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Communities Also Named Grantville ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Grantville.

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

Beyond Nova Scotia, 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 eleven communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Located In Nova Scotia ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cherokee County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Grantville [Cherokee County].
    • California
      • San Diego County
      • This Grantville is located in San Diego County and lies 3,051 miles [4,910.1 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of Grantville.
    • Connecticut
      • Litchfield County
      • This Grantville is located in Litchfield County and lies 645 miles [1,038 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Litchfield County community of Grantville.
    • Georgia
      • Coweta County
      • This Grantville is located in Coweta County and lies 1,513 miles [2,434.9 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coweta County community of Grantville.
      • Greene County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Grantville [Greene County].
    • Kansas
      • Jefferson County
      • This Grantville is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,794 miles [2,887.2 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Grantville.
    • Massachusetts
      • Norfolk County
      • This Grantville is located in Norfolk County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Grantville.
    • New York
      • Saint Lawrence County
      • This Grantville is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 666 miles [1,071.8 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Grantville.
    • North Carolina
      • Buncombe 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 Grantville [Buncombe County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Dauphin County
      • This Grantville is located in Dauphin County and lies 857 miles [1,379.2 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Grantville.
    • Tennessee
      • Montgomery County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Grantville [Montgomery County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Grantville ...

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.

  • Dundee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dundee came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dundee <5>
  • Glasgow Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glasgow Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Point
  • Kingsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsville
  • Pirate Harbour
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pirate Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pirate Harbour
  • Pleasant Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Princeville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Queensville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queensville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
  • Rear Black River
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rear Black River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rear Black River
  • Steep Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Sugar Camp
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Camp came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Camp

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 698 miles [1,123.3 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Grantville to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>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 40 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 28 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,969 miles [7,996.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,673 miles [9,129.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,550 miles [5,713.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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

The official website for Province of Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.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 Grantville, 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' (or 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- Grantville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grantville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6498, Longitude: -61.2339    
<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 Grantville 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Grantville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 297.335 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 292.745 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 293.956 degrees.




 

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