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Communities Also Named Edwardsville ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Edwardsville.

There is one other community in Nova Scotia which is also named Edwardsville.

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

  • Communities Located In Nova Scotia ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cleburne County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Cleburne County and lies 1,580 miles [2,542.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleburne County community of Edwardsville.
      • Coffee County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Coffee County and lies 1,710 miles [2,752 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Edwardsville.
      • Etowah County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Etowah County and lies 1,583 miles [2,547.6 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Edwardsville.
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Kent County and lies 927 miles [1,491.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Edwardsville.
    • Georgia
      • Fulton County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Edwardsville [Fulton County].
    • Illinois
      • Madison County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Madison County and lies 1,585 miles [2,550.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Edwardsville.
    • Indiana
      • Floyd County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Floyd County and lies 1,413 miles [2,274 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Edwardsville.
    • Kansas
      • Wyandotte County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Wyandotte County and lies 1,808 miles [2,909.7 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyandotte County community of Edwardsville.
    • New York
      • Saint Lawrence County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 752 miles [1,210.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Edwardsville.
    • North Carolina
      • Surry 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 North Carolina community of Edwardsville [Surry County].
    • Ohio
      • Clark County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Clark County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Edwardsville.
      • Warren County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Warren County and lies 1,289 miles [2,074.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Edwardsville.
    • Oklahoma
      • Edwardsville #2
      • 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 Oklahoma community of Edwardsville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Luzerne County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Luzerne County and lies 850 miles [1,367.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Edwardsville.
    • Virginia
      • Fauquier County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Fauquier County and lies 1,024 miles [1,648 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Edwardsville.
      • Northumberland County
      • This Edwardsville is located in Northumberland County and lies 1,001 miles [1,611 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northumberland County community of Edwardsville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Edwardsville ...

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.

  • Blacketts Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blacketts Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacketts Lake
  • Florence
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florence came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Front Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Front Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Front Lake
  • Georges River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Georges River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges River
  • Grand Lake Road
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Lake Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake Road
  • Little Bras d'Or
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Bras d'Or came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Bras d'Or
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Bras d'Or <6>
  • Long Island
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
  • Prime Brook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prime Brook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prime Brook
  • Rear Balls Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rear Balls Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rear Balls Creek
  • Scotch Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotch Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Lake

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 745 miles [1,199 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Edwardsville to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 43 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,910 miles [7,901.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,615 miles [9,036.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,491 miles [5,618.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Edwardsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.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- Edwardsville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Edwardsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.1667, Longitude: -60.2333    
<2>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 Edwardsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 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 Edwardsville 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.
<8>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 Edwardsville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 296.568 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 291.996 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 293.078 degrees.




 

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