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Communities Also Named Waterville ...

We found 28 communities that share the name Waterville.

Within Newfoundland and Labrador, the name Waterville is unique.

Beyond Newfoundland and Labrador, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 28 communities, six are located in Canada and 25 are in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Cochise County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Cochise County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cochise County community of Waterville.
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven County
      • This Waterville is located in New Haven County and lies 1,043 miles [1,678.5 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Waterville.
    • Georgia
      • Walker County
      • This Waterville is located in Walker County and lies 1,860 miles [2,993.4 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Waterville.
    • Iowa
      • Allamakee County
      • This Waterville is located in Allamakee County and lies 1,822 miles [2,932.2 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allamakee County community of Waterville.
    • Kansas
      • Marshall County
      • This Waterville is located in Marshall County and lies 2,184 miles [3,514.8 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Waterville.
      • Riley 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 Kansas community of Waterville [Riley County].
    • Maine
      • Kennebec County
      • This Waterville is located in Kennebec County and lies 794 miles [1,277.8 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kennebec County community of Waterville.
    • Massachusetts
      • Plymouth County
      • This Waterville is located in Plymouth County and lies 935 miles [1,504.7 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Waterville.
      • Worcester County
      • This Waterville is located in Worcester County and lies 961 miles [1,546.6 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Waterville.
    • Minnesota
      • Le Sueur County
      • This Waterville is located in Le Sueur County and lies 1,899 miles [3,056.1 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Le Sueur County community of Waterville.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Waterville lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<2> to the west.
    • New Hampshire
      • Grafton 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 New Hampshire community of Waterville [Grafton County].
    • New York
      • Jefferson County
      • This Waterville is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,101 miles [1,771.9 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Waterville.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Waterville is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,068 miles [1,718.8 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Waterville.
      • Oneida County
      • This Waterville is located in Oneida County and lies 1,101 miles [1,771.9 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oneida County community of Waterville.
      • Suffolk County
      • This Waterville is located in Suffolk County and lies 1,043 miles [1,678.5 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Waterville.
    • North Carolina
      • Haywood County
      • This Waterville is located in Haywood County and lies 1,716 miles [2,761.6 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haywood County community of Waterville.
    • Nova Scotia
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Ohio
      • Lucas County
      • This Waterville is located in Lucas County and lies 1,526 miles [2,455.9 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Waterville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Columbia County
      • This Waterville is located in Columbia County and lies 1,203 miles [1,936 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Waterville.
      • Delaware County
      • This Waterville is located in Delaware County and lies 1,209 miles [1,945.7 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Waterville.
      • Lycoming County
      • This Waterville is located in Lycoming County and lies 1,243 miles [2,000.4 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lycoming County community of Waterville.
    • Quebec
      • 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 Quebec community of Waterville.
    • Tennessee
      • Bradley County
      • This Waterville is located in Bradley County and lies 1,822 miles [2,932.2 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Waterville.
    • Texas
      • Wharton 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 Waterville [Wharton County].
    • Vermont
      • Lamoille County
      • This Waterville is located in Lamoille County and lies 932 miles [1,499.9 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamoille County community of Waterville.
    • Washington
      • Douglas County
      • This Waterville is located in Douglas County and lies 2,968 miles [4,776.5 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Waterville.
    • Wisconsin
      • Waukesha County
      • This Waterville is located in Waukesha County and lies 1,696 miles [2,729.4 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waukesha County community of Waterville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Waterville ...

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.

  • Gin Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gin Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gin Cove
  • Lower Lance Cove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Lance Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Lance Cove
  • Lower Sandy Point ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Sandy Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Sandy Point
  • New Burnt Cove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Burnt Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burnt Cove
  • Random Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Random Heights came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Heights
  • Robinsons Bight
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinsons Bight came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Bight
  • Rocky Brook ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Brook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Brook
  • Sandy Point ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
  • Snooks Brook ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snooks Brook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snooks Brook
  • Snooks Harbour
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snooks Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snooks Harbour

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,049 miles [1,688.2 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Waterville to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>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 60 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 41 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,576 miles [7,364.4 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 5,283 miles [8,502.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,159 miles [5,083.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Waterville. 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 Waterville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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- Waterville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Waterville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.2000, Longitude: -53.7833    
<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 Waterville 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 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 Waterville 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 291.812 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 287.174 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 288.018 degrees.




 

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