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Communities Also Named Cooksville ...

We found eight communities that share the name Cooksville.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Cooksville #1
      • 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 Cooksville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Heard County
      • This Cooksville is located in Heard County and lies 770 miles [1,239.2 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Heard County community of Cooksville.
    • Illinois
      • McLean County
      • This Cooksville is located in McLean County and lies 511 miles [822.4 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Cooksville.
    • Kentucky
      • Graves County
      • This Cooksville is located in Graves County and lies 672 miles [1,081.5 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Graves County community of Cooksville.
    • Maryland
      • Howard County
      • This Cooksville is located in Howard County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Cooksville.
    • Mississippi
      • Noxubee County
      • This Cooksville is located in Noxubee County and lies 870 miles [1,400.1 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noxubee County community of Cooksville.
    • North Carolina
      • Catawba County
      • This Cooksville is located in Catawba County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catawba County community of Cooksville.
    • Wisconsin
      • Rock County
      • This Cooksville is located in Rock County and lies 486 miles [782.1 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rock County community of Cooksville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cooksville ...

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.

  • Birchwood
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birchwood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
  • Clearview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Dixie
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Erin Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erin Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Mills
  • Erindale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erindale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erindale
  • Lakeview
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Long Branch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Branch came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
  • Meadow Wood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Wood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Wood
  • New Toronto
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Toronto came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Toronto
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Park Royal
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Royal came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Royal
    • Riverview
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Streetsville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Streetsville Junction
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Streetsville Junction came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Streetsville Junction
    • Summerville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
    • Vista Heights
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)

How Far From Cooksville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cooksville to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 231 miles [371.8 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Cooksville 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 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,801 miles [9,335.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,530 miles [10,509 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,407 miles [7,092.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

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 Cooksville 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cooksville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cooksville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5803, Longitude: -79.6158    
<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 Cooksville 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 309.14 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.583 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.033 degrees.




 

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