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Communities Also Named Williamsport ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Williamsport.

Within Newfoundland and Labrador, the name Williamsport is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Warren County
      • This Williamsport is located in Warren County and lies 1,645 miles [2,647.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Williamsport.
    • Kansas
      • Pratt 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 Kansas community of Williamsport [Pratt County].
      • Shawnee County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Shawnee County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shawnee County community of Williamsport.
    • Kentucky
      • Johnson County
      • This Williamsport is located in Johnson County and lies 1,563 miles [2,515.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Williamsport.
    • Louisiana
      • Pointe Coupee Parish
      • This Williamsport is located in Pointe Coupee Parish and lies 2,261 miles [3,638.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pointe Coupee Parish community of Williamsport.
    • Maryland
      • Washington County
      • This Williamsport is located in Washington County and lies 1,285 miles [2,068 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Williamsport.
    • Michigan
      • Manistee County
      • This Williamsport is located in Manistee County and lies 1,452 miles [2,336.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manistee County community of Williamsport.
    • North Dakota
      • Emmons 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 North Dakota community of Williamsport [Emmons County].
    • Ohio
      • Columbiana County
      • This Williamsport is located in Columbiana County and lies 1,347 miles [2,167.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbiana County community of Williamsport.
      • Morrow County
      • This Williamsport is located in Morrow County and lies 1,440 miles [2,317.5 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morrow County community of Williamsport.
      • Pickaway County
      • This Williamsport is located in Pickaway County and lies 1,499 miles [2,412.4 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickaway County community of Williamsport.
      • Stark County
      • This Williamsport is located in Stark County and lies 1,357 miles [2,183.9 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Williamsport.
    • Ontario
      • This Williamsport lies 1,110 miles [1,786.4 km]<1> to the west.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lycoming County
      • This Williamsport is located in Lycoming County and lies 1,178 miles [1,895.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lycoming County community of Williamsport.
      • Northampton County
      • This Williamsport is located in Northampton County and lies 1,133 miles [1,823.4 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Williamsport.
    • Tennessee
      • Maury County
      • This Williamsport is located in Maury County and lies 1,845 miles [2,969.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Williamsport.
    • West Virginia
      • Grant County
      • This Williamsport is located in Grant County and lies 1,351 miles [2,174.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Williamsport.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Williamsport ...

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.

  • Canada Harbour
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Grandfathers Cove ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grandfathers Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandfathers Cove
  • Great Harbour Deep
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Harbour Deep
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbour Deep came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Deep
  • Hooping Harbour
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hooping Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooping Harbour
  • Jacks Cove ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jacks Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Cove
  • Little Harbour Deep
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Harbour Deep came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Harbour Deep
  • Wild Cove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 960 miles [1,545 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Williamsport 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 55 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 38 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,619 miles [7,433.6 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 5,341 miles [8,595.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,217 miles [5,177.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Williamsport. 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Williamsport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Williamsport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.5333, Longitude: -56.2833    
<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 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 Williamsport 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>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 Williamsport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Williamsport 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 292.508 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 288.441 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 287.308 degrees.




 

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