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Communities Also Named Belford ...

We found five communities that share the name Belford.

Within Ontario, the name Belford is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Decatur 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 Kansas community of Belford [Decatur County].
    • Michigan
      • Oakland 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 Belford [Oakland County].
    • New Jersey
      • Monmouth County
      • This Belford is located in Monmouth County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Belford.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clearfield County
      • This Belford is located in Clearfield County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Belford.
    • South Dakota
      • Aurora 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 South Dakota community of Belford [Aurora County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Belford ...

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.

  • Cherrywood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherrywood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
  • Cherrywood Station
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherrywood Station came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood Station
  • Deckers Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deckers Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckers Hill
  • Dixie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Fairport
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairport came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
  • Fairport Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairport Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport Beach
  • Glasgow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
  • Glen Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Grove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Grove
  • Green River
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
  • Greenwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Liverpool
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liverpool came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
  • Peach's
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach's
    • Peach's has also been known as:
    • Peaches
  • Rosebank
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebank
  • Rosebank Station
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)

How Far From Belford to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Belford to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 201 miles [323.5 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Belford to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,771 miles [9,287.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,500 miles [10,460.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,378 miles [7,045.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

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 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 Belford 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 from Point A (ie- Belford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Belford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8836, Longitude: -79.1811    
<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 Belford 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 308.836 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.287 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.695 degrees.




 

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