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Communities Also Named Wilkins ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Wilkins.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Nova Scotia ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Cross County
      • This Wilkins is located in Cross County and lies 1,493 miles [2,402.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cross County community of Wilkins.
      • Jefferson County
      • This Wilkins is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,580 miles [2,542.8 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Wilkins.
      • Logan County
      • This Wilkins is located in Logan County and lies 1,623 miles [2,612 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Wilkins.
    • Georgia
      • Floyd 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 Georgia community of Wilkins [Floyd County].
    • Iowa
      • Dubuque County
      • This Wilkins is located in Dubuque County and lies 1,286 miles [2,069.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dubuque County community of Wilkins.
    • Kentucky
      • Larue 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 Wilkins [Larue County].
    • Michigan
      • Kalkaska 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 Wilkins [Kalkaska County].
    • Nevada
      • Elko 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 Nevada community of Wilkins [Elko County].
    • North Carolina
      • Granville 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 North Carolina community of Wilkins [Granville County].
    • Ohio
      • Lucas County
      • This Wilkins is located in Lucas County and lies 967 miles [1,556.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Wilkins.
      • Union County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Union County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Wilkins.
    • Oregon
      • Lane 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 Oregon community of Wilkins [Lane County].
    • South Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • This Wilkins is located in Beaufort County and lies 1,154 miles [1,857.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Wilkins.
    • Tennessee
      • Tipton 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 Tennessee community of Wilkins [Tipton County].
    • Texas
      • Upshur County
      • This Wilkins is located in Upshur County and lies 1,793 miles [2,885.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upshur County community of Wilkins.
    • Washington
      • Skagit 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 Washington community of Wilkins [Skagit County].
    • Wyoming
      • Sweetwater 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 Wyoming community of Wilkins [Sweetwater County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilkins ...

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.

  • Canada Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canada Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Hill
  • Granite Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite Village came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Village
  • Hunts Landing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Hunts Point
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Louis Head
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louis Head came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis Head
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louis Head <5>
  • River Head
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Head came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Head
  • Sable River
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sable River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sable River
  • Sable River Station
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sable River Station came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sable River Station
  • Sandy Bay Landings
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Bay Landings came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bay Landings

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 535 miles [861 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Wilkins 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 31 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 21 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,188 miles [8,349.3 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 5,890 miles [9,479 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,767 miles [6,062.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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- Wilkins) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wilkins. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9119, Longitude: -64.9878    
<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 Wilkins, 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Wilkins 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 Wilkins 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 300.052 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.445 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.92 degrees.




 

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