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To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Jersey:
35.730972, -80.315331
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We found seventeen communities that are also named Jersey.
Within North Carolina, the name Jersey is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Bradley County
This Jersey is located in Bradley County and lies 699 miles [1,124.9 km]<1> to the west of the Jersey that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Jersey.
British Columbia
This Jersey lies 2,069 miles [3,329.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Jersey that is located in Davidson County.
California
Contra Costa 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 Jersey [Contra Costa County].
Colorado
Arapahoe 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 Colorado community of Jersey [Arapahoe County].
Georgia
Walton County
This Jersey is located in Walton County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Jersey that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walton County community of Jersey.
Idaho
Clearwater 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 Idaho community of Jersey [Clearwater County].
Indiana
Switzerland 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 Indiana community of Jersey [Switzerland County].
Maryland
Somerset County
This Jersey is located in Somerset County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Jersey that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Jersey.
Wicomico County
This Jersey is located in Wicomico County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km] to the northeast of the Jersey that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Jersey.
Michigan
Oakland 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 Jersey [Oakland County].
Missouri
Osage 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 Missouri community of Jersey [Osage County].
Nevada
Pershing 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 Nevada community of Jersey [Pershing County].
Nova Scotia
This Jersey lies 1,102 miles [1,773.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Jersey that is located in Davidson County.
Ohio
Licking County
This Jersey is located in Licking County and lies 326 miles [524.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Jersey that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of Jersey.
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 Jersey.
Tennessee
Hamilton County
This Jersey is located in Hamilton County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<1> to the west of the Jersey that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Jersey.
Virginia
King George County
This Jersey is located in King George County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Jersey that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King George County community of Jersey.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jersey ...
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 & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Jersey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jersey and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Jersey to Raleigh, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 283 miles [455.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,175 miles [9,937.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,874 miles [11,062.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,754 miles [7,650.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Jersey) 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 Jersey 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>
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 Jersey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
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.
<5>
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 Jersey 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 Jersey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7310, Longitude: -80.3153 In this case, the coordinates for Jersey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.915 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.275 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.144 degrees.