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We found sixteen communities that are also named Fountain.
There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Fountain.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Pitt County
This Fountain is located in Pitt County and lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the north of the Fountain that is located in Duplin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Fountain.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Monroe County
This Fountain is located in Monroe County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fountain that is located in Duplin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Fountain.
British Columbia
This Fountain lies 2,447 miles [3,938.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fountain that is located in Duplin County.
California
Mendocino 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 Fountain [Mendocino County].
Colorado
El Paso County
This Fountain is located in El Paso County and lies 1,512 miles [2,433.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fountain that is located in Duplin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Paso County community of Fountain.
Florida
Bay County
This Fountain is located in Bay County and lies 541 miles [870.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fountain that is located in Duplin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bay County community of Fountain.
Illinois
Monroe County
This Fountain is located in Monroe County and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fountain that is located in Duplin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Fountain.
Indiana
Fountain County
This Fountain is located in Fountain County and lies 645 miles [1,038 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fountain that is located in Duplin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fountain County community of Fountain.
Kansas
Anderson 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 Fountain [Anderson County].
Osage County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Fountain [Osage County].
Michigan
Antrim 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 Fountain [Antrim County].
Mason County
This Fountain is located in Mason County and lies 779 miles [1,253.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Fountain that is located in Duplin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Fountain.
Minnesota
Fillmore County
This Fountain is located in Fillmore County and lies 984 miles [1,583.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fountain that is located in Duplin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fillmore County community of Fountain.
Pennsylvania
Centre County
This Fountain is located in Centre County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km]<1> to the north of the Fountain that is located in Duplin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Fountain.
Schuylkill County
This Fountain is located in Schuylkill County and lies 407 miles [655 km] to the north of the Fountain that is located in Duplin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Fountain.
Texas
Brazos County
This Fountain is located in Brazos County and lies 1,127 miles [1,813.7 km]<1> to the west of the Fountain that is located in Duplin County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazos County community of Fountain.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fountain ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fountain to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fountain and extending to:
Kenansville, which is the Seat of Duplin County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fountain to Kenansville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 84 miles [135.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 282 miles [453.8 km] to the north (N). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,098 miles [9,813.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,786 miles [10,921 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,671 miles [7,517.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fountain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Fountain 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 county. 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>
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.
<4>
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 Fountain 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 Fountain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8410, Longitude: -77.6728 In this case, the coordinates for Fountain have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.429 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.442 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.417 degrees.