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Communities Also Named Bennington ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Bennington.

Within Ontario, the name Bennington is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Idaho
      • Bear Lake County
      • This Bennington is located in Bear Lake County and lies 1,531 miles [2,463.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bear Lake County community of Bennington.
    • Illinois
      • Edwards County
      • This Bennington is located in Edwards County and lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edwards County community of Bennington.
    • Indiana
      • Switzerland County
      • This Bennington is located in Switzerland County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Switzerland County community of Bennington.
    • Kansas
      • Ottawa County
      • This Bennington is located in Ottawa County and lies 910 miles [1,464.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Bennington.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This Bennington is located in Montgomery County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Bennington.
    • Michigan
      • Shiawassee County
      • This Bennington is located in Shiawassee County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shiawassee County community of Bennington.
    • Minnesota
      • Mower 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 Bennington [Mower County].
    • Nebraska
      • Douglas County
      • This Bennington is located in Douglas County and lies 785 miles [1,263.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Bennington.
    • New Hampshire
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Bennington is located in Hillsborough County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Bennington.
    • New York
      • Wyoming County
      • This Bennington is located in Wyoming County and lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Bennington.
    • Ohio
      • Morrow 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 Ohio community of Bennington [Morrow County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Bryan County
      • This Bennington is located in Bryan County and lies 1,029 miles [1,656 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bryan County community of Bennington.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Blair County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Blair County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blair County community of Bennington.
    • Vermont
      • Bennington County
      • This Bennington is located in Bennington County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bennington County community of Bennington.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bennington ...

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.

  • Cobble Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cobble Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobble Hill
  • Codys Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Friendly Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendly Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Corners
  • Harmony
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Holiday
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday
  • Huntingford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntingford came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingford
  • Maplewood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplewood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Oliver
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
  • Perrys Lane
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perrys Lane came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Lane
  • Tollgate
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tollgate came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollgate
  • Willow Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Lake

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Bennington 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 5,870 miles [9,446.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,600 miles [10,621.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,478 miles [7,206.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bennington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bennington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1925, Longitude: -80.9553    
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Bennington 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 Bennington, 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>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 Bennington 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 310.03 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.526 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.843 degrees.




 

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