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Communities Also Named Lawn ...

We found nine communities that share the name Lawn.

Within Newfoundland and Labrador, the name Lawn is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Anderson County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Anderson County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Lawn.
    • Nebraska
      • Box Butte County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Box Butte County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Box Butte County community of Lawn.
      • Douglas 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 Nebraska community of Lawn [Douglas County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lebanon County
      • This Lawn is located in Lebanon County and lies 1,143 miles [1,839.5 km]<3> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lebanon County community of Lawn.
    • Quebec
      • This Lawn lies 1,002 miles [1,612.6 km]<3> to the west.
    • South Carolina
      • Cherokee County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Lawn [Cherokee County].
      • Union 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 Lawn [Union County].
    • Texas
      • Taylor County
      • This Lawn is located in Taylor County and lies 2,524 miles [4,062 km]<3> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Lawn.
    • West Virginia
      • Greenbrier County
      • This Lawn is located in Greenbrier County and lies 1,422 miles [2,288.5 km]<3> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Lawn.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lawn ...

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.

  • Fortune
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fortune came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortune
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fortune <5>
  • Grand Bank
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Bank came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bank
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Bank <5>
  • Grand Beach
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Beach
  • Great Salmonier
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Salmonier came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Salmonier
  • High Beach
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Beach
  • Little Saint Lawrence
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Saint Lawrence came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Saint Lawrence
  • Lords Cove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lords Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lords Cove
  • Mud Cove ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mud Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Cove
  • Roundabout
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roundabout came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundabout
  • Spoon Cove ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spoon Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spoon Cove
  • Swabs Dock
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swabs Dock came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swabs Dock

How Far From Lawn 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 town such as Lawn to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 966 miles [1,554.6 km]<3> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Lawn 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 55 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,686 miles [7,541.4 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 5,388 miles [8,671.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,265 miles [5,254.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lawn. 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>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 Lawn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Lawn 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>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- Lawn) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lawn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.9333, Longitude: -55.5500    
<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 Lawn 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 293.416 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 288.668 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 290.089 degrees.




 

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