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36.036534, -78.823340
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We found nine communities that are also named Gorman.
Within North Carolina, the name Gorman is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Los Angeles County
This Gorman is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,238 miles [3,601.7 km]<1> to the west of the Gorman that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Gorman.
Illinois
Grundy County
This Gorman is located in Grundy County and lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Gorman that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grundy County community of Gorman.
Louisiana
Washington 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 Gorman [Washington Parish].
Maryland
Garrett County
This Gorman is located in Garrett County and lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<1> to the north of the Gorman that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garrett County community of Gorman.
Ontario
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 Ontario community of Gorman.
South Dakota
Potter County
This Gorman is located in Potter County and lies 1,268 miles [2,040.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Gorman that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Potter County community of Gorman.
Tennessee
Humphreys County
This Gorman is located in Humphreys County and lies 495 miles [796.6 km]<1> to the west of the Gorman that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humphreys County community of Gorman.
Texas
Eastland County
This Gorman is located in Eastland County and lies 1,162 miles [1,870.1 km]<1> to the west of the Gorman that is located in Durham County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eastland County community of Gorman.
West Virginia
Grant 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 Gorman [Grant County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gorman ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Gorman to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gorman and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Gorman to Raleigh, 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 most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 220 miles [354.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,097 miles [9,812.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,794 miles [10,933.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,674 miles [7,522.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gorman) 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 Gorman 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 Gorman 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 Gorman. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0365, Longitude: -78.8233 In this case, the coordinates for Gorman have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.051 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.331 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.461 degrees.