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Communities Also Named Creighton ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Creighton.

There are two communities within Ontario that are also named Creighton.

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Volusia County
      • This Creighton is located in Volusia County and lies 1,213 miles [1,952.1 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Volusia County community of Creighton.
    • Georgia
      • Cherokee County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Creighton [Cherokee County].
    • Michigan
      • Schoolcraft County
      • This Creighton is located in Schoolcraft County and lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schoolcraft County community of Creighton.
    • Missouri
      • Cass County
      • This Creighton is located in Cass County and lies 854 miles [1,374.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Creighton.
    • Nebraska
      • Knox County
      • This Creighton is located in Knox County and lies 867 miles [1,395.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Creighton.
    • Ohio
      • Guernsey County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Creighton [Guernsey County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Creighton is located in Allegheny County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Creighton.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Creighton lies 1,067 miles [1,717.2 km]<1> to the northwest.
    • South Dakota
      • Pennington County
      • This Creighton is located in Pennington County and lies 1,028 miles [1,654.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pennington County community of Creighton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Creighton ...

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.

  • Clara Belle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Copper Cliff
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper Cliff came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Cliff
  • Flake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flake
  • Flour Mill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flour Mill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flour Mill
  • Hull
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hull came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull
  • Lively
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lively
  • Minnow Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minnow Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnow Lake
  • Sand Pit
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Pit came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Pit
  • Traverse Landing
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Traverse Landing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Traverse Landing
  • Whitefish
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Creighton once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Creighton and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 272 miles [437.7 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Creighton 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 5,733 miles [9,226.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,360 miles [7,016.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Creighton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Creighton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4570, Longitude: -81.1741    
<2>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 Creighton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Creighton 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.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Creighton 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 309.911 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.902 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.638 degrees.




 

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