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Communities Also Named Barclay ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Barclay.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Barclay #1
      • 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 Ontario community of Barclay.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Talladega County
      • This Barclay is located in Talladega County and lies 1,176 miles [1,892.6 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Barclay.
    • Illinois
      • Sangamon County
      • This Barclay is located in Sangamon County and lies 700 miles [1,126.5 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sangamon County community of Barclay.
    • Kansas
      • Osage County
      • This Barclay is located in Osage County and lies 788 miles [1,268.2 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Osage County community of Barclay.
    • Maryland
      • Queen Anne's County
      • This Barclay is located in Queen Anne's County and lies 1,103 miles [1,775.1 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queen Anne's County community of Barclay.
    • Michigan
      • Ontonagon 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 Barclay [Ontonagon County].
    • Nevada
      • Lincoln County
      • This Barclay is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,361 miles [2,190.3 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Barclay.
    • Ohio
      • Trumbull County
      • This Barclay is located in Trumbull County and lies 816 miles [1,313.2 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Barclay.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bradford County
      • This Barclay is located in Bradford County and lies 952 miles [1,532.1 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of Barclay.
    • Texas
      • Falls County
      • This Barclay is located in Falls County and lies 1,310 miles [2,108.2 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Falls County community of Barclay.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake 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 Utah community of Barclay [Salt Lake County].
    • West Virginia
      • Monongalia 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 West Virginia community of Barclay [Monongalia County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Barclay ...

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.

  • Eagle River
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Gold Rock ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gold Rock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Rock
  • Oxdrift
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxdrift came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxdrift
  • Six Mile Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Six Mile Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile Corner
  • Two Mile Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Two Mile Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Mile Corner

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 844 miles [1,358.3 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Barclay to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 48 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,959 miles [9,590.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,720 miles [10,814.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,654 miles [7,489.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

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 Barclay 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 '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- Barclay) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Barclay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.7667, Longitude: -92.7000    
<3>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.
<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 Barclay 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 317.788 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.235 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.911 degrees.




 

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