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Communities Also Named Belfast ...

We found 26 communities that share the name Belfast.

Within Ontario, the name Belfast is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 26 communities, one is located in Canada and the other 25 communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Grant County
      • This Belfast is located in Grant County and lies 876 miles [1,409.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Belfast.
    • California
      • Lassen County
      • This Belfast is located in Lassen County and lies 1,986 miles [3,196.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lassen County community of Belfast.
      • San Bernardino County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Belfast [San Bernardino County].
    • Georgia
      • Bryan County
      • This Belfast is located in Bryan County and lies 835 miles [1,343.8 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bryan County community of Belfast.
    • Indiana
      • LaPorte County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Belfast [LaPorte County].
    • Iowa
      • Henry County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Belfast [Henry County].
      • Lee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Belfast [Lee County].
    • Kansas
      • Finney County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Belfast [Finney County].
      • Gray 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 Kansas community of Belfast [Gray County].
    • Maine
      • Waldo County
      • This Belfast is located in Waldo County and lies 620 miles [997.8 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waldo County community of Belfast.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Belfast is located in Baltimore County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Belfast.
    • Missouri
      • Newton County
      • This Belfast is located in Newton County and lies 833 miles [1,340.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Belfast.
    • Montana
      • Garfield County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Garfield County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garfield County community of Belfast.
    • Nebraska
      • Greeley County
      • This Belfast is located in Greeley County and lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greeley County community of Belfast.
    • New York
      • Allegany County
      • This Belfast is located in Allegany County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Belfast.
    • North Carolina
      • Wayne County
      • This Belfast is located in Wayne County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Belfast.
    • Ohio
      • Clermont County
      • This Belfast is located in Clermont County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Belfast.
      • Highland County
      • This Belfast is located in Highland County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Highland County community of Belfast.
      • Licking County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Licking County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of Belfast.
      • Preble County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Belfast [Preble County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Northampton County
      • This Belfast is located in Northampton County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Belfast.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Belfast lies 922 miles [1,483.8 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • South Carolina
      • Laurens County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Belfast [Laurens County].
    • Tennessee
      • Marshall County
      • This Belfast is located in Marshall County and lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Belfast.
    • Virginia
      • Russell County
      • This Belfast is located in Russell County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Russell County community of Belfast.
    • Washington
      • Skagit County
      • This Belfast is located in Skagit County and lies 1,950 miles [3,138.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Skagit County community of Belfast.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Belfast ...

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.

  • Bogies Beach
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bogies Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogies Beach
  • Clover Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Crewe
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crewe came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crewe
  • Donnybrook
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Donnybrook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnybrook
  • Kingsbridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsbridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbridge
  • Lanes
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lanes came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes
  • Loyal
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loyal came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal
  • Prosperity
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prosperity came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
  • Purple Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Purple Grove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purple Grove
  • Sunset Beach
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Zion
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Belfast to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,860 miles [9,430.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,594 miles [10,612 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,474 miles [7,200.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Belfast) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Belfast. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9181, Longitude: -81.5508    
<2>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 Belfast, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Belfast 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.
<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 Belfast 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 310.366 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.018 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.857 degrees.




 

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