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Communities Also Named Carthage ...

We found 24 communities that share the name Carthage.

Within Ontario, the name Carthage is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Hale 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 Alabama community of Carthage [Hale County].
    • Arkansas
      • Dallas County
      • This Carthage is located in Dallas County and lies 911 miles [1,466.1 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Carthage.
    • Illinois
      • Hancock County
      • This Carthage is located in Hancock County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Carthage.
      • Ogle County
      • This Carthage is located in Ogle County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ogle County community of Carthage.
    • Indiana
      • Rush County
      • This Carthage is located in Rush County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rush County community of Carthage.
    • Kansas
      • Ford 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 Carthage [Ford County].
      • Meade 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 Kansas community of Carthage [Meade County].
      • Shawnee 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 Kansas community of Carthage [Shawnee County].
    • Kentucky
      • Campbell County
      • This Carthage is located in Campbell County and lies 372 miles [598.7 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Carthage.
    • Louisiana
      • Winn Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Carthage [Winn Parish].
    • Maine
      • Franklin County
      • This Carthage is located in Franklin County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Carthage.
    • Minnesota
      • Polk 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 Carthage [Polk County].
    • Mississippi
      • Adams County
      • This Carthage is located in Adams County and lies 1,017 miles [1,636.7 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Carthage.
      • Leake County
      • This Carthage is located in Leake County and lies 887 miles [1,427.5 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leake County community of Carthage.
    • Missouri
      • Jasper County
      • This Carthage is located in Jasper County and lies 835 miles [1,343.8 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Carthage.
    • New Mexico
      • Socorro 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 New Mexico community of Carthage [Socorro County].
    • New York
      • Jefferson County
      • This Carthage is located in Jefferson County and lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Carthage.
    • North Carolina
      • Moore County
      • This Carthage is located in Moore County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moore County community of Carthage.
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton County
      • This Carthage is located in Hamilton County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Carthage.
    • South Dakota
      • Lawrence 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 South Dakota community of Carthage [Lawrence County].
      • Miner County
      • This Carthage is located in Miner County and lies 838 miles [1,348.6 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miner County community of Carthage.
    • Tennessee
      • Smith County
      • This Carthage is located in Smith County and lies 577 miles [928.6 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Carthage.
    • Texas
      • Panola County
      • This Carthage is located in Panola County and lies 1,079 miles [1,736.5 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Panola County community of Carthage.
    • Virginia
      • Floyd County
      • This Carthage is located in Floyd County and lies 462 miles [743.5 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Carthage.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Carthage ...

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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • 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.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
  • Crosshill
    (10 miles [16.1 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:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosshill
  • Donegal
    (6 miles [9.7 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
    (4 miles [6.4 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 west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gotham came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotham
  • Kingwood
    (10 miles [16.1 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:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood
  • Spruce Green
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spruce Green came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Green
  • Topping
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topping

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Carthage 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 Carthage 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 5,845 miles [9,406.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,576 miles [10,583 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,455 miles [7,169.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Carthage. 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 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 Carthage 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- Carthage) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Carthage. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6614, Longitude: -80.8500    
<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 Carthage, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<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 Carthage 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 309.929 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.485 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.609 degrees.




 

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