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Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Hicksville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hicksville 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 Hicksville:
    • 41.293129, -84.762480
    • 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.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Hicksville
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Defiance County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Defiance County
    • Since Hicksville is near DeKalb County and also Paulding County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Paulding County
  • 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Hicksville

Communities Also Named Hicksville ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Hicksville.

Within Ohio, the name Hicksville is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Phillips County
      • This Hicksville is located in Phillips County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hicksville that is located in Defiance County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Hicksville.
      • White 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 Arkansas community of Hicksville [White County].
    • California
      • Sacramento County
      • This Hicksville is located in Sacramento County and lies 1,935 miles [3,114.1 km]<1> to the west of the Hicksville that is located in Defiance County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sacramento County community of Hicksville.
    • Kentucky
      • Graves County
      • This Hicksville is located in Graves County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hicksville that is located in Defiance County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Graves County community of Hicksville.
      • Lawrence 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 Kentucky community of Hicksville [Lawrence County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Bristol 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 Massachusetts community of Hicksville [Bristol County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Hicksville lies 1,022 miles [1,644.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hicksville that is located in Defiance County.
    • New York
      • Nassau County
      • This Hicksville is located in Nassau County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<1> to the east of the Hicksville that is located in Defiance County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Hicksville.
      • Queens 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 New York community of Hicksville [Queens County].
    • North Carolina
      • Rutherford 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 Hicksville [Rutherford County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong County
      • This Hicksville is located in Armstrong County and lies 281 miles [452.2 km]<1> to the east of the Hicksville that is located in Defiance County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Hicksville.
    • Tennessee
      • Madison County
      • This Hicksville is located in Madison County and lies 447 miles [719.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hicksville that is located in Defiance County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Hicksville.
    • Virginia
      • Bland County
      • This Hicksville is located in Bland County and lies 343 miles [552 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hicksville that is located in Defiance County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bland County community of Hicksville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hicksville ...

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.

  • Cecil
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Clarksville ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Clarksville is located in Defiance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
  • Farmer
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Farmer is located in Defiance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
  • Georgetown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Georgetown is located in Allen County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Halls Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Halls Corners is located in Allen County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corners
  • Link ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Mark Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Mark Center is located in Defiance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark Center
  • Orangeville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Orangeville is located in DeKalb County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
  • Rosedale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Rosedale is located in Defiance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Six Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Six Corners is located in Defiance County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Corners

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

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

  • Defiance, which is the Seat of Defiance County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Hicksville to Defiance, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 129 miles [207.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 440 miles [708.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,102 miles [9,820.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,834 miles [10,998.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,712 miles [7,583.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Hicksville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Hicksville, 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 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 Hicksville 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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Hicksville 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 Hicksville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2931, Longitude: -84.7625    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.565 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.116 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.348 degrees.