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Communities Also Named Claude ...

We found eight communities that share the name Claude.

There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Claude.

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Van Buren County
      • This Claude is located in Van Buren County and lies 884 miles [1,422.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Claude.
    • Georgia
      • Washington 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 Georgia community of Claude [Washington County].
    • Kansas
      • Woodson 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 Kansas community of Claude [Woodson County].
    • Oregon
      • Malheur 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 Oregon community of Claude [Malheur County].
    • Texas
      • Armstrong County
      • This Claude is located in Armstrong County and lies 1,286 miles [2,069.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Claude.
    • West Virginia
      • Barbour County
      • This Claude is located in Barbour County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Claude.
      • Taylor 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 West Virginia community of Claude [Taylor County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Claude ...

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.

  • Brimstone
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brimstone came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimstone
  • Cataract
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cataract
  • Ferndale
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
  • Forks of the Credit
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forks of the Credit came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of the Credit
  • Mono Road
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mono Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono Road
  • Rockside
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockside came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockside
  • Sandhill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandhill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
  • Silver Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
  • Star
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
  • Terra Cotta
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 235 miles [378.2 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Claude to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>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 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,803 miles [9,339 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,533 miles [10,513.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,411 miles [7,098.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

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

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Claude) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Claude. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7933, Longitude: -79.9051    
<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 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 Claude 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>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Claude to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.309 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.806 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.089 degrees.









 

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