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Communities Also Named Bancroft ...

We found 25 communities that share the name Bancroft.

Within Ontario, the name Bancroft is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Contra Costa County
      • This Bancroft is located in Contra Costa County and lies 2,307 miles [3,712.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Contra Costa County community of Bancroft.
    • Georgia
      • Early County
      • This Bancroft is located in Early County and lies 1,014 miles [1,631.9 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Early County community of Bancroft.
    • Idaho
      • Caribou County
      • This Bancroft is located in Caribou County and lies 1,688 miles [2,716.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caribou County community of Bancroft.
    • Iowa
      • Kossuth County
      • This Bancroft is located in Kossuth County and lies 817 miles [1,314.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kossuth County community of Bancroft.
    • Kansas
      • Coffey 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 Kansas community of Bancroft [Coffey County].
      • Nemaha County
      • This Bancroft is located in Nemaha County and lies 992 miles [1,596.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nemaha County community of Bancroft.
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • This Bancroft is located in Jefferson County and lies 614 miles [988.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Bancroft.
      • Muhlenberg County
      • This Bancroft is located in Muhlenberg County and lies 730 miles [1,174.8 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muhlenberg County community of Bancroft.
    • Louisiana
      • Beauregard Parish
      • This Bancroft is located in Beauregard Parish and lies 1,316 miles [2,117.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beauregard Parish community of Bancroft.
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • This Bancroft is located in Aroostook County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Bancroft.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Bancroft is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 422 miles [679.1 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Bancroft.
    • Massachusetts
      • Berkshire 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 Bancroft [Berkshire County].
      • Hampshire County
      • This Bancroft is located in Hampshire County and lies 306 miles [492.5 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampshire County community of Bancroft.
    • Michigan
      • Marquette 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 Bancroft [Marquette County].
      • Shiawassee County
      • This Bancroft is located in Shiawassee County and lies 343 miles [552 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shiawassee County community of Bancroft.
    • Minnesota
      • Freeborn County
      • This Bancroft is located in Freeborn County and lies 769 miles [1,237.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Freeborn County community of Bancroft.
    • Missouri
      • Daviess County
      • This Bancroft is located in Daviess County and lies 880 miles [1,416.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daviess County community of Bancroft.
    • Nebraska
      • Cuming County
      • This Bancroft is located in Cuming County and lies 957 miles [1,540.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuming County community of Bancroft.
    • Ohio
      • Stark County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Stark County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Bancroft.
    • Oregon
      • Coos County
      • This Bancroft is located in Coos County and lies 2,265 miles [3,645.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Bancroft.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Washington 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 Pennsylvania community of Bancroft [Washington County].
    • South Dakota
      • Kingsbury County
      • This Bancroft is located in Kingsbury County and lies 973 miles [1,565.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kingsbury County community of Bancroft.
    • Texas
      • Orange County
      • This Bancroft is located in Orange County and lies 1,346 miles [2,166.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Bancroft.
    • West Virginia
      • Putnam County
      • This Bancroft is located in Putnam County and lies 496 miles [798.2 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Bancroft.
    • Wisconsin
      • Portage County
      • This Bancroft is located in Portage County and lies 574 miles [923.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Bancroft.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bancroft ...

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.

  • Childs Mines
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Childs Mines came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs Mines
  • Deer Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Faraday
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Faraday came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faraday
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Faraday <5>
  • Graphite
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graphite came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graphite
  • Hickey Settlement
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickey Settlement came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickey Settlement
  • Hughes
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hughes came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
  • Maxwell
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
  • Nobbs Siding
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nobbs Siding came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobbs Siding

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Bancroft 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 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,669 miles [9,123.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,400 miles [10,299.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,279 miles [6,886.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

The official website for Bancroft: www.town.bancroft.on.ca/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Bancroft) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bancroft. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0558, Longitude: -77.8555    
<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 Bancroft 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 Bancroft, 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 Bancroft 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 307.865 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.384 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.526 degrees.




 

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