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Communities Also Named Dexter ...

We found 30 communities that share the name Dexter.

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

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 29 communities, one is located in Canada and the other 29 communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Elmore County
      • This Dexter is located in Elmore County and lies 744 miles [1,197.4 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elmore County community of Dexter.
    • Arkansas
      • Jefferson County
      • This Dexter is located in Jefferson County and lies 826 miles [1,329.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Dexter.
    • Georgia
      • Laurens County
      • This Dexter is located in Laurens County and lies 714 miles [1,149.1 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laurens County community of Dexter.
    • Illinois
      • Effingham County
      • This Dexter is located in Effingham County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Effingham County community of Dexter.
    • Indiana
      • Perry County
      • This Dexter is located in Perry County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Dexter.
    • Iowa
      • Dallas County
      • This Dexter is located in Dallas County and lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Dexter.
    • Kansas
      • Cowley County
      • This Dexter is located in Cowley County and lies 906 miles [1,458.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cowley County community of Dexter.
    • Kentucky
      • Calloway County
      • This Dexter is located in Calloway County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calloway County community of Dexter.
      • Mason County
      • This Dexter is located in Mason County and lies 315 miles [506.9 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Dexter.
    • Maine
      • Penobscot County
      • This Dexter is located in Penobscot County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km]<1> to the east northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of Dexter.
    • Michigan
      • Marquette 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 Michigan community of Dexter [Marquette County].
      • Washtenaw County
      • This Dexter is located in Washtenaw County and lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washtenaw County community of Dexter.
    • Minnesota
      • Mower County
      • This Dexter is located in Mower County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mower County community of Dexter.
    • Mississippi
      • 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 Dexter [Marion County].
      • Walthall County
      • This Dexter is located in Walthall County and lies 937 miles [1,508 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walthall County community of Dexter.
    • Missouri
      • Stoddard County
      • This Dexter is located in Stoddard County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stoddard County community of Dexter.
    • Nebraska
      • Lincoln County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Lincoln County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Dexter.
    • New Hampshire
      • Strafford 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 Hampshire community of Dexter [Strafford County].
    • New Mexico
      • Chaves County
      • This Dexter is located in Chaves County and lies 1,418 miles [2,282 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chaves County community of Dexter.
    • New York
      • Jefferson County
      • This Dexter is located in Jefferson County and lies 271 miles [436.1 km]<1> to the east northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Dexter.
    • North Carolina
      • Granville County
      • This Dexter is located in Granville County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Granville County community of Dexter.
    • Ohio
      • Meigs County
      • This Dexter is located in Meigs County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of Dexter.
    • Oregon
      • Lane County
      • This Dexter is located in Lane County and lies 2,074 miles [3,337.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Dexter.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Tioga County
      • This Dexter is located in Tioga County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Dexter.
    • South Dakota
      • Codington 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 South Dakota community of Dexter [Codington County].
    • Tennessee
      • Shelby 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 Tennessee community of Dexter [Shelby County].
    • Texas
      • Cooke County
      • This Dexter is located in Cooke County and lies 1,051 miles [1,691.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cooke County community of Dexter.
    • West Virginia
      • Roane 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 West Virginia community of Dexter [Roane County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Fond du Lac County
      • This Dexter is located in Fond du Lac County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fond du Lac County community of Dexter.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dexter ...

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.

  • Candyville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Candyville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candyville
  • Copenhagen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copenhagen came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen
  • Erie Rest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jaffa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jaffa came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaffa
  • Kingsmill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsmill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsmill
  • Lakeview
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Norman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norman came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
  • Summers Corners
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summers Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summers Corners
  • Union
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 329 miles [529.5 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Dexter 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 5,899 miles [9,493.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,628 miles [10,666.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,506 miles [7,251.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dexter) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dexter. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6739, Longitude: -81.1283    
<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 Dexter 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>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 Dexter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>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 Dexter 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 310.174 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.609 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.124 degrees.




 

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