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As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Glenville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glenville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Glenville:
    • 40.813391, -83.050745
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Glenville
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Glenville ...

We found twenty communities that share the name Glenville.

There is one other community in Ohio which is also named Glenville.

Beyond Ohio, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Cuyahoga County
      • This Glenville is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Glenville that is located in Crawford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Glenville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Russell County
      • This Glenville is located in Russell County and lies 611 miles [983.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Glenville that is located in Crawford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Russell County community of Glenville.
    • Arkansas
      • Nevada County
      • This Glenville is located in Nevada County and lies 752 miles [1,210.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Glenville that is located in Crawford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nevada County community of Glenville.
    • California
      • Kern 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 California community of Glenville [Kern County].
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield County
      • This Glenville is located in Fairfield County and lies 489 miles [787 km]<1> to the east of the Glenville that is located in Crawford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Glenville.
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Glenville is located in New Castle County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km]<1> to the east of the Glenville that is located in Crawford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Glenville.
    • Kansas
      • Sedgwick County
      • This Glenville is located in Sedgwick County and lies 795 miles [1,279.4 km]<1> to the west of the Glenville that is located in Crawford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sedgwick County community of Glenville.
    • Kentucky
      • McLean County
      • This Glenville is located in McLean County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Glenville that is located in Crawford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Glenville.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Glenville is located in Harford County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km]<1> to the east of the Glenville that is located in Crawford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Glenville.
    • Minnesota
      • Freeborn County
      • This Glenville is located in Freeborn County and lies 556 miles [894.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Glenville that is located in Crawford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Freeborn County community of Glenville.
    • Mississippi
      • Panola County
      • This Glenville is located in Panola County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Glenville that is located in Crawford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Panola County community of Glenville.
    • New York
      • Livingston County
      • This Glenville is located in Livingston County and lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Glenville that is located in Crawford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Glenville.
      • Saratoga 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 New York community of Glenville [Saratoga County].
      • Schenectady County
      • This Glenville is located in Schenectady County and lies 484 miles [778.9 km] to the east northeast of the Glenville that is located in Crawford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schenectady County community of Glenville.
      • Westchester County
      • This Glenville is located in Westchester County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km] to the east of the Glenville that is located in Crawford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Glenville.
    • North Carolina
      • Jackson County
      • This Glenville is located in Jackson County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<1> to the south of the Glenville that is located in Crawford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Glenville.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Glenville lies 1,014 miles [1,631.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Glenville that is located in Crawford County.
    • 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 Glenville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • York County
      • This Glenville is located in York County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km]<1> to the east of the Glenville that is located in Crawford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Glenville.
    • West Virginia
      • Gilmer County
      • This Glenville is located in Gilmer County and lies 174 miles [280 km]<1> to the southeast of the Glenville that is located in Crawford County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gilmer County community of Glenville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Glenville ...

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.

  • Broken Sword
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
    • Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
    • Broken Sword has also been known as:
    • Bloody Corners
    • Porterville
    • Wingarts Corners
    • Wingert Corners
    • Wingerts Corners
  • Edenville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edenville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville
    • Edenville is located in Wyandot County
  • Harpster
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Sandusky
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Sandusky have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sandusky
    • Little Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
  • Maple Grove Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Grove Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Park
    • Maple Grove Park is located in Crawford County
  • Nevada
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Seal
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seal have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seal
    • Seal is located in Wyandot County
  • Stringtown ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stringtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
    • Stringtown is located in Marion County
  • Sulphur Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sulphur Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
    • Sulphur Springs is located in Crawford County

How Far From Glenville 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 Glenville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<5> community of Glenville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Glenville and extending to:

  • Bucyrus, which is the Seat of Crawford County, lies just to the East.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Glenville to Columbus, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 345 miles [555.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,058 miles [9,749.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,785 miles [10,919.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,661 miles [7,501.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

The official website for Crawford County: www.crawford-co.org/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Glenville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Glenville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8134, Longitude: -83.0507       In this case, the coordinates for Glenville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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 Glenville 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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 Glenville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Glenville 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 311.482 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.813 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.696 degrees.









 

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