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Communities Also Named Saint Alban's ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Saint Alban's.

Within Newfoundland and Labrador, the name Saint Alban's is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maine
      • Somerset County
      • This Saint Alban's is located in Somerset County and lies 676 miles [1,087.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Saint Alban's.
    • Minnesota
      • Hennepin 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 Minnesota community of Saint Alban's [Hennepin County].
    • Missouri
      • Franklin County
      • This Saint Alban's is located in Franklin County and lies 1,851 miles [2,978.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Saint Alban's.
      • Saint Louis 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 Missouri community of Saint Alban's [Saint Louis County].
    • New York
      • Queens County
      • This Saint Alban's is located in Queens County and lies 1,010 miles [1,625.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of Saint Alban's.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Saint Alban's.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Delaware County
      • This Saint Alban's is located in Delaware County and lies 1,109 miles [1,784.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Saint Alban's.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville 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 Saint Alban's [Greenville County].
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Saint Alban's is located in Salt Lake County and lies 2,754 miles [4,432.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Saint Alban's.
    • Vermont
      • Franklin County
      • This Saint Alban's is located in Franklin County and lies 846 miles [1,361.5 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Saint Alban's.
    • West Virginia
      • Kanawha County
      • This Saint Alban's is located in Kanawha County and lies 1,454 miles [2,340 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Saint Alban's.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Saint Alban's ...

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.

  • Camp Boggy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Boggy came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Boggy
  • Goblin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goblin came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goblin
  • Hardy's Cove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardy's Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy's Cove
  • Milltown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milltown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
  • Olive Cove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olive Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Cove
  • Patricks Harbour
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Patricks Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricks Harbour
  • Raymond Point
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raymond Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond Point
  • Raymonds Island
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raymonds Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymonds Island
  • Round Cove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Cove

How Far From Saint Alban's 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 town such as Saint Alban's to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Saint Alban's and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 953 miles [1,533.7 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Saint Alban's to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,673 miles [7,520.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,381 miles [8,659.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,256 miles [5,240 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Saint Alban's. 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Saint Alban's) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Saint Alban's. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.8667, Longitude: -55.8500    
<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 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 Saint Alban's 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>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Saint Alban's to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 293.254 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 288.686 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 289.433 degrees.




 

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