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we pass this GPS location for Travis:
40.593160, -74.187922
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We found six communities that are also named Travis.
Within New York, the name Travis is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Kentucky
Jackson County
This Travis is located in Jackson County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Travis that is located in Richmond County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Travis.
Michigan
Kalamazoo 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 Michigan community of Travis [Kalamazoo County].
North Carolina
Anson County
This Travis is located in Anson County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Travis that is located in Richmond County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anson County community of Travis.
Tyrrell County
This Travis is located in Tyrrell County and lies 344 miles [553.6 km] to the south southwest of the Travis that is located in Richmond County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tyrrell County community of Travis.
Tennessee
Davidson County
This Travis is located in Davidson County and lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Travis that is located in Richmond County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Travis.
Texas
Falls County
This Travis is located in Falls County and lies 1,428 miles [2,298.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Travis that is located in Richmond County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Falls County community of Travis.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Travis ...
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.
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 Travis to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Travis and extending to:
Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Travis to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 191 miles [307.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,706 miles [9,182.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,412 miles [10,319.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,289 miles [6,902.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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 from Point A (ie- Travis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Travis 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 county. 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>
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.
<4>
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 Travis to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Travis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5932, Longitude: -74.1879 In this case, the coordinates for Travis have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.064 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.635 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.796 degrees.