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Communities Also Named Agate ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Agate.
There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Agate.
Beyond Ontario, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these ten communities, .
- Communities Located In Ontario ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Agate lies 1,700 miles [2,735.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
- Colorado
- Elbert County
- This Agate is located in Elbert County and lies 1,209 miles [1,945.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elbert County community of Agate.
- Georgia
- Floyd 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 Georgia community of Agate [Floyd County].
- Michigan
- Ontonagon County
- This Agate is located in Ontonagon County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ontonagon County community of Agate.
- Minnesota
- Nobles 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 Minnesota community of Agate [Nobles County].
- Nebraska
- Sioux County
- This Agate is located in Sioux County and lies 1,088 miles [1,751 km]<1> to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sioux County community of Agate.
- North Dakota
- Rolette County
- This Agate is located in Rolette County and lies 753 miles [1,211.8 km]<1> to the west.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rolette County community of Agate.
- Utah
- Grand County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Agate [Grand County].
- Washington
- Lewis 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 Washington community of Agate [Lewis County].
- Mason County
- This Agate is located in Mason County and lies 1,835 miles [2,953.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Agate.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Agate ...
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.
In the vicinity of Agate, Peterbell is located 18 miles [29 km] to the West
How Far From Agate to ...
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 Agate to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Agate and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 403 miles [648.6 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Agate to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,705 miles [9,181.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,453 miles [10,385.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,351 miles [7,002.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Agate) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Agate. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.5167, Longitude: -82.9667 |
| <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 Agate 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. |
| <3> | 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 Agate, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Agate to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.937 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.373 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.748 degrees. |
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