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Communities Also Named Onslow ...

We found four communities that share the name Onslow.

Within Nova Scotia, the name Onslow is unique.

Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these four communities, one is located in Canada and the other three communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Jones County
      • This Onslow is located in Jones County and lies 1,393 miles [2,241.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Onslow.
    • Ohio
      • Jefferson County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Jefferson County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Onslow.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Onslow.
    • Washington
      • Grays Harbor County
      • This Onslow is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 2,829 miles [4,552.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Onslow.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Onslow ...

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.

  • Bible Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bible Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bible Hill
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bible Hill <5>
  • Fort Belcher
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Belcher came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Belcher
  • Harmony
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harmony. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Harmony Road
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harmony Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Road
  • Manganese Mines
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manganese Mines came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manganese Mines
  • Old Barns
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Barns came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Barns
  • Staples Brook
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
  • Valley Cross Roads
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Cross Roads came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cross Roads
  • Valley Station
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Station came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Station

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 600 miles [965.6 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Onslow to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<7>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 34 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,065 miles [8,151.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,772 miles [9,289.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,648 miles [5,870.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Onslow. 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- Onslow) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Onslow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3884, Longitude: -63.3027    
<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 Onslow, 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 Onslow 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>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.
<7>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.
<8>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 Onslow to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 298.671 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 294.179 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 295.148 degrees.




 

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