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Communities Also Named Creston ...

We found 23 communities that share the name Creston.

Within Newfoundland and Labrador, the name Creston is unique.

Beyond Newfoundland and Labrador, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 23 communities, one is located in Canada and the other 22 communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Creston lies 2,751 miles [4,427.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • California
      • Napa County
      • This Creston is located in Napa County and lies 3,351 miles [5,392.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Napa County community of Creston.
      • San Luis Obispo County
      • This Creston is located in San Luis Obispo County and lies 3,379 miles [5,438 km] to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Luis Obispo County community of Creston.
    • Illinois
      • Ogle County
      • This Creston is located in Ogle County and lies 1,687 miles [2,715 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ogle County community of Creston.
    • Indiana
      • Delaware County
      • This Creston is located in Delaware County and lies 1,570 miles [2,526.7 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Creston.
      • Lake County
      • This Creston is located in Lake County and lies 1,632 miles [2,626.4 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Creston.
    • Iowa
      • Union County
      • This Creston is located in Union County and lies 1,965 miles [3,162.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Creston.
    • Kansas
      • Cloud 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 Creston [Cloud County].
    • Kentucky
      • Casey County
      • This Creston is located in Casey County and lies 1,659 miles [2,669.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Casey County community of Creston.
    • Louisiana
      • Natchitoches Parish
      • This Creston is located in Natchitoches Parish and lies 2,242 miles [3,608.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Natchitoches Parish community of Creston.
    • Montana
      • Flathead County
      • This Creston is located in Flathead County and lies 2,673 miles [4,301.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Flathead County community of Creston.
    • Nebraska
      • Platte County
      • This Creston is located in Platte County and lies 2,087 miles [3,358.7 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Platte County community of Creston.
    • New Jersey
      • Mercer County
      • This Creston is located in Mercer County and lies 1,080 miles [1,738.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Creston.
    • New Mexico
      • Santa Fe County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Santa Fe County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Fe County community of Creston.
    • North Carolina
      • Ashe County
      • This Creston is located in Ashe County and lies 1,538 miles [2,475.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashe County community of Creston.
    • Ohio
      • Medina County
      • This Creston is located in Medina County and lies 1,384 miles [2,227.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Creston.
    • Oregon
      • Malheur County
      • This Creston is located in Malheur County and lies 2,977 miles [4,791 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Malheur County community of Creston.
    • South Carolina
      • Calhoun County
      • This Creston is located in Calhoun County and lies 1,622 miles [2,610.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Creston.
    • South Dakota
      • Pennington County
      • This Creston is located in Pennington County and lies 2,273 miles [3,658 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pennington County community of Creston.
    • Tennessee
      • Cumberland County
      • This Creston is located in Cumberland County and lies 1,710 miles [2,752 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Creston.
    • Washington
      • Lincoln County
      • This Creston is located in Lincoln County and lies 2,871 miles [4,620.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Creston.
    • West Virginia
      • Wirt County
      • This Creston is located in Wirt County and lies 1,424 miles [2,291.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wirt County community of Creston.
    • Wyoming
      • Sweetwater County
      • This Creston is located in Sweetwater County and lies 2,570 miles [4,136 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sweetwater County community of Creston.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Creston ...

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.

  • Black Duck Cove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Duck Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Duck Cove
  • Fox Cove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Cove
  • Kirbys Cove ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kirbys Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbys Cove
  • Little Bay
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Little Salmonier
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Salmonier came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Salmonier
  • Loons Cove ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loons Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loons Cove
  • Marystown
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marystown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marystown <5>
  • Mooring Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mooring Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooring Cove
  • Path End
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Path End came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Path End
  • Rock Harbour
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Harbour
  • Salt Pond
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salt Pond came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Pond
  • Spanish Room
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spanish Room came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Room
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spanish Room <5>
  • Winterland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)

How Far From Creston to ...

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 Creston to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 983 miles [1,582 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Creston 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 56 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,664 miles [7,506 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 5,367 miles [8,637.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,244 miles [5,220.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Creston. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Creston) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Creston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1500, Longitude: -55.1833    
<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 Creston 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 Creston, 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 Creston 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 293.107 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 288.372 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 289.71 degrees.




 

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