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Communities Also Named Appleton ...

We found 22 communities that share the name Appleton.

Within Newfoundland and Labrador, the name Appleton is unique.

Beyond Newfoundland and Labrador, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 22 communities, one is located in Canada and the other 21 communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Escambia County
      • This Appleton is located in Escambia County and lies 2,073 miles [3,336.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Appleton.
    • Arkansas
      • Pope County
      • This Appleton is located in Pope County and lies 2,128 miles [3,424.7 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pope County community of Appleton.
    • Colorado
      • Mesa County
      • This Appleton is located in Mesa County and lies 2,692 miles [4,332.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mesa County community of Appleton.
    • Georgia
      • Montgomery 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 Appleton [Montgomery County].
    • Idaho
      • Gooding County
      • This Appleton is located in Gooding County and lies 2,830 miles [4,554.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gooding County community of Appleton.
    • Illinois
      • Knox County
      • This Appleton is located in Knox County and lies 1,793 miles [2,885.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Appleton.
    • Kansas
      • Bourbon County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Bourbon County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bourbon County community of Appleton.
      • Clark 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 Kansas community of Appleton [Clark County].
      • Crawford 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 Kansas community of Appleton [Crawford County].
      • Mitchell 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 Kansas community of Appleton [Mitchell County].
    • Maine
      • Knox County
      • This Appleton is located in Knox County and lies 753 miles [1,211.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Appleton.
    • Maryland
      • Cecil County
      • This Appleton is located in Cecil County and lies 1,211 miles [1,948.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cecil County community of Appleton.
    • Minnesota
      • Swift County
      • This Appleton is located in Swift County and lies 1,928 miles [3,102.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Swift County community of Appleton.
    • New York
      • Niagara County
      • This Appleton is located in Niagara County and lies 1,196 miles [1,924.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Niagara County community of Appleton.
    • Ohio
      • Licking County
      • This Appleton is located in Licking County and lies 1,482 miles [2,385 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of Appleton.
    • Ontario
      • This Appleton lies 1,029 miles [1,656 km]<1> to the west.
    • Pennsylvania
      • York County
      • This Appleton is located in York County and lies 1,235 miles [1,987.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Appleton.
    • South Carolina
      • Allendale County
      • This Appleton is located in Allendale County and lies 1,750 miles [2,816.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allendale County community of Appleton.
      • Barnwell 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 South Carolina community of Appleton [Barnwell County].
    • Tennessee
      • Lawrence County
      • This Appleton is located in Lawrence County and lies 1,899 miles [3,056.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Appleton.
    • Washington
      • Klickitat County
      • This Appleton is located in Klickitat County and lies 3,010 miles [4,844.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Klickitat County community of Appleton.
    • Wisconsin
      • Outagamie County
      • This Appleton is located in Outagamie County and lies 1,609 miles [2,589.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Outagamie County community of Appleton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Appleton ...

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.

  • Birchy Bay
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birchy Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchy Bay
  • Burnt Arm
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnt Arm came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Arm
  • Gander
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gander came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gander
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gander <5>
  • Gayside
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gayside came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayside
  • Loon Bay
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loon Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Bay
  • Michaels Harbour
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Michaels Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaels Harbour
  • Peterview
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peterview came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterview
  • Porterville
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porterville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
  • Salt Pond Cove
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salt Pond Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Pond Cove
  • Scissors Cove ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scissors Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scissors Cove

How Far From Appleton to ...

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 town such as Appleton to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Appleton and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,004 miles [1,615.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Appleton to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 57 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 40 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,602 miles [7,406.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,314 miles [8,552.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,189 miles [5,132.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Appleton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.gov.nl.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Appleton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Appleton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.9852, Longitude: -54.8653    
<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 Appleton 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 . 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 Appleton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Appleton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 292.189 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 287.759 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 287.895 degrees.




 

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