews.
    • Colorado
      • Weld County
      • This Matthews is located in Weld County and lies 1,955 miles [3,146.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weld County community of Matthews.
    • Georgia
      • Jefferson County
      • This Matthews is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,278 miles [2,056.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Matthews.
    • Illinois
      • Perry County
      • This Matthews is located in Perry County and lies 1,338 miles [2,153.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Matthews.
    • Indiana
      • Grant County
      • This Matthews is located in Grant County and lies 1,073 miles [1,726.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Matthews.
    • Kentucky
      • Breckinridge 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 Kentucky community of Matthews [Breckinridge County].
    • Maryland
      • Talbot County
      • This Matthews is located in Talbot County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Matthews.
    • Michigan
      • Berrien 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 Michigan community of Matthews [Berrien County].
    • Mississippi
      • Calhoun 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 Matthews [Calhoun County].
      • Jones County
      • This Matthews is located in Jones County and lies 1,613 miles [2,595.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Matthews.
      • Pontotoc County
      • This Matthews is located in Pontotoc County and lies 1,501 miles [2,415.6 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pontotoc County community of Matthews.
    • Missouri
      • New Madrid County
      • This Matthews is located in New Madrid County and lies 1,396 miles [2,246.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Madrid County community of Matthews.
    • Montana
      • Gallatin County
      • This Matthews is located in Gallatin County and lies 2,127 miles [3,423.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallatin County community of Matthews.
    • New Jersey
      • Monmouth County
      • This Matthews is located in Monmouth County and lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Matthews.
    • North Carolina
      • Mecklenburg County
      • This Matthews is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 1,118 miles [1,799.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Matthews.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Chester County
      • This Matthews is located in Chester County and lies 677 miles [1,089.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Matthews.
    • Texas
      • Colorado County
      • This Matthews is located in Colorado County and lies 2,021 miles [3,252.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colorado County community of Matthews.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Matthews ...

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.

  • Big Hole
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Hole came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Hole
  • Boom Road
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boom Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boom Road
  • Dennis
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dennis came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
  • Flat Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Landing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Landing
  • Garden Road
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Road
  • Grainfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grainfield came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grainfield
  • Harris Brook Settlement
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harris Brook Settlement came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Brook Settlement
  • Red Bank
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Bank came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
  • Sunny Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunny Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Corner

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 478 miles [769.3 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Matthews 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 28 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 5,122 miles [8,243.1 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 5,840 miles [9,398.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,716 miles [5,980.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Matthews. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Matthews) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Matthews. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.9333, Longitude: -65.9167    
<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 Matthews 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 Matthews 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 299.907 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.841 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 295.418 degrees.




 

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