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Communities Also Named Britton ...

We found nine communities that share the name Britton.

Within Ontario, the name Britton is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Crawford 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 Arkansas community of Britton [Crawford County].
    • Kansas
      • Butler 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 Britton [Butler County].
    • Maryland
      • Saint Mary's County
      • This Britton is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Britton.
    • Michigan
      • Lenawee County
      • This Britton is located in Lenawee County and lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenawee County community of Britton.
    • Oklahoma
      • Oklahoma County
      • This Britton is located in Oklahoma County and lies 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma County community of Britton.
    • South Carolina
      • Sumter County
      • This Britton is located in Sumter County and lies 679 miles [1,092.7 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Britton.
    • South Dakota
      • Marshall County
      • This Britton is located in Marshall County and lies 836 miles [1,345.4 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Britton.
    • Tennessee
      • Maury 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 Tennessee community of Britton [Maury County].
    • Texas
      • Ellis County
      • This Britton is located in Ellis County and lies 1,162 miles [1,870.1 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ellis County community of Britton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Britton ...

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.

  • Burns
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Burns. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
  • Carthage
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carthage came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
  • Donegal
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donegal
  • Dorking
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorking
  • Ethel
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
  • Ethel Siding ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Fernbank
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbank
  • Glen Allan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Gotham
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gotham came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotham
  • Kingwood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingwood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood
  • Silver Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Topping
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topping

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 283 miles [455.4 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Britton to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,847 miles [9,409.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,579 miles [10,587.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,458 miles [7,174.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

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 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 Britton 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- Britton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Britton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6778, Longitude: -80.9247    
<3>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.
<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 Britton 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 309.976 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.541 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.639 degrees.




 

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