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Communities Also Named Banks ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Banks.

Within Ontario, the name Banks is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Bibb County
      • This Banks is located in Bibb County and lies 863 miles [1,388.9 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Banks.
      • Pike County
      • This Banks is located in Pike County and lies 923 miles [1,485.4 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Banks.
    • Arkansas
      • Bradley County
      • This Banks is located in Bradley County and lies 985 miles [1,585.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Banks.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Banks is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,160 miles [1,866.8 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Banks.
    • Idaho
      • Boise County
      • This Banks is located in Boise County and lies 1,754 miles [2,822.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boise County community of Banks.
    • Illinois
      • Cook 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 Illinois community of Banks [Cook County].
    • Kansas
      • Osborne 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 Banks [Osborne County].
    • Kentucky
      • Letcher County
      • This Banks is located in Letcher County and lies 529 miles [851.3 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Letcher County community of Banks.
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Banks [East Baton Rouge Parish].
    • Minnesota
      • Faribault 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 Minnesota community of Banks [Faribault County].
    • Mississippi
      • Tunica County
      • This Banks is located in Tunica County and lies 847 miles [1,363.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tunica County community of Banks.
    • New Mexico
      • DeBaca County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in DeBaca County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeBaca County community of Banks.
    • New York
      • Cattaraugus 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 New York community of Banks [Cattaraugus County].
    • North Carolina
      • Wake County
      • This Banks is located in Wake County and lies 617 miles [993 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Banks.
    • North Dakota
      • McKenzie 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 North Dakota community of Banks [McKenzie County].
    • Oregon
      • Washington County
      • This Banks is located in Washington County and lies 2,062 miles [3,318.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Banks.
    • South Carolina
      • Lexington 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 South Carolina community of Banks [Lexington County].
    • West Virginia
      • Banks #
      • 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 West Virginia community of Banks.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Banks ...

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.

  • Beaverdale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaverdale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdale
  • Camperdown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camperdown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camperdown
  • Kent
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kent came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
  • Kirkville ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kirkville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
  • Lady Bank
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lady Bank. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lady Bank
  • Little Germany
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Maxwell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
  • Minniehill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minniehill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minniehill
  • Red Wing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Wing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Wing
  • Rob Roy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rob Roy came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rob Roy
  • Temple Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 236 miles [379.8 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Banks to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,790 miles [9,318.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,523 miles [10,497.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,403 miles [7,085.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Banks. 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Banks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Banks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4837, Longitude: -80.3514    
<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 Banks 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 Banks, 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>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.
<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 Banks 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 309.542 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.177 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.031 degrees.




 

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