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Communities Also Named Crooked Creek ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Crooked Creek.

Within Ontario, the name Crooked Creek is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cullman County
      • 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 Alabama community of Crooked Creek [Cullman County].
      • Lee County
      • This Crooked Creek is located in Lee County and lies 864 miles [1,390.5 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Crooked Creek.
    • Alaska
      • This Crooked Creek lies 3,291 miles [5,296.4 km]<2> to the northwest.
    • Alberta
      • This Crooked Creek lies 1,896 miles [3,051.3 km]<2> to the northwest.
    • Indiana
      • Steuben County
      • 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 Indiana community of Crooked Creek [Steuben County].
    • Kansas
      • Ford County
      • 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 Kansas community of Crooked Creek [Ford County].
      • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Crooked Creek [Jefferson County].
      • McPherson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Crooked Creek [McPherson County].
    • Kentucky
      • Estill County
      • This Crooked Creek is located in Estill County and lies 522 miles [840.1 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Estill County community of Crooked Creek.
      • Pike County
      • This Crooked Creek is located in Pike County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Crooked Creek.
    • Missouri
      • Shelby County
      • Although located in Shelby County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Crooked Creek.
    • North Carolina
      • Henderson County
      • This Crooked Creek is located in Henderson County and lies 635 miles [1,021.9 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Crooked Creek.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Huntingdon County
      • 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 Pennsylvania community of Crooked Creek [Huntingdon County].
      • Tioga County
      • This Crooked Creek is located in Tioga County and lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Crooked Creek.
    • Tennessee
      • Perry County
      • This Crooked Creek is located in Perry County and lies 750 miles [1,207 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Crooked Creek.
    • West Virginia
      • Logan County
      • This Crooked Creek is located in Logan County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Crooked Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crooked Creek ...

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.

  • Decker Hollow ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Elizabethville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabethville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethville
  • Garden Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Hill
  • Kirby
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kirby came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
  • Lovekin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lovekin came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovekin
  • Perrytown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Starkville
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starkville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
  • Welcome
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
  • Zion
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 170 miles [273.6 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Crooked Creek to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,741 miles [9,239.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,469 miles [10,410.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,347 miles [6,995.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 Crooked Creek 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Crooked Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crooked Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9739, Longitude: -78.5117    
<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 Crooked Creek 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 308.398 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.809 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.327 degrees.




 

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