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Communities Also Named Brookville ...

We found twenty communities that share the name Brookville.

Within Ontario, the name Brookville is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these twenty communities, five are located in Canada and eighteen are in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Jasper County
      • This Brookville is located in Jasper County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Brookville.
      • Ogle County
      • This Brookville is located in Ogle County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ogle County community of Brookville.
      • Vermilion County
      • This Brookville is located in Vermilion County and lies 456 miles [733.9 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermilion County community of Brookville.
    • Indiana
      • Franklin County
      • This Brookville is located in Franklin County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Brookville.
    • Iowa
      • Jefferson County
      • This Brookville is located in Jefferson County and lies 637 miles [1,025.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Brookville.
    • Kansas
      • Saline County
      • This Brookville is located in Saline County and lies 980 miles [1,577.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Brookville.
    • Massachusetts
      • Norfolk County
      • This Brookville is located in Norfolk County and lies 467 miles [751.6 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Brookville.
    • Michigan
      • Washtenaw County
      • This Brookville is located in Washtenaw County and lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washtenaw County community of Brookville.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Brookville lies 767 miles [1,234.4 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • New Jersey
      • Hunterdon County
      • This Brookville is located in Hunterdon County and lies 338 miles [544 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Brookville.
      • Ocean County
      • This Brookville is located in Ocean County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Brookville.
    • New York
      • Genesee County
      • This Brookville is located in Genesee County and lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Genesee County community of Brookville.
      • Nassau County
      • This Brookville is located in Nassau County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Brookville.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Brookville lies 868 miles [1,396.9 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • Ohio
      • Athens County
      • This Brookville is located in Athens County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Athens County community of Brookville.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Brookville is located in Montgomery County and lies 340 miles [547.2 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Brookville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Jefferson County
      • This Brookville is located in Jefferson County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Brookville.
    • Virginia
      • Alexandria City
      • This Brookville is located in Alexandria City and lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alexandria City community of Brookville.
      • Lynchburg City
      • This Brookville is located in Lynchburg City and lies 428 miles [688.8 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lynchburg City community of Brookville.
    • Wisconsin
      • Saint Croix 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 Wisconsin community of Brookville [Saint Croix County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brookville ...

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.

  • Boston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
  • Eden Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Limehouse
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Lowville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowville
  • Martins Mills ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martins Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Mills
  • Marywood Meadows
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marywood Meadows came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marywood Meadows
  • Milltown ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milltown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
  • Peru
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peru came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
  • Rockcut
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockcut
  • Rockwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Scotch Block
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Speedwell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Stewarttown Station
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stewarttown Station came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewarttown Station

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 250 miles [402.3 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Brookville to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,820 miles [9,366.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,549 miles [10,539.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,427 miles [7,124.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brookville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brookville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5317, Longitude: -80.0456    
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Brookville 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>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 Brookville 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 309.42 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.891 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.264 degrees.




 

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