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Communities Also Named Raleigh ...

We found fifteen communities that share the name Raleigh.

Within Newfoundland and Labrador, the name Raleigh is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Pickens County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Raleigh [Pickens County].
    • Florida
      • Levy County
      • This Raleigh is located in Levy County and lies 2,051 miles [3,300.8 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Levy County community of Raleigh.
    • Georgia
      • Meriwether County
      • This Raleigh is located in Meriwether County and lies 1,935 miles [3,114.1 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meriwether County community of Raleigh.
    • Illinois
      • Saline County
      • This Raleigh is located in Saline County and lies 1,845 miles [2,969.2 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Raleigh.
    • Indiana
      • Rush County
      • This Raleigh is located in Rush County and lies 1,630 miles [2,623.2 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rush County community of Raleigh.
    • Iowa
      • Emmet County
      • This Raleigh is located in Emmet County and lies 1,888 miles [3,038.4 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Emmet County community of Raleigh.
    • Kentucky
      • Union County
      • This Raleigh is located in Union County and lies 1,831 miles [2,946.7 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Raleigh.
    • Mississippi
      • Smith County
      • This Raleigh is located in Smith County and lies 2,169 miles [3,490.7 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Raleigh.
    • New Jersey
      • Camden County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Raleigh [Camden County].
    • North Carolina
      • Wake County
      • This Raleigh is located in Wake County and lies 1,567 miles [2,521.8 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Raleigh.
    • North Dakota
      • Grant County
      • This Raleigh is located in Grant County and lies 2,062 miles [3,318.5 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Raleigh.
    • Ontario
      • This Raleigh lies 1,579 miles [2,541.2 km]<2> to the west.
    • Tennessee
      • Shelby County
      • This Raleigh is located in Shelby County and lies 2,025 miles [3,258.9 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Raleigh.
    • Texas
      • Navarro County
      • This Raleigh is located in Navarro County and lies 2,457 miles [3,954.2 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navarro County community of Raleigh.
    • West Virginia
      • Raleigh County
      • This Raleigh is located in Raleigh County and lies 1,558 miles [2,507.4 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Raleigh County community of Raleigh.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Raleigh ...

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.

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,002 miles [1,612.6 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Raleigh to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,571 miles [7,356.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,296 miles [8,523.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,174 miles [5,108.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Raleigh. 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>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Raleigh 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Raleigh) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Raleigh. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 51.5578, Longitude: -55.7304    
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 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.
<6>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 Raleigh to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 291.723 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 287.811 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 286.034 degrees.




 

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