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Communities Also Named Southfield ...

We found five communities that share the name Southfield.

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

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

  • Communities Located In New Brunswick ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Fairfield County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Southfield.
    • Louisiana
      • Caddo Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Southfield [Caddo Parish].
    • Massachusetts
      • Berkshire County
      • This Southfield is located in Berkshire County and lies 453 miles [729 km]<3> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkshire County community of Southfield.
    • Michigan
      • Oakland County
      • This Southfield is located in Oakland County and lies 901 miles [1,450 km]<3> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oakland County community of Southfield.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Southfield ...

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.

  • Clover Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clover Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
  • Dutch Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Fox Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
  • Londonderry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Londonderry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
  • Lower Cove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Cove
  • Peekaboo Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peekaboo Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peekaboo Corner
  • Picadilly
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Roachville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Rockville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
  • Salt Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salt Springs came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Springs
  • Vinegar Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vinegar Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinegar Hill

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 491 miles [790.2 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Southfield 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 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,152 miles [8,291.3 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 5,863 miles [9,435.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,739 miles [6,017.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

The official website for Province of New Brunswick: https://www.gnb.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Southfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Southfield 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Southfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Southfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6215, Longitude: -65.5411    
<4>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.
<5>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.
<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 Southfield 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 299.989 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.688 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.087 degrees.









 

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