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Communities Also Named Boon ...
We found six communities that share the name Boon.
There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Boon.
Beyond Ontario, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these five communities, one is located in Canada and the other five communities are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Ontario ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Sumner 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 Boon [Sumner County].
- Michigan
- Wexford County
- This Boon is located in Wexford County and lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<2> to the south southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wexford County community of Boon.
- Mississippi
- Winston County
- This Boon is located in Winston County and lies 1,152 miles [1,854 km]<2> to the south southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winston County community of Boon.
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware County
- This Boon is located in Delaware County and lies 779 miles [1,253.7 km]<2> to the southeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Boon.
- Texas
- Blanco County
- Although located in Blanco County, we don't know the location within the .
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blanco County community of Boon.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boon ...
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.
- Hearst
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hearst Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Horsey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horsey came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsey
- Mead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mead came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mead
- Wyborn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyborn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyborn
How Far From Boon 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 Boon to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Boon and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 472 miles [759.6 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Boon to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 27 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,699 miles [9,171.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,450 miles [10,380.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,355 miles [7,008.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Boon 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Boon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Boon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.3781, Longitude: -83.9519 |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Boon 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 311.54 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.181 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.944 degrees. |
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