RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> Province of Ontario >> Blair >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Communities Also Named Blair ...

We found 23 communities that share the name Blair.

Within Ontario, the name Blair is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Livingston County
      • This Blair is located in Livingston County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Blair.
      • Randolph County
      • This Blair is located in Randolph County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Blair.
    • Kansas
      • Doniphan County
      • This Blair is located in Doniphan County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Doniphan County community of Blair.
    • Kentucky
      • Harlan County
      • This Blair is located in Harlan County and lies 461 miles [741.9 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harlan County community of Blair.
    • Maine
      • Somerset County
      • This Blair is located in Somerset County and lies 525 miles [844.9 km]<1> to the east northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Blair.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery 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 Maryland community of Blair [Montgomery County].
    • Michigan
      • Grand Traverse 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 Blair [Grand Traverse County].
    • Mississippi
      • Lee County
      • This Blair is located in Lee County and lies 761 miles [1,224.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Blair.
    • Montana
      • Dawson 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 Blair [Dawson County].
      • Roosevelt County
      • This Blair is located in Roosevelt County and lies 1,207 miles [1,942.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roosevelt County community of Blair.
    • Nebraska
      • Washington County
      • This Blair is located in Washington County and lies 810 miles [1,303.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Blair.
    • Nevada
      • Esmeralda County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Blair [Esmeralda County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Grafton County
      • This Blair is located in Grafton County and lies 436 miles [701.7 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of Blair.
    • New Jersey
      • Sussex 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 Jersey community of Blair [Sussex County].
    • Ohio
      • Portage County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Portage County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Blair.
    • Oklahoma
      • Jackson County
      • This Blair is located in Jackson County and lies 1,172 miles [1,886.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Blair.
    • South Carolina
      • Fairfield County
      • This Blair is located in Fairfield County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Blair.
    • Tennessee
      • Roane County
      • This Blair is located in Roane County and lies 553 miles [890 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Blair.
    • Texas
      • Taylor County
      • This Blair is located in Taylor County and lies 1,306 miles [2,101.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Blair.
    • Utah
      • Tooele County
      • This Blair is located in Tooele County and lies 1,719 miles [2,766.5 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tooele County community of Blair.
    • West Virginia
      • Jefferson County
      • This Blair is located in Jefferson County and lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Blair.
      • Logan County
      • This Blair is located in Logan County and lies 387 miles [622.8 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Blair.
    • Wisconsin
      • Trempealeau County
      • This Blair is located in Trempealeau County and lies 543 miles [873.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trempealeau County community of Blair.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blair ...

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.

  • Fisher Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Freeport
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeport came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
  • German Mills ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for German Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Mills
    • Former names for German Mills:
    • Bleam's Mills
    • Edinburgh
    • Hopewell Mills
    • Jewsburg
  • Greenfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Littles Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littles Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littles Corners
  • Rockway
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockway came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockway
  • Roseville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Stanley Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Park

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Blair to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,839 miles [9,397 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,569 miles [10,571.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,447 miles [7,156.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Blair) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blair. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3833, Longitude: -80.3881    
<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 Blair 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 Blair, 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Blair 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 309.651 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.129 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.491 degrees.




 

Copyright 2024
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 07 Apr 2024