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we pass this GPS location for Woodridge:
35.710153, -78.630282
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We found eighteen communities that share the name Woodridge.
There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Woodridge.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Located In North Carolina ...
Nash County
This Woodridge is located in Nash County and lies 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Woodridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nash County community of Woodridge.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Madison County
This Woodridge is located in Madison County and lies 453 miles [729 km]<1> to the west of the Woodridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Woodridge.
Illinois
DuPage County
This Woodridge is located in DuPage County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Woodridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the DuPage County community of Woodridge.
Lake County
This Woodridge is located in Lake County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km] to the northwest of the Woodridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Woodridge.
Indiana
Vigo 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 Woodridge [Vigo County].
Manitoba
This Woodridge lies 1,287 miles [2,071.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Woodridge that is located in Wake County.
Maryland
Calvert County
This Woodridge is located in Calvert County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Woodridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Woodridge.
Frederick County
This Woodridge is located in Frederick County and lies 266 miles [428.1 km] to the north northeast of the Woodridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Woodridge.
Missouri
Saint Louis 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 Woodridge [Saint Louis County].
New York
Sullivan County
This Woodridge is located in Sullivan County and lies 468 miles [753.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Woodridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Woodridge.
Ontario
This Woodridge lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Woodridge that is located in Wake County.
South Carolina
Aiken County
This Woodridge is located in Aiken County and lies 239 miles [384.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Woodridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Woodridge.
Orangeburg County
This Woodridge is located in Orangeburg County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km] to the southwest of the Woodridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Woodridge.
Spartanburg County
This Woodridge is located in Spartanburg County and lies 201 miles [323.5 km] to the west of the Woodridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Woodridge.
Texas
Orange County
Although located in Orange County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Woodridge.
Utah
Salt Lake County
This Woodridge is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,824 miles [2,935.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Woodridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Woodridge.
Virginia
Albemarle County
This Woodridge is located in Albemarle County and lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the north of the Woodridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Woodridge.
Stafford County
This Woodridge is located in Stafford County and lies 191 miles [307.4 km] to the north northeast of the Woodridge that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Woodridge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woodridge ...
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.
Cloverdale (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Woodridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woodridge and extending to:
The White House (Washington, DC) is 236 miles [379.8 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Woodridge 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 10 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,103 miles [9,821.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,798 miles [10,940.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,679 miles [7,530.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Woodridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7102, Longitude: -78.6303 In this case, the coordinates for Woodridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Woodridge 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>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Woodridge to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.948 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.165 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.493 degrees.