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Communities Also Named Harrington ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Harrington.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Nova Scotia ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Colusa County
      • This Harrington is located in Colusa County and lies 2,857 miles [4,597.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colusa County community of Harrington.
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Harrington is located in Kent County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Harrington.
    • Georgia
      • Glynn County
      • This Harrington is located in Glynn County and lies 1,217 miles [1,958.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glynn County community of Harrington.
    • Maine
      • Washington County
      • This Harrington is located in Washington County and lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Harrington.
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Harrington is located in Carroll County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Harrington.
    • Nebraska
      • Wheeler County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Wheeler County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wheeler County community of Harrington.
    • New Jersey
      • Bergen 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 Jersey community of Harrington [Bergen County].
    • New Mexico
      • Union County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Union County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Harrington.
    • New York
      • Harrington #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 New York community of Harrington.
    • North Carolina
      • Harnett 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 Harrington [Harnett County].
    • Ontario
      • This Harrington lies 746 miles [1,200.6 km]<1> to the west.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Harrington lies 210 miles [338 km]<1> to the northeast.
    • Quebec
      • This Harrington lies 436 miles [701.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • South Dakota
      • Bennett County
      • This Harrington is located in Bennett County and lies 1,745 miles [2,808.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bennett County community of Harrington.
    • Virginia
      • Alleghany County
      • This Harrington is located in Alleghany County and lies 841 miles [1,353.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alleghany County community of Harrington.
    • Washington
      • Lincoln County
      • This Harrington is located in Lincoln County and lies 2,475 miles [3,983.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Harrington.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Harrington ...

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.

  • Beaver River
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver River
  • Brazil Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brazil Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazil Lake
  • Cedar Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cedar Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
  • Darlings Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Forest Glen
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Green Cove ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cove
  • Hillview
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillview came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
  • Lake Annis
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Annis came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Annis
  • Mayflower
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Moodys Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moodys Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moodys Corner
  • Salmon River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salmon River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon River

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 480 miles [772.5 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Harrington to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 28 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,228 miles [8,413.7 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 5,933 miles [9,548.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,809 miles [6,130 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

The official website for Province of Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.ca

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Harrington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harrington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0939, Longitude: -66.0728    
<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 Harrington, 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 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 Harrington 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 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 Harrington 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 300.663 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 296.16 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.31 degrees.




 

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