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We found four communities that are also named Gum Tree.
Within North Carolina, the name Gum Tree is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Yell County
This Gum Tree is located in Yell County and lies 745 miles [1,199 km]<1> to the west of the Gum Tree that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yell County community of Gum Tree.
Kentucky
Monroe County
This Gum Tree is located in Monroe County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km]<1> to the west of the Gum Tree that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Gum Tree.
Pennsylvania
Chester 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 Gum Tree [Chester County].
Virginia
Hanover County
This Gum Tree is located in Hanover County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Gum Tree that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Gum Tree.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gum Tree ...
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.
Bethany ‑ Historic (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
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 Gum Tree to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gum Tree and extending to:
Lexington, which is the Seat of Davidson County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Gum Tree to Lexington, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 88 miles [141.6 km] to the east (E). 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 264 miles [424.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,158 miles [9,910.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,859 miles [11,038.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,737 miles [7,623.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gum Tree) 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 Gum Tree 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 Gum Tree 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 Gum Tree. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.9964, Longitude: -80.2000
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.846 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.234 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.016 degrees.