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Communities Also Named Iona ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Iona.

Within Newfoundland and Labrador, the name Iona is unique.

Beyond Newfoundland and Labrador, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these eighteen communities, three are located in Canada and fifteen are in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Lee County
      • This Iona is located in Lee County and lies 2,092 miles [3,366.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Iona.
    • Idaho
      • Bonneville County
      • This Iona is located in Bonneville County and lies 2,753 miles [4,430.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bonneville County community of Iona.
    • Indiana
      • Knox County
      • This Iona is located in Knox County and lies 1,782 miles [2,867.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Iona.
    • Minnesota
      • Murray County
      • This Iona is located in Murray County and lies 2,006 miles [3,228.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Murray County community of Iona.
    • Missouri
      • Cape Girardeau County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Cape Girardeau County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape Girardeau County community of Iona.
      • Worth County
      • Although located in Worth County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worth County community of Iona.
    • Montana
      • Dawson 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 Montana community of Iona [Dawson County].
    • New Jersey
      • Gloucester County
      • This Iona is located in Gloucester County and lies 1,180 miles [1,899 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Iona.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Iona lies 338 miles [544 km]<1> to the west southwest.
    • Ohio
      • Ashtabula County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Ashtabula County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Iona.
    • Oklahoma
      • Murray County
      • This Iona is located in Murray County and lies 2,374 miles [3,820.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Murray County community of Iona.
    • Ontario
      • This Iona lies 1,368 miles [2,201.6 km]<1> to the west.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lebanon County
      • This Iona is located in Lebanon County and lies 1,212 miles [1,950.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lebanon County community of Iona.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Iona lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the west.
    • South Dakota
      • Lyman County
      • This Iona is located in Lyman County and lies 2,184 miles [3,514.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyman County community of Iona.
    • Texas
      • Parker County
      • This Iona is located in Parker County and lies 2,477 miles [3,986.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parker County community of Iona.
      • Tarrant 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 Texas community of Iona [Tarrant County].
    • Washington
      • Adams 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 Iona [Adams County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Iona ...

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.

  • Crawleys Island
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crawleys Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawleys Island
  • Fair Haven
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fair Haven came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
  • Fox Harbour
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Harbour Buffett
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbour Buffett came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Buffett
  • Indian Harbour
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Harbour
  • Jiggin Cove ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jiggin Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jiggin Cove
  • Kingwell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingwell came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwell
  • Little Placentia ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Placentia came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Placentia
  • Long Harbour
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Harbour
  • Red Island
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Island
  • Rose au Rue
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rose au Rue came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose au Rue
  • Ship Harbour
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ship Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ship Harbour

How Far From Iona to ...

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,039 miles [1,672.1 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Iona to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 59 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,604 miles [7,409.4 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 5,307 miles [8,540.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,184 miles [5,124.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Iona. 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 '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- Iona) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Iona. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.4333, Longitude: -53.9833    
<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 Iona, 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 Iona 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.
<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 Iona 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 292.247 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 287.486 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 288.829 degrees.




 

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