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Communities Also Named Kingsburg ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Kingsburg.

Within Nova Scotia, the name Kingsburg is unique.

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 ten communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • LaPorte County
      • This Kingsburg is located in LaPorte County and lies 1,146 miles [1,844.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaPorte County community of Kingsburg.
    • Maine
      • Piscataquis County
      • This Kingsburg is located in Piscataquis County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Piscataquis County community of Kingsburg.
    • Nevada
      • Douglas County
      • This Kingsburg is located in Douglas County and lies 2,840 miles [4,570.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Kingsburg.
    • New York
      • Washington County
      • This Kingsburg is located in Washington County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Kingsburg.
    • Ohio
      • Meigs County
      • This Kingsburg is located in Meigs County and lies 979 miles [1,575.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of Kingsburg.
      • Trumbull County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Trumbull County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Kingsburg.
    • Quebec
      • This Kingsburg lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • South Carolina
      • Lancaster 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 South Carolina community of Kingsburg [Lancaster County].
    • Tennessee
      • Montgomery County
      • This Kingsburg is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,321 miles [2,125.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Kingsburg.
    • Texas
      • Guadalupe County
      • This Kingsburg is located in Guadalupe County and lies 2,088 miles [3,360.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guadalupe County community of Kingsburg.
    • West Virginia
      • Wood 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 West Virginia community of Kingsburg [Wood County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kingsburg ...

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.

  • Blue Rocks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Rocks came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Rocks
  • Bush Island
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bush Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Island
  • Crescent Beach
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Beach
  • Eastern Points
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eastern Points came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Points
  • First Peninsula
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for First Peninsula came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Peninsula
  • First South
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for First South came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First South
  • Five Houses
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Garden Lots
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Lots came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Lots
  • Heckmans Island
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Indian Path
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Masons Beach
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Riverport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverport came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverport
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverport <5>
  • Rose Bay
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Bay
  • Tanners Settlement
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tanners Settlement came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanners Settlement

How Far From Kingsburg to ...

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 565 miles [909.3 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Kingsburg to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>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 33 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,144 miles [8,278.5 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 5,846 miles [9,408.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,724 miles [5,993.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kingsburg. 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kingsburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kingsburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2767, Longitude: -64.2606    
<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 Kingsburg, 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 Kingsburg 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 Kingsburg 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 299.531 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 294.929 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.348 degrees.




 

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