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Communities Also Named Mayflower ...

We found fifteen communities that share the name Mayflower.

Within Nova Scotia, the name Mayflower is unique.

Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Limestone County
      • This Mayflower is located in Limestone County and lies 1,276 miles [2,053.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Mayflower.
    • Arkansas
      • Faulkner County
      • This Mayflower is located in Faulkner County and lies 1,527 miles [2,457.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faulkner County community of Mayflower.
    • California
      • Imperial 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 California community of Mayflower [Imperial County].
      • Kern 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 California community of Mayflower [Kern County].
      • Placer County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Mayflower [Placer County].
    • Kentucky
      • Pike 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 Kentucky community of Mayflower [Pike County].
    • Louisiana
      • Tensas Parish
      • This Mayflower is located in Tensas Parish and lies 1,600 miles [2,575 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tensas Parish community of Mayflower.
    • Michigan
      • Houghton 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 Michigan community of Mayflower [Houghton County].
    • Missouri
      • Barry County
      • This Mayflower is located in Barry County and lies 1,552 miles [2,497.7 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barry County community of Mayflower.
    • Nebraska
      • Adams County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Adams County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Mayflower.
    • Tennessee
      • Washington 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 Tennessee community of Mayflower [Washington County].
    • Texas
      • Newton County
      • This Mayflower is located in Newton County and lies 1,744 miles [2,806.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Mayflower.
      • Rusk County
      • This Mayflower is located in Rusk County and lies 1,733 miles [2,789 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rusk County community of Mayflower.
    • Virginia
      • Amherst 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 Virginia community of Mayflower [Amherst County].
      • Lee County
      • This Mayflower is located in Lee County and lies 1,019 miles [1,639.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Mayflower.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mayflower ...

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
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Brazil Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brazil Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazil Lake
  • Cedar Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Darlings Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Green Cove ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 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:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cove
  • Hillview
    (5 miles [8 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:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
  • Lake Annis
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Annis came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Annis
  • Salmon River
    (3 miles [4.8 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:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon River
  • Short Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 478 miles [769.3 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Mayflower 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 5,230 miles [8,416.9 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 5,935 miles [9,551.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,812 miles [6,134.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mayflower. 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' (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- Mayflower) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mayflower. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0753, Longitude: -66.1140    
<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 Mayflower, 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 Mayflower 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>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.
<5>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.
<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 Mayflower 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 300.692 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 296.189 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.341 degrees.




 

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