We found eight communities that share the name Atherton.
Within Ontario, the name Atherton is unique.
Beyond Ontario, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
San Mateo County
This Atherton is located in San Mateo County and lies 2,211 miles [3,558.3 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Mateo County community of Atherton.
Indiana
Vigo County
This Atherton is located in Vigo County and lies 422 miles [679.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vigo County community of Atherton.
Louisiana
East Carroll Parish
This Atherton is located in East Carroll Parish and lies 910 miles [1,464.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Carroll Parish community of Atherton.
Massachusetts
Middlesex 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 Massachusetts community of Atherton [Middlesex County].
Michigan
Huron 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 Michigan community of Atherton [Huron County].
Missouri
Jackson County
This Atherton is located in Jackson County and lies 763 miles [1,227.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Atherton.
Saint Louis 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 Missouri community of Atherton [Saint Louis County].
Ohio
Licking 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 Ohio community of Atherton [Licking County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Atherton ...
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.
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 Atherton to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Atherton and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 295 miles [474.8 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Atherton to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,866 miles [9,440.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,594 miles [10,612 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,471 miles [7,195.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Atherton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Atherton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8229, Longitude: -80.4474
<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 Atherton 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 Atherton, 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 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 Atherton 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 309.729 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.129 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.739 degrees.