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Communities Also Named Devizes ...

We found three communities that share the name Devizes.

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

Beyond Ontario, there is another community also named Devizes in Canada and the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Devizes #1
      • The profile page for Devizes #2
      • 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 Ontario community of Devizes.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Norton County
      • This Devizes is located in Norton County and lies 994 miles [1,599.7 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norton County community of Devizes.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Devizes ...

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.

  • Calamity Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calamity Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamity Corners
  • Cobble Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cobble Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobble Hill
  • Evelyn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evelyn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
  • Friendly Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendly Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Corners
  • Maple Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Grove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
  • Oliver
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
  • Plover Mills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plover Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover Mills
  • Salmonville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Science Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Science Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Science Hill
  • Stoneybrook
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoneybrook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneybrook

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 314 miles [505.3 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Devizes to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>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 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,881 miles [9,464.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,612 miles [10,641 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,490 miles [7,226 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

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

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 Devizes 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Devizes) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Devizes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1648, Longitude: -81.2253    
<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 Devizes 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 310.205 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.72 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.986 degrees.




 

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