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

When in Taylortown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Taylortown 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 Taylortown:
    • 40.857834, -82.610174
    • 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 Taylortown
  • 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 Taylortown ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Taylortown.

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

Beyond Ohio, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ohio ...
    • Jefferson County
      • This Taylortown is located in Jefferson County and lies 105 miles [169 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Taylortown that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Taylortown.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Taylortown is located in New Castle County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the east of the Taylortown that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Taylortown.
    • Kentucky
      • Ohio 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 Kentucky community of Taylortown [Ohio County].
    • Louisiana
      • Bossier Parish
      • This Taylortown is located in Bossier Parish and lies 842 miles [1,355.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Taylortown that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bossier Parish community of Taylortown.
      • Union Parish
      • This Taylortown is located in Union Parish and lies 773 miles [1,244 km] to the southwest of the Taylortown that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union Parish community of Taylortown.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Francois County
      • Although located in Saint Francois County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Francois County community of Taylortown.
    • New Jersey
      • Morris County
      • This Taylortown is located in Morris County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km]<1> to the east of the Taylortown that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Taylortown.
    • New York
      • Otsego County
      • This Taylortown is located in Otsego County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Taylortown that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otsego County community of Taylortown.
    • North Carolina
      • Moore County
      • This Taylortown is located in Moore County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Taylortown that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moore County community of Taylortown.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Greene 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 Pennsylvania community of Taylortown [Greene County].
    • Tennessee
      • Dickson County
      • This Taylortown is located in Dickson County and lies 410 miles [659.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Taylortown that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickson County community of Taylortown.
      • Franklin County
      • This Taylortown is located in Franklin County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km] to the south southwest of the Taylortown that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Taylortown.
      • Humphreys County
      • This Taylortown is located in Humphreys County and lies 438 miles [704.9 km] to the southwest of the Taylortown that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humphreys County community of Taylortown.
      • Lincoln County
      • This Taylortown is located in Lincoln County and lies 450 miles [724.2 km] to the south southwest of the Taylortown that is located in Richland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Taylortown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Taylortown ...

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.

  • Crestline
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Five Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
    • Five Corners is located in Richland County
  • Forest ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
    • Forest is located in Richland County
  • Lincoln Heights
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
    • Lincoln Heights is located in Richland County
  • London
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for London have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
    • London is located in Richland County
  • Maybee
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
    • Maybee is located in Richland County
  • Planktown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Planktown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planktown
    • Planktown is located in Richland County
  • Riblet ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riblet have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riblet
    • Riblet is located in Richland County
  • Roseland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roseland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
    • Roseland is located in Richland County
  • Spring Grove ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
    • Spring Grove is located in Richland County
  • Spring Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
    • Spring Mill is located in Richland County
  • Sunnyview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnyview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyview
    • Sunnyview is located in Richland County

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

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

  • Mansfield, which is the Seat of Richland County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 64 miles [103 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Taylortown to Columbus, with an average speed<5> 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 about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 324 miles [521.4 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 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,039 miles [9,718.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,765 miles [10,887.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,641 miles [7,469 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Richland County: www.richlandcountyoh.us/

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Taylortown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Taylortown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8578, Longitude: -82.6102       In this case, the coordinates for Taylortown 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 Taylortown 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>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 Taylortown to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.202 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.501 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.475 degrees.









 

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