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Communities Also Named Brickton ...

We found eight communities that are also named Brickton.

There is one other community in Nova Scotia that is also named Brickton.

Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of seven communities that are located in Canada and the United States. Of these seven communities, one is located in Canada and the other seven communities are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Nova Scotia ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Escambia County
      • This Brickton is located in Escambia County and lies 1,547 miles [2,489.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Brickton.
    • Illinois
      • La Salle 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 Illinois community of Brickton [La Salle County].
    • Kansas
      • Montgomery County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Montgomery County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Brickton.
    • Michigan
      • Muskegon 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 Michigan community of Brickton [Muskegon County].
    • Minnesota
      • Mille Lacs County
      • This Brickton is located in Mille Lacs County and lies 1,377 miles [2,216.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mille Lacs County community of Brickton.
    • Nebraska
      • Adams County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Brickton [Adams County].
    • North Carolina
      • Henderson County
      • This Brickton is located in Henderson County and lies 1,124 miles [1,808.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Brickton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brickton ...

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.

  • Bridgetown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Central Clarence
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Clarence
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
  • Forest Glade
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Margaretsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Mount Rose
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Paradise
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
  • Prince Albert
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Scrag Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Spa Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)

How Far From Brickton to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Brickton to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 515 miles [828.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Brickton to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 30 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,159 miles [8,302.6 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 5,866 miles [9,440.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,742 miles [6,022.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brickton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Brickton 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 Brickton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Brickton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brickton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9092, Longitude: -65.1236    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 299.902 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.46 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.346 degrees.