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Communities Also Named Rockville ...

We found 48 communities that share the name Rockville.

Within Nova Scotia, the name Rockville is unique.

Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of another 48 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 48 communities, three are located in Canada and 46 are in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Clarke County
      • This Rockville is located in Clarke County and lies 1,455 miles [2,341.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Rockville.
    • California
      • Solano County
      • This Rockville is located in Solano County and lies 2,887 miles [4,646.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Solano County community of Rockville.
    • Connecticut
      • Tolland County
      • This Rockville is located in Tolland County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tolland County community of Rockville.
    • Georgia
      • Putnam County
      • This Rockville is located in Putnam County and lies 1,168 miles [1,879.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Rockville.
    • Idaho
      • Owyhee County
      • This Rockville is located in Owyhee County and lies 2,505 miles [4,031.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Owyhee County community of Rockville.
    • Illinois
      • Kankakee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Rockville [Kankakee County].
    • Indiana
      • Parke County
      • This Rockville is located in Parke County and lies 1,118 miles [1,799.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parke County community of Rockville.
    • Iowa
      • Delaware County
      • This Rockville is located in Delaware County and lies 1,260 miles [2,027.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Rockville.
    • Kansas
      • Miami County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rockville [Miami County].
    • Kentucky
      • Lawrence County
      • This Rockville is located in Lawrence County and lies 938 miles [1,509.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Rockville.
      • Rowan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Rockville [Rowan County].
    • Maine
      • Knox County
      • This Rockville is located in Knox County and lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Rockville.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This Rockville is located in Montgomery County and lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Rockville.
    • Massachusetts
      • Norfolk County
      • This Rockville is located in Norfolk County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Rockville.
    • Minnesota
      • Stearns County
      • This Rockville is located in Stearns County and lies 1,384 miles [2,227.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stearns County community of Rockville.
    • Missouri
      • Bates County
      • This Rockville is located in Bates County and lies 1,503 miles [2,418.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bates County community of Rockville.
    • Nebraska
      • Sherman County
      • This Rockville is located in Sherman County and lies 1,666 miles [2,681.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sherman County community of Rockville.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Rockville lies 135 miles [217.3 km]<1> to the north northeast.
    • New York
      • Allegany County
      • This Rockville is located in Allegany County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Rockville.
      • Orange County
      • This Rockville is located in Orange County and lies 450 miles [724.2 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Rockville.
    • Ohio
      • Adams County
      • This Rockville is located in Adams County and lies 957 miles [1,540.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Rockville.
      • Meigs County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Meigs County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of Rockville.
      • Muskingum County
      • This community is historic and although located in Muskingum County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskingum County community of Rockville.
      • Stark County
      • This Rockville is located in Stark County and lies 814 miles [1,310 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Rockville.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Rockville.
    • Oregon
      • Malheur County
      • This Rockville is located in Malheur County and lies 2,511 miles [4,041.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Malheur County community of Rockville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong County
      • This Rockville is located in Armstrong County and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Rockville.
      • Bedford County
      • This Rockville is located in Bedford County and lies 697 miles [1,121.7 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Rockville.
      • Cambria County
      • This Rockville is located in Cambria County and lies 690 miles [1,110.4 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Rockville.
      • Centre County
      • This Rockville is located in Centre County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Centre County community of Rockville.
      • Chester County
      • This Rockville is located in Chester County and lies 561 miles [902.8 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Rockville.
      • Clarion County
      • This Rockville is located in Clarion County and lies 701 miles [1,128.2 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarion County community of Rockville.
      • Dauphin County
      • This Rockville is located in Dauphin County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Rockville.
      • Juniata County
      • This Rockville is located in Juniata County and lies 618 miles [994.6 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Juniata County community of Rockville.
      • Lawrence County
      • This Rockville is located in Lawrence County and lies 741 miles [1,192.5 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Rockville.
      • Mifflin County
      • This Rockville is located in Mifflin County and lies 634 miles [1,020.3 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mifflin County community of Rockville.
      • Northampton County
      • This Rockville is located in Northampton County and lies 521 miles [838.5 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Rockville.
      • York County
      • This Rockville is located in York County and lies 613 miles [986.5 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Rockville.
    • Rhode Island
      • Washington County
      • This Rockville is located in Washington County and lies 326 miles [524.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Rockville.
    • South Carolina
      • Charleston County
      • This Rockville is located in Charleston County and lies 1,082 miles [1,741.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Rockville.
    • Tennessee
      • Monroe County
      • This Rockville is located in Monroe County and lies 1,118 miles [1,799.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Rockville.
    • Utah
      • Washington County
      • This Rockville is located in Washington County and lies 2,473 miles [3,979.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Rockville.
    • Vermont
      • Addison County
      • This Rockville is located in Addison County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Addison County community of Rockville.
    • Virginia
      • Hanover County
      • This Rockville is located in Hanover County and lies 734 miles [1,181.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Rockville.
    • West Virginia
      • Lincoln County
      • This Rockville is located in Lincoln County and lies 920 miles [1,480.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Rockville.
      • Preston County
      • This Rockville is located in Preston County and lies 756 miles [1,216.7 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Preston County community of Rockville.
    • Wisconsin
      • Grant County
      • This Rockville is located in Grant County and lies 1,233 miles [1,984.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Rockville.
      • Manitowoc County
      • This Rockville is located in Manitowoc County and lies 1,086 miles [1,747.7 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manitowoc County community of Rockville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rockville ...

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.

  • Eel Brook
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eel Brook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel Brook
  • Greenville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Greenville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Harris Island
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harris Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Island
  • Hebron
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hebron came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hebron <6>
  • Little River Harbour
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little River Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River Harbour
  • Lower Eel Brook
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Eel Brook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Eel Brook
  • Melbourne
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melbourne came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
  • Pleasant Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
  • Sand Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Beach
  • Sluice Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sluice Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sluice Point
  • Summerville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 484 miles [778.9 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Rockville to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<7>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<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,241 miles [8,434.6 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 5,944 miles [9,565.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,821 miles [6,149.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>

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- Rockville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rockville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7750, Longitude: -66.1131    
<2>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 Rockville 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.
<3>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 Rockville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Rockville 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 300.756 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 296.207 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.525 degrees.




 

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