Beyond Ontario, we know of another 36 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
In addition to the above occurrences of Dale, we know of eight communities located outside of the United States and Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Blount County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Dale [Blount County].
Arkansas
Johnson County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Dale [Johnson County].
California
San Bernardino County
This community is historic<1> and although located in San Bernardino County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Dale.
Idaho
Valley County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Dale [Valley County].
Washington 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 Idaho community of Dale [Washington County].
Illinois
Hamilton County
This Dale is located in Hamilton County and lies 672 miles [1,081.5 km]<3> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Dale.
Indiana
Boone County
This Dale is located in Boone County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km]<3> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Dale.
Spencer County
This Dale is located in Spencer County and lies 604 miles [972 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spencer County community of Dale.
Iowa
Guthrie County
This Dale is located in Guthrie County and lies 828 miles [1,332.5 km]<3> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guthrie County community of Dale.
Kansas
Cowley County
This Dale is located in Cowley County and lies 1,081 miles [1,739.7 km]<3> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cowley County community of Dale.
Wallace 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 Dale [Wallace County].
Kentucky
Campbell 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 Kentucky community of Dale [Campbell County].
Magoffin County
This Dale is located in Magoffin County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<3> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Magoffin County community of Dale.
Michigan
Gladwin County
This Dale is located in Gladwin County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<3> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gladwin County community of Dale.
Minnesota
Clay County
This Dale is located in Clay County and lies 889 miles [1,430.7 km]<3> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Dale.
Cottonwood 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 Minnesota community of Dale [Cottonwood County].
Mississippi
George County
This Dale is located in George County and lies 1,073 miles [1,726.8 km]<3> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the George County community of Dale.
Marion 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 Mississippi community of Dale [Marion County].
Missouri
Barry County
This Dale is located in Barry County and lies 954 miles [1,535.3 km]<3> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barry County community of Dale.
Butler County
Although located in Butler County, we don't know the location within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Dale.
Stoddard County
This Dale is located in Stoddard County and lies 795 miles [1,279.4 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stoddard County community of Dale.
Nebraska
Custer County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Dale [Custer County].
New Mexico
Harding County
This community is historic<1> and although located in Harding County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harding County community of Dale.
New York
Wyoming County
This Dale is located in Wyoming County and lies 80 miles [128.7 km]<3> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Dale.
North Carolina
Yancey 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 North Carolina community of Dale [Yancey County].
North Dakota
Emmons 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 North Dakota community of Dale [Emmons County].
Ohio
Morgan County
This Dale is located in Morgan County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<3> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Dale.
Oklahoma
Pottawatomie County
This Dale is located in Pottawatomie County and lies 1,155 miles [1,858.8 km]<3> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawatomie County community of Dale.
Oregon
Grant County
This Dale is located in Grant County and lies 1,982 miles [3,189.7 km]<3> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Dale.
Pennsylvania
Berks County
This Dale is located in Berks County and lies 282 miles [453.8 km]<3> to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Dale.
Cambria County
This Dale is located in Cambria County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km] to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Dale.
Clearfield County
This Dale is located in Clearfield County and lies 205 miles [329.9 km] to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Dale.
South Carolina
Beaufort County
This Dale is located in Beaufort County and lies 799 miles [1,285.9 km]<3> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Dale.
Texas
Caldwell County
This Dale is located in Caldwell County and lies 1,433 miles [2,306.2 km]<3> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Dale.
West Virginia
Tyler County
This Dale is located in Tyler County and lies 335 miles [539.1 km]<3> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tyler County community of Dale.
Wisconsin
Outagamie County
This Dale is located in Outagamie County and lies 514 miles [827.2 km]<3> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Outagamie County community of Dale.
Communities Beyond North America ...
Ethiopia
Distance: 6,940 miles [11,168.8 km]<3> to the east northeast
Wales
Distance: 3,285 miles [5,286.7 km]<3> to the northeast
Netherlands
Distance: 3,734 miles [6,009.3 km]<3> to the northeast
Norway
- Troms
Distance: 3,532 miles [5,684.2 km]<3> to the north northeast
- More og Romsdal
Distance: 3,458 miles [5,565.1 km] to the northeast
- Oppland
Distance: 3,543 miles [5,701.9 km] to the northeast
- Sogn og Fjordane
Distance: 3,428 miles [5,516.8 km] to the northeast
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.
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 Dale to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dale and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 161 miles [259.1 km]<3> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Dale to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,732 miles [9,224.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,459 miles [10,394.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,337 miles [6,979.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Dale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Dale 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>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9869, Longitude: -78.2911
<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>
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<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 Dale 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 308.256 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.651 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.213 degrees.