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Communities Also Named Rodney ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Rodney.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Nova Scotia ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Coffee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rodney [Coffee County].
    • Arkansas
      • Baxter County
      • This Rodney is located in Baxter County and lies 1,592 miles [2,562.1 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baxter County community of Rodney.
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Rodney [Sussex County].
    • Iowa
      • Monona County
      • This Rodney is located in Monona County and lies 1,594 miles [2,565.3 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monona County community of Rodney.
    • Michigan
      • Mecosta County
      • This Rodney is located in Mecosta County and lies 1,051 miles [1,691.4 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecosta County community of Rodney.
    • Mississippi
      • Jefferson County
      • This Rodney is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,730 miles [2,784.2 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Rodney.
    • Missouri
      • Linn County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Rodney [Linn County].
    • Ohio
      • Gallia County
      • This Rodney is located in Gallia County and lies 1,040 miles [1,673.7 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallia County community of Rodney.
    • Ontario
      • This Rodney lies 898 miles [1,445.2 km]<2> to the west.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Westmoreland County
      • This Rodney is located in Westmoreland County and lies 862 miles [1,387.3 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Rodney.
    • Texas
      • Navarro County
      • This Rodney is located in Navarro County and lies 1,977 miles [3,181.7 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navarro County community of Rodney.
    • Virginia
      • Bedford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Rodney [Bedford County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Waushara County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Rodney [Waushara County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rodney ...

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.

  • Gilbert Mountain
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilbert Mountain came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Mountain
  • Glenville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glenville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
  • Junction Road
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction Road
  • Little Forks
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Lynn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
  • Poison Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poison Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poison Lake
  • Salt Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Salt Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Springs
  • Salt Springs Station
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Stanley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stanley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
  • Valley Road
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Road

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 564 miles [907.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Rodney 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 32 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 5,089 miles [8,190 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 5,798 miles [9,331 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,674 miles [5,912.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rodney. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.ca

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Rodney 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rodney) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rodney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6089, Longitude: -64.0342    
<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 Rodney, 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 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 Rodney 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 299.062 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 294.656 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 295.355 degrees.




 

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