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Communities Also Named Delaware ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Delaware.

There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Delaware.

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Logan County
      • This Delaware is located in Logan County and lies 824 miles [1,326.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Delaware.
    • Indiana
      • Ripley County
      • This Delaware is located in Ripley County and lies 326 miles [524.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ripley County community of Delaware.
    • Iowa
      • Delaware County
      • This Delaware is located in Delaware County and lies 504 miles [811.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Delaware.
    • Kentucky
      • Daviess County
      • This Delaware is located in Daviess County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daviess County community of Delaware.
    • Louisiana
      • Iberia Parish
      • This Delaware is located in Iberia Parish and lies 1,064 miles [1,712.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iberia Parish community of Delaware.
    • Michigan
      • Keweenaw County
      • This Delaware is located in Keweenaw County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km]<1> to the northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Keweenaw County community of Delaware.
    • Missouri
      • Shannon County
      • This Delaware is located in Shannon County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shannon County community of Delaware.
    • New Jersey
      • Warren County
      • This Delaware is located in Warren County and lies 354 miles [569.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Delaware.
    • New York
      • Albany 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 Delaware [Albany County].
      • Erie 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 New York community of Delaware [Erie County].
    • Ohio
      • Delaware County
      • This Delaware is located in Delaware County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Delaware.
    • Oklahoma
      • Nowata County
      • This Delaware is located in Nowata County and lies 863 miles [1,388.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nowata County community of Delaware.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Pike County
      • This Delaware is located in Pike County and lies 354 miles [569.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Delaware.
    • Texas
      • Brown 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 Texas community of Delaware [Brown County].
    • Virginia
      • Southampton County
      • This Delaware is located in Southampton County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Southampton County community of Delaware.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Delaware ...

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.

  • Falconbridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Hickory Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corner
  • Ivan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ivan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivan
  • Littlewood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littlewood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlewood
  • Lobo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lobo came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobo
  • Lobo Siding
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lobo Siding came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobo Siding
  • Longwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longwood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
  • Manor Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Melbourne
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Orchard Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Poplar Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • University Heights
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Heights came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights

How Far From Delaware to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Delaware to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 332 miles [534.3 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Delaware to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,900 miles [9,495.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,630 miles [10,670 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,508 miles [7,254.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Delaware. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Delaware) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Delaware. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9094, Longitude: -81.4201    
<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 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 Delaware 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>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>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>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.
<6>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 Delaware to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.347 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.841 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.177 degrees.




 

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