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Communities Also Named Atwood ...

We found 27 communities that share the name Atwood.

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

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 26 communities, one is located in Canada and the other 26 communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Atwood #1
      • This Atwood lies less than 2 miles<1> to the south southwest.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Franklin County
      • This Atwood is located in Franklin County and lies 743 miles [1,195.7 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Atwood.
    • Arkansas
      • Howard County
      • This Atwood is located in Howard County and lies 961 miles [1,546.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Atwood.
    • California
      • Orange County
      • This Atwood is located in Orange County and lies 2,074 miles [3,337.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Atwood.
    • Colorado
      • Logan County
      • This Atwood is located in Logan County and lies 1,156 miles [1,860.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Atwood.
    • Georgia
      • Sumter 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 Atwood [Sumter County].
      • Ware County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Atwood [Ware County].
    • Illinois
      • Piatt County
      • This Atwood is located in Piatt County and lies 467 miles [751.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Piatt County community of Atwood.
    • Indiana
      • Kosciusko County
      • This Atwood is located in Kosciusko County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kosciusko County community of Atwood.
    • Iowa
      • Keokuk County
      • This Atwood is located in Keokuk County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Keokuk County community of Atwood.
    • Kansas
      • Rawlins County
      • This Atwood is located in Rawlins County and lies 1,062 miles [1,709.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rawlins County community of Atwood.
    • Kentucky
      • Kenton County
      • This Atwood is located in Kenton County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kenton County community of Atwood.
    • Michigan
      • Antrim County
      • This Atwood is located in Antrim County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Antrim County community of Atwood.
      • Tuscola 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 Atwood [Tuscola County].
    • Minnesota
      • Hennepin County
      • This Atwood is located in Hennepin County and lies 615 miles [989.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hennepin County community of Atwood.
    • Nevada
      • Nye 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 Nevada community of Atwood [Nye County].
    • New York
      • Ulster County
      • This Atwood is located in Ulster County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Atwood.
    • North Carolina
      • Forsyth County
      • This Atwood is located in Forsyth County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Atwood.
    • Ohio
      • Carroll 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 Atwood [Carroll County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Hughes County
      • This Atwood is located in Hughes County and lies 1,013 miles [1,630.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hughes County community of Atwood.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong County
      • This Atwood is located in Armstrong County and lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Atwood.
    • Tennessee
      • Carroll County
      • This Atwood is located in Carroll County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Atwood.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Atwood is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,585 miles [2,550.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Atwood.
    • Virginia
      • Patrick 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 Virginia community of Atwood [Patrick County].
    • Washington
      • Grant County
      • This Atwood is located in Grant County and lies 1,844 miles [2,967.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Atwood.
    • West Virginia
      • Tyler County
      • This Atwood is located in Tyler County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tyler County community of Atwood.
    • Wisconsin
      • Clark County
      • This Atwood is located in Clark County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Atwood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Atwood ...

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.

  • Burns
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Burns. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
  • Carthage
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carthage came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
  • Donegal
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donegal
  • Ethel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
  • Ethel Siding ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Fernbank
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbank
  • Gads Hill Station
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gads Hill Station came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gads Hill Station
  • Gotham
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gotham came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotham
  • Manley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manley
  • Silver Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Slabtown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
  • Willow Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Atwood to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,851 miles [9,416.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,462 miles [7,180.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Atwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Atwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6681, Longitude: -81.0189    
<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 Atwood 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 Atwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<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 Atwood 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 310.038 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.609 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.69 degrees.




 

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