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Communities Also Named Bedford ...

We found 33 communities that share the name Bedford.

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

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 32 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 32 communities, five are located in Canada and 28 are in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lamar County
      • This Bedford is located in Lamar County and lies 971 miles [1,562.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Bedford.
    • Arkansas
      • Sebastian 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 Arkansas community of Bedford [Sebastian County].
    • Illinois
      • Pike County
      • This Bedford is located in Pike County and lies 798 miles [1,284.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Bedford.
    • Indiana
      • Lawrence County
      • This Bedford is located in Lawrence County and lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Bedford.
    • Iowa
      • Taylor County
      • This Bedford is located in Taylor County and lies 959 miles [1,543.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Bedford.
    • Kansas
      • Stafford 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 Bedford [Stafford County].
    • Kentucky
      • Trimble County
      • This Bedford is located in Trimble County and lies 613 miles [986.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trimble County community of Bedford.
    • Louisiana
      • Madison Parish
      • This Bedford is located in Madison Parish and lies 1,155 miles [1,858.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison Parish community of Bedford.
      • Red River 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 Bedford [Red River Parish].
    • Manitoba
      • This Bedford lies 983 miles [1,582 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • Massachusetts
      • Middlesex County
      • This Bedford is located in Middlesex County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Bedford.
    • Michigan
      • Calhoun County
      • This Bedford is located in Calhoun County and lies 460 miles [740.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Bedford.
      • Wayne 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 Bedford [Wayne County].
    • Missouri
      • Livingston County
      • This Bedford is located in Livingston County and lies 923 miles [1,485.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Bedford.
    • Montana
      • Broadwater County
      • This Bedford is located in Broadwater County and lies 1,683 miles [2,708.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broadwater County community of Bedford.
      • Jefferson 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 Montana community of Bedford [Jefferson County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Bedford lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<1> to the east.
    • New Hampshire
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Bedford is located in Hillsborough County and lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Bedford.
    • New York
      • Kings 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 Bedford [Kings County].
      • Westchester County
      • This Bedford is located in Westchester County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westchester County community of Bedford.
    • North Carolina
      • Pitt County
      • This Bedford is located in Pitt County and lies 627 miles [1,009.1 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pitt County community of Bedford.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Bedford lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<1> to the east.
    • Ohio
      • Cuyahoga County
      • This Bedford is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 335 miles [539.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Bedford.
    • Oklahoma
      • Osage 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 Oklahoma community of Bedford [Osage County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bedford County
      • This Bedford is located in Bedford County and lies 335 miles [539.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Bedford.
    • Quebec
      • 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 Quebec community of Bedford.
    • Tennessee
      • Bedford County
      • This Bedford is located in Bedford County and lies 823 miles [1,324.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Bedford.
    • Texas
      • Tarrant County
      • This Bedford is located in Tarrant County and lies 1,367 miles [2,200 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tarrant County community of Bedford.
    • Virginia
      • Bedford City
      • This Bedford is located in Bedford City and lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford City community of Bedford.
      • Shenandoah 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 Virginia community of Bedford [Shenandoah County].
    • Washington
      • Pacific County
      • This Bedford is located in Pacific County and lies 2,234 miles [3,595.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pacific County community of Bedford.
    • Wyoming
      • Lincoln County
      • This Bedford is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,705 miles [2,743.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Bedford.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bedford ...

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.

  • Bobs Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bobs Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobs Lake
  • California
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Crow Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Davis Lock
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davis Lock came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Lock
  • Desert Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Echo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
  • Long Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Missouri
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Missouri came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri
  • Moons Corners
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moons Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moons Corners
  • Mountain Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Grove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
  • Raymonds Corners
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raymonds Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymonds Corners
  • Rosedale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 69 miles [111 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Bedford to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,637 miles [9,071.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,364 miles [10,241.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,241 miles [6,825.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

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- Bedford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bedford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6261, Longitude: -76.5639    
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Bedford 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>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Bedford to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.083 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.436 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.074 degrees.




 

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