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Communities Also Named Iona ...

We found nineteen communities that share the name Iona.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Nova Scotia ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Lee County
      • This Iona is located in Lee County and lies 1,774 miles [2,855 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Iona.
    • Idaho
      • Bonneville County
      • This Iona is located in Bonneville County and lies 2,469 miles [3,973.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bonneville County community of Iona.
    • Indiana
      • Knox County
      • This Iona is located in Knox County and lies 1,446 miles [2,327.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Iona.
    • Minnesota
      • Murray County
      • This Iona is located in Murray County and lies 1,701 miles [2,737.5 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Murray County community of Iona.
    • Missouri
      • Cape Girardeau County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Cape Girardeau County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape Girardeau County community of Iona.
      • Worth County
      • Although located in Worth County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worth County community of Iona.
    • Montana
      • Dawson 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 Montana community of Iona [Dawson County].
    • New Jersey
      • Gloucester County
      • This Iona is located in Gloucester County and lies 843 miles [1,356.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Iona.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Iona lies 338 miles [544 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • Ohio
      • Ashtabula County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Ashtabula County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Iona.
    • Oklahoma
      • Murray County
      • This Iona is located in Murray County and lies 2,040 miles [3,283.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Murray County community of Iona.
    • Ontario
      • This Iona lies 1,037 miles [1,668.9 km]<1> to the west.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lebanon County
      • This Iona is located in Lebanon County and lies 873 miles [1,405 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lebanon County community of Iona.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Iona lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the west.
    • South Dakota
      • Lyman County
      • This Iona is located in Lyman County and lies 1,881 miles [3,027.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyman County community of Iona.
    • Texas
      • Parker County
      • This Iona is located in Parker County and lies 2,141 miles [3,445.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parker County community of Iona.
      • Tarrant 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 Texas community of Iona [Tarrant County].
    • Washington
      • Adams 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 Washington community of Iona [Adams County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Iona ...

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.

  • Christmas Island
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christmas Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christmas Island
  • Grand Narrows
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Narrows came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Narrows
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Narrows <5>
  • Grass Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grass Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Cove
  • Hazeldale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazeldale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeldale
  • Jamesville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jamesville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesville
  • Pipers Cove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pipers Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipers Cove
  • Plaster Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plaster Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaster Cove
  • Rear Christmas Island
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rear Christmas Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rear Christmas Island
  • Red Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Point
  • Washabuck Bridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washabuck Bridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washabuck Bridge
  • Washabuck Centre
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washabuck Centre came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washabuck Centre

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 717 miles [1,153.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Iona 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 41 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 4,941 miles [7,951.8 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 5,646 miles [9,086.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,522 miles [5,668.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Iona. 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- Iona) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Iona. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.9667, Longitude: -60.8167    
<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 Iona, 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 Iona 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 Iona 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 296.987 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 292.42 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 293.517 degrees.




 

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