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Communities Also Named Burns ...

We found 29 communities that share the name Burns.

There are two communities within Ontario that are also named Burns.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 27 communities, .

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Burns #1
      • The profile page for Burns #2
      • 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 Ontario community of Burns.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Calhoun County
      • This Burns is located in Calhoun County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Burns.
    • Arizona
      • Pinal County
      • This Burns is located in Pinal County and lies 1,818 miles [2,925.8 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pinal County community of Burns.
    • Colorado
      • Eagle County
      • This Burns is located in Eagle County and lies 1,360 miles [2,188.7 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eagle County community of Burns.
    • Georgia
      • Twiggs 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 Georgia community of Burns [Twiggs County].
    • Idaho
      • Boundary County
      • This Burns is located in Boundary County and lies 1,719 miles [2,766.5 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boundary County community of Burns.
    • Illinois
      • McLean County
      • This Burns is located in McLean County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Burns.
    • Indiana
      • Elkhart 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 Indiana community of Burns [Elkhart County].
      • Martin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Burns [Martin 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 Burns [Butler County].
      • Marion County
      • This Burns is located in Marion County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Burns.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Mary Parish
      • This Burns is located in Saint Mary Parish and lies 1,135 miles [1,826.6 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary Parish community of Burns.
    • Michigan
      • Saint Clair 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 Michigan community of Burns [Saint Clair County].
    • Minnesota
      • Anoka 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 Minnesota community of Burns [Anoka County].
    • Mississippi
      • Jasper 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 Mississippi community of Burns [Jasper County].
      • Smith County
      • This Burns is located in Smith County and lies 923 miles [1,485.4 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Burns.
    • Missouri
      • Polk County
      • This Burns is located in Polk County and lies 773 miles [1,244 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Burns.
    • Montana
      • Richland County
      • This Burns is located in Richland County and lies 1,164 miles [1,873.3 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Burns.
    • New York
      • Allegany County
      • This Burns is located in Allegany County and lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Burns.
    • Oklahoma
      • Washita 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 Oklahoma community of Burns [Washita County].
    • Oregon
      • Harney County
      • This Burns is located in Harney County and lies 1,893 miles [3,046.5 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harney County community of Burns.
    • Tennessee
      • Dickson County
      • This Burns is located in Dickson County and lies 625 miles [1,005.8 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickson County community of Burns.
    • Texas
      • Bowie County
      • This Burns is located in Bowie County and lies 1,004 miles [1,615.8 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bowie County community of Burns.
      • Cooke 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 Texas community of Burns [Cooke County].
      • DeWitt County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Burns [DeWitt County].
      • Rusk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Burns [Rusk County].
    • Wisconsin
      • La Crosse County
      • This Burns is located in La Crosse County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Crosse County community of Burns.
    • Wyoming
      • Laramie County
      • This Burns is located in Laramie County and lies 1,206 miles [1,940.9 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laramie County community of Burns.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Burns ...

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.

  • Carthage
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • 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
  • Crosshill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crosshill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosshill
  • Donegal
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donegal
  • Dorking
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorking
  • Fernbank
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbank
  • Glen Allan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Gotham
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • 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
    (8 miles [12.9 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
  • Topping
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topping

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 281 miles [452.2 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Burns 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 5,846 miles [9,408.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,577 miles [10,584.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,456 miles [7,171.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Burns. 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 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 Burns 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Burns) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Burns. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6321, Longitude: -80.8452    
<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 Burns, 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>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 Burns 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 309.928 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.479 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.618 degrees.




 

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