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Communities Also Named Black Hawk ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Black Hawk.

Within Ontario, the name Black Hawk is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Sierra County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Sierra County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sierra County community of Black Hawk.
    • Colorado
      • Gilpin County
      • This Black Hawk is located in Gilpin County and lies 840 miles [1,351.8 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gilpin County community of Black Hawk.
    • Iowa
      • Scott County
      • This Black Hawk is located in Scott County and lies 528 miles [849.7 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Black Hawk.
    • Kansas
      • Osborne 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 Black Hawk [Osborne County].
    • Kentucky
      • Caldwell County
      • This Black Hawk is located in Caldwell County and lies 873 miles [1,405 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Black Hawk.
    • Louisiana
      • Concordia Parish
      • This Black Hawk is located in Concordia Parish and lies 1,224 miles [1,969.8 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Concordia Parish community of Black Hawk.
    • Mississippi
      • Carroll County
      • This Black Hawk is located in Carroll County and lies 1,087 miles [1,749.4 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Black Hawk.
    • Missouri
      • Clark County
      • Although located in Clark County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Black Hawk.
    • Montana
      • Meagher 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 Montana community of Black Hawk [Meagher County].
    • New Mexico
      • Grant County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Black Hawk [Grant County].
    • South Dakota
      • Meade County
      • This Black Hawk is located in Meade County and lies 546 miles [878.7 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meade County community of Black Hawk.
    • Wisconsin
      • Sauk County
      • This Black Hawk is located in Sauk County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sauk County community of Black Hawk.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Black Hawk ...

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.

  • Border
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border
    • Border is located in Koochiching County (MN)
  • Central
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
    • Central is located in Koochiching County (MN)
  • Cozy Corners
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cozy Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozy Corners
  • Dance
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dance came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dance
  • Dearlock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dearlock came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearlock
  • Finland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Finland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finland
  • Frontier
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frontier have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier
    • Frontier is located in Koochiching County (MN)
  • Government Landing
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Government Landing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Government Landing

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 887 miles [1,427.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Black Hawk to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 51 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,047 miles [9,731.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,808 miles [10,956.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,741 miles [7,629.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Black Hawk, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Black Hawk) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Black Hawk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.8000, Longitude: -93.9833    
<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 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 Black Hawk 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>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 Black Hawk to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.762 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.20 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.97 degrees.




 

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