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Communities Also Named Albert ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Albert.

There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Albert.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these seventeen communities, four are located in Canada and fourteen are in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Dallas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Albert [Dallas County].
    • Arkansas
      • Montgomery County
      • This Albert is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,123 miles [1,807.3 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Albert.
    • California
      • Sacramento County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Albert [Sacramento County].
    • Georgia
      • Lumpkin 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 Georgia community of Albert [Lumpkin County].
    • Kansas
      • Barton County
      • This Albert is located in Barton County and lies 1,199 miles [1,929.6 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barton County community of Albert.
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Albert [Aroostook County].
    • Manitoba
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Albert lies 609 miles [980.1 km]<2> to the east northeast.
    • New Mexico
      • Harding County
      • This Albert is located in Harding County and lies 1,516 miles [2,439.8 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harding County community of Albert.
      • Mora County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Albert [Mora County].
    • North Dakota
      • Benson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Albert [Benson County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Caddo County
      • This Albert is located in Caddo County and lies 1,286 miles [2,069.6 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo County community of Albert.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Luzerne County
      • This Albert is located in Luzerne County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Albert.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Albert lies 1,448 miles [2,330.3 km]<2> to the west northwest.
    • Texas
      • Gillespie County
      • This Albert is located in Gillespie County and lies 1,522 miles [2,449.4 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gillespie County community of Albert.
    • Virginia
      • Scott County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Albert [Scott County].
    • West Virginia
      • Tucker County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Albert [Tucker County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Albert ...

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.

  • Ebenezer
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
  • Forest Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mills
  • Lime Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lime Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Lake
  • Marysville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Mohawk ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mohawk came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
  • Moneymore
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Read
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Read

How Far From Albert 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 community such as Albert to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 103 miles [165.8 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Albert to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,673 miles [9,129.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,399 miles [10,298.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,276 miles [6,881.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Albert 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.
<2>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- Albert) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Albert. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3172, Longitude: -77.1347    
<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 Albert, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Albert 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 307.482 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.835 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.498 degrees.




 

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