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35.799873, -78.611670
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We found twenty communities that are also named Lockwood.
There is one other community in North Carolina that is also named Lockwood.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of nineteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, nineteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Cumberland County
This Lockwood is located in Cumberland County and lies 53 miles [85.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Lockwood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Lockwood.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Monterey County
This Lockwood is located in Monterey County and lies 2,357 miles [3,793.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lockwood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monterey County community of Lockwood.
Connecticut
Fairfield County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Fairfield County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Lockwood.
Florida
Orange County
This Lockwood is located in Orange County and lies 521 miles [838.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Lockwood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Lockwood.
Kentucky
Boyd County
This Lockwood is located in Boyd County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lockwood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boyd County community of Lockwood.
Michigan
Branch County
This Lockwood is located in Branch County and lies 544 miles [875.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lockwood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Branch County community of Lockwood.
Kent County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Lockwood [Kent County].
Tuscola 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 Michigan community of Lockwood [Tuscola County].
Missouri
Dade County
This Lockwood is located in Dade County and lies 856 miles [1,377.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lockwood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dade County community of Lockwood.
Montana
Yellowstone County
This Lockwood is located in Yellowstone County and lies 1,691 miles [2,721.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lockwood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yellowstone County community of Lockwood.
Nebraska
Merrick County
This Lockwood is located in Merrick County and lies 1,118 miles [1,799.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lockwood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merrick County community of Lockwood.
Nevada
Storey County
This Lockwood is located in Storey County and lies 2,238 miles [3,601.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lockwood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Storey County community of Lockwood.
New Jersey
Sussex County
This Lockwood is located in Sussex County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lockwood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Lockwood.
New York
Tioga County
This Lockwood is located in Tioga County and lies 448 miles [721 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lockwood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Lockwood.
Ohio
Trumbull County
This Lockwood is located in Trumbull County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lockwood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Lockwood.
Oklahoma
Beaver County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Lockwood [Beaver County].
Pennsylvania
Cameron County
This Lockwood is located in Cameron County and lies 396 miles [637.3 km]<1> to the north of the Lockwood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cameron County community of Lockwood.
Saskatchewan
This Lockwood lies 1,695 miles [2,727.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lockwood that is located in Wake County.
Washington
Spokane County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Lockwood [Spokane County].
West Virginia
Nicholas County
This Lockwood is located in Nicholas County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lockwood that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicholas County community of Lockwood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lockwood ...
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 Lockwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lockwood and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies just to the southwest (SW).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 230 miles [370.1 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Lockwood to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<5> 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).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,793 miles [10,932.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,674 miles [7,522.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Lockwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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 Lockwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Lockwood 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.
<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 Lockwood 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 Lockwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7999, Longitude: -78.6117 In this case, the coordinates for Lockwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.935 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.164 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.456 degrees.