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We found 32 communities that are also named Longview.
Within North Carolina, the name Longview is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of 32 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 32 communities, 31 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Cullman County
This Longview is located in Cullman County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the west of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cullman County community of Longview.
Shelby County
This Longview is located in Shelby County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km] to the west southwest of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Longview.
Alberta
This Longview lies 2,035 miles [3,275 km]<1> to the northwest of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
Arkansas
Bradley County
This Longview is located in Bradley County and lies 776 miles [1,248.9 km]<1> to the west of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Longview.
California
Los Angeles County
This Longview is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,205 miles [3,548.6 km]<1> to the west of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Longview.
Colorado
Jefferson County
This Longview is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,470 miles [2,365.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Longview.
Georgia
Emanuel 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 Georgia community of Longview [Emanuel County].
Habersham County
This Longview is located in Habersham County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Habersham County community of Longview.
Illinois
Champaign County
This Longview is located in Champaign County and lies 588 miles [946.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Champaign County community of Longview.
Kentucky
Christian 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 Kentucky community of Longview [Christian County].
Jefferson County
This Longview is located in Jefferson County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Longview.
Louisiana
Franklin Parish
This Longview is located in Franklin Parish and lies 780 miles [1,255.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin Parish community of Longview.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Longview is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Longview.
Frederick County
This Longview is located in Frederick County and lies 260 miles [418.4 km] to the north northeast of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Longview.
Massachusetts
Dukes County
This Longview is located in Dukes County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dukes County community of Longview.
Mississippi
Monroe County
This Longview is located in Monroe County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the west of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Longview.
Oktibbeha County
This Longview is located in Oktibbeha County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km] to the west southwest of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oktibbeha County community of Longview.
Pontotoc County
This Longview is located in Pontotoc County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km] to the west of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pontotoc County community of Longview.
Missouri
Franklin County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Franklin County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Longview.
Jackson County
This Longview is located in Jackson County and lies 892 miles [1,435.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Longview.
McDonald County
This Longview is located in McDonald County and lies 869 miles [1,398.5 km] to the west of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDonald County community of Longview.
New York
Chautauqua County
This Longview is located in Chautauqua County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km]<1> to the north of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Longview.
Ohio
Hamilton 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 Ohio community of Longview [Hamilton County].
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
This Longview is located in Allegheny County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Longview.
Tennessee
Bedford County
This Longview is located in Bedford County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<1> to the west of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Longview.
Texas
Gregg County
This Longview is located in Gregg County and lies 948 miles [1,525.7 km]<1> to the west of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gregg County community of Longview.
Virginia
Isle of Wight County
This Longview is located in Isle of Wight County and lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Isle of Wight County community of Longview.
Loudoun County
This Longview is located in Loudoun County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km] to the north of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Longview.
Prince William County
This Longview is located in Prince William County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km] to the north northeast of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince William County community of Longview.
Washington
Benton County
This Longview is located in Benton County and lies 2,215 miles [3,564.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Longview.
Cowlitz County
This Longview is located in Cowlitz County and lies 2,385 miles [3,838.3 km] to the west northwest of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cowlitz County community of Longview.
West Virginia
Barbour County
This Longview is located in Barbour County and lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Longview that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Longview.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Longview ...
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 Longview to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Longview and extending to:
The White House (Washington, DC) is 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Longview 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 14 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 6,099 miles [9,815.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,794 miles [10,933.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,675 miles [7,523.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Longview) 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 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 Longview 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 Longview, 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 Longview 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 Longview. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7824, Longitude: -78.6058 In this case, the coordinates for Longview have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.933 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.158 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.46 degrees.