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Communities Also Named Cobden ...
We found three communities that are also named Cobden.
Within Ontario, the name Cobden is unique.
Beyond Ontario, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Union County
- This Cobden is located in Union County and lies 847 miles [1,363.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Cobden.
- Minnesota
- Brown County
- This Cobden is located in Brown County and lies 880 miles [1,416.2 km]<1> to the west.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Cobden.
- Montana
- Mineral 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 Montana community of Cobden [Mineral County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cobden ...
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.
- Garden of Eden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kelly Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ledgerwoods Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mink Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Queens Line
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rosebank
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shields Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Snake River
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wolftown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolftown
- Zion Line
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Cobden 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 Cobden to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cobden and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Cobden to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,608 miles [9,025.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,339 miles [10,201.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,218 miles [6,788.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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 from Point A (ie- Cobden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 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 Cobden 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 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. |
| <4> | 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 Cobden to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cobden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6268, Longitude: -76.8814 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.167 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.694 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.768 degrees. |
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