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Communities Also Named Austin ...

We found 42 communities that share the name Austin.

Within Ontario, the name Austin is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 42 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 42 communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Pickens 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 Austin [Pickens County].
    • Arkansas
      • Conway County
      • This Austin is located in Conway County and lies 974 miles [1,567.5 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Conway County community of Austin.
      • Lonoke County
      • This Austin is located in Lonoke County and lies 982 miles [1,580.4 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lonoke County community of Austin.
      • Van Buren County
      • This Austin is located in Van Buren County and lies 977 miles [1,572.3 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Austin.
    • California
      • Santa Clara County
      • This Austin is located in Santa Clara County and lies 2,183 miles [3,513.2 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Clara County community of Austin.
    • Colorado
      • Delta County
      • This Austin is located in Delta County and lies 1,467 miles [2,360.9 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delta County community of Austin.
      • Garfield 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 Colorado community of Austin [Garfield County].
    • Georgia
      • Morgan 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 Georgia community of Austin [Morgan County].
    • Idaho
      • Twin Falls 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 Idaho community of Austin [Twin Falls County].
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Austin is located in Cook County and lies 467 miles [751.6 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Austin.
    • Indiana
      • Scott County
      • This Austin is located in Scott County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Austin.
    • Kansas
      • Neosho County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Neosho County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Neosho County community of Austin.
      • Sumner 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 Kansas community of Austin [Sumner County].
    • Kentucky
      • Barren County
      • This Austin is located in Barren County and lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barren County community of Austin.
    • Manitoba
      • This Austin lies 863 miles [1,388.9 km]<2> to the west northwest.
    • Michigan
      • Hillsdale County
      • This Austin is located in Hillsdale County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsdale County community of Austin.
      • Kalamazoo 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 Michigan community of Austin [Kalamazoo County].
      • Marquette County
      • This Austin is located in Marquette County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marquette County community of Austin.
      • Oakland 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 Michigan community of Austin [Oakland County].
    • Minnesota
      • Mower County
      • This Austin is located in Mower County and lies 622 miles [1,001 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mower County community of Austin.
    • Mississippi
      • Tunica County
      • This Austin is located in Tunica County and lies 959 miles [1,543.4 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tunica County community of Austin.
    • Missouri
      • Cass County
      • This Austin is located in Cass County and lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Austin.
      • Dunklin County
      • This Austin is located in Dunklin County and lies 860 miles [1,384 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dunklin County community of Austin.
    • Montana
      • Lewis and Clark County
      • This Austin is located in Lewis and Clark County and lies 1,481 miles [2,383.4 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis and Clark County community of Austin.
    • Nebraska
      • Sherman County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Sherman County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sherman County community of Austin.
    • Nevada
      • Lander County
      • This Austin is located in Lander County and lies 1,874 miles [3,015.9 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lander County community of Austin.
    • New York
      • Cattaraugus 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 York community of Austin [Cattaraugus County].
      • Cayuga County
      • This Austin is located in Cayuga County and lies 332 miles [534.3 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cayuga County community of Austin.
    • North Carolina
      • Wilkes County
      • This Austin is located in Wilkes County and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkes County community of Austin.
    • Ohio
      • Ross County
      • This Austin is located in Ross County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ross County community of Austin.
    • Oregon
      • Grant County
      • This Austin is located in Grant County and lies 1,808 miles [2,909.7 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Austin.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Potter County
      • This Austin is located in Potter County and lies 361 miles [581 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Potter County community of Austin.
    • Quebec
      • This Austin lies 420 miles [675.9 km]<2> to the east.
    • Rhode Island
      • Washington County
      • This Austin is located in Washington County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Austin.
    • South Carolina
      • Laurens 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 South Carolina community of Austin [Laurens County].
    • Tennessee
      • Hardin County
      • This Austin is located in Hardin County and lies 869 miles [1,398.5 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Austin.
      • Wilson 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 Tennessee community of Austin [Wilson County].
    • Texas
      • Travis County
      • This Austin is located in Travis County and lies 1,440 miles [2,317.5 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Travis County community of Austin.
    • Utah
      • Sevier County
      • This Austin is located in Sevier County and lies 1,666 miles [2,681.2 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Austin.
    • Washington
      • Island County
      • This Austin is located in Island County and lies 1,933 miles [3,110.9 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Island County community of Austin.
      • Spokane County
      • This Austin is located in Spokane County and lies 1,694 miles [2,726.2 km] to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spokane County community of Austin.
    • Wisconsin
      • Jackson 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 Wisconsin community of Austin [Jackson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Austin ...

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.

  • Clara Belle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Copper Cliff
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper Cliff came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Cliff
  • Elmview
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmview came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmview
  • Falconbridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Flake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flake
  • Flour Mill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flour Mill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flour Mill
  • Minnow Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minnow Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnow Lake
  • Pinecrest
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Sand Pit
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Pit came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Pit
  • Waterfall
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterfall came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterfall

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 257 miles [413.6 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Austin 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 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,719 miles [9,203.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,459 miles [10,394.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,345 miles [6,992.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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 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 Austin 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Austin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Austin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4908, Longitude: -80.8364    
<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 Austin, 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 Austin 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 309.682 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.65 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.444 degrees.




 

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