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Communities Also Named Cornwall ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Cornwall.

Within Ontario, the name Cornwall is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cherokee County
      • This Cornwall is located in Cherokee County and lies 940 miles [1,512.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Cornwall.
    • California
      • Contra Costa County
      • This Cornwall is located in Contra Costa County and lies 2,449 miles [3,941.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Contra Costa County community of Cornwall.
    • Connecticut
      • Litchfield County
      • This Cornwall is located in Litchfield County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Litchfield County community of Cornwall.
    • Idaho
      • Latah County
      • This Cornwall is located in Latah County and lies 2,005 miles [3,226.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Latah County community of Cornwall.
      • Shoshone County
      • This Cornwall is located in Shoshone County and lies 1,946 miles [3,131.8 km] to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shoshone County community of Cornwall.
    • Kansas
      • Cherokee 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 Cornwall [Cherokee County].
    • Missouri
      • Madison County
      • This Cornwall is located in Madison County and lies 953 miles [1,533.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Cornwall.
    • New York
      • Orange 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 New York community of Cornwall [Orange County].
    • North Carolina
      • Granville County
      • This Cornwall is located in Granville County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Granville County community of Cornwall.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lebanon County
      • This Cornwall is located in Lebanon County and lies 338 miles [544 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lebanon County community of Cornwall.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Cornwall lies 561 miles [902.8 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • Vermont
      • Addison County
      • This Cornwall is located in Addison County and lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Addison County community of Cornwall.
    • Virginia
      • Rockbridge County
      • This Cornwall is located in Rockbridge County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockbridge County community of Cornwall.
    • Washington
      • Whatcom 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 Washington community of Cornwall [Whatcom County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cornwall ...

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.

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Cornwall to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6> 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,549 miles [8,930.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,274 miles [10,097 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,150 miles [6,678.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

The official website for Cornwall: www.city.cornwall.on.ca/

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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cornwall) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cornwall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0234, Longitude: -74.7290    
<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 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 Cornwall 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Cornwall 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 305.861 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.133 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.972 degrees.




 

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