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Communities Also Named Shannon ...

We found 28 communities that share the name Shannon.

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

Beyond New Brunswick, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 27 communities, three are located in Canada and 25 are in the United States.

  • Communities Located In New Brunswick ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Shannon is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,391 miles [2,238.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Shannon.
    • Arkansas
      • Lincoln 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 Arkansas community of Shannon [Lincoln County].
      • Randolph County
      • This Shannon is located in Randolph County and lies 1,449 miles [2,331.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Shannon.
    • British Columbia
      • This Shannon lies 2,607 miles [4,195.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • California
      • Santa Clara County
      • This Shannon is located in Santa Clara County and lies 2,894 miles [4,657.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Clara County community of Shannon.
    • Georgia
      • Fayette County
      • This Shannon is located in Fayette County and lies 1,294 miles [2,082.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Shannon.
      • Floyd County
      • This Shannon is located in Floyd County and lies 1,273 miles [2,048.7 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Shannon.
    • Illinois
      • Carroll County
      • This Shannon is located in Carroll County and lies 1,201 miles [1,932.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Shannon.
    • Kansas
      • Anderson County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Anderson County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Shannon.
      • Atchison County
      • This Shannon is located in Atchison County and lies 1,535 miles [2,470.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atchison County community of Shannon.
      • Riley 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 Kansas community of Shannon [Riley County].
    • Kentucky
      • Mason County
      • This Shannon is located in Mason County and lies 1,038 miles [1,670.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Shannon.
    • Mississippi
      • Lee County
      • This Shannon is located in Lee County and lies 1,437 miles [2,312.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Shannon.
    • Nevada
      • Eureka County
      • This Shannon is located in Eureka County and lies 2,527 miles [4,066.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eureka County community of Shannon.
    • North Carolina
      • Robeson County
      • This Shannon is located in Robeson County and lies 1,017 miles [1,636.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robeson County community of Shannon.
    • Ohio
      • Coshocton 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 Ohio community of Shannon [Coshocton County].
      • Muskingum County
      • This Shannon is located in Muskingum County and lies 900 miles [1,448.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskingum County community of Shannon.
      • Sandusky County
      • This Shannon is located in Sandusky County and lies 903 miles [1,453.2 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sandusky County community of Shannon.
    • Oregon
      • Lane County
      • This Shannon is located in Lane County and lies 2,759 miles [4,440.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Shannon.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clarion 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 Pennsylvania community of Shannon [Clarion County].
    • Quebec
      • This Shannon lies 276 miles [444.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • South Carolina
      • Aiken County
      • This Shannon is located in Aiken County and lies 1,186 miles [1,908.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Shannon.
      • Colleton 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 South Carolina community of Shannon [Colleton County].
    • Texas
      • Clay County
      • This Shannon is located in Clay County and lies 1,896 miles [3,051.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Shannon.
      • Montgomery 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 Texas community of Shannon [Montgomery County].
    • West Virginia
      • Ohio 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 West Virginia community of Shannon [Ohio County].
      • Wyoming 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 Shannon [Wyoming County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shannon ...

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 Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cove
  • Carpenter
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carpenter came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
  • Cherry Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
  • Crafts Cove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Earle Wharf
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Earle Wharf came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earle Wharf
  • Elm Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Hill
  • London Settlement
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for London Settlement came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Settlement
  • Long Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
  • Lower Gagetown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Gagetown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gagetown
  • Queenstown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queenstown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 469 miles [754.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Shannon to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>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 27 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> 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).<7>
  • 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).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,756 miles [6,044.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Shannon. 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' (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- Shannon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shannon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7000, Longitude: -65.9833    
<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 Shannon 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 Shannon, 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>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.
<6>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 Shannon to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 300.244 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.987 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.255 degrees.




 

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