Welcome to Dana ...

Although we found mention of Dana during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Dana was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Dana to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dana, please Contact Us.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Dana might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: EST- Heure Normale de l'Est (HNE), EDT- Heure Avancée de l'Est (HAE).

Area Codes for Dana: 705, 249 & 683<2>

Communities Also Named Dana ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Dana - they are located in California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ontario, Saskatchewan and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dana.

Communities near Dana ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dana.

Akron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Akron. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
Price
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Price came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
Langdon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Langdon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
Mosher
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mosher came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosher
Tatnall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tatnall came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatnall
Neswabin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Neswabin came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neswabin
Minnipuka
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minnipuka came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnipuka
Oba
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oba
Hilda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilda came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilda
Albany Forks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albany Forks came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany Forks

Off-the-Road Links ...

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. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Dana and then turned west". While Dana could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Dana as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Dana 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>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 705 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 249 or 683. New phone numbers in the Dana area will be assigned with one of these codes: 705, 249 or 683. As a result, placing a call in the Dana area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>	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.
<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.