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Communities Also Named Dixon ...

We found 38 communities that share the name Dixon.

Within Ontario, the name Dixon is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 38 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 38 communities, one is located in Canada and the other 37 communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Solano County
      • This Dixon is located in Solano County and lies 2,420 miles [3,894.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Solano County community of Dixon.
    • Colorado
      • Larimer County
      • This Dixon is located in Larimer County and lies 1,538 miles [2,475.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Larimer County community of Dixon.
      • Weld 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 Colorado community of Dixon [Weld County].
    • Florida
      • Walton County
      • This Dixon is located in Walton County and lies 1,159 miles [1,865.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walton County community of Dixon.
    • Georgia
      • Dawson 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 Georgia community of Dixon [Dawson County].
    • Illinois
      • Lee County
      • This Dixon is located in Lee County and lies 759 miles [1,221.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Dixon.
    • Indiana
      • Allen County
      • This Dixon is located in Allen County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Dixon.
      • Greene County
      • This Dixon is located in Greene County and lies 743 miles [1,195.7 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Dixon.
    • Iowa
      • Scott County
      • This Dixon is located in Scott County and lies 824 miles [1,326.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Dixon.
    • Kansas
      • Anderson 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 Dixon [Anderson County].
      • Butler 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 Kansas community of Dixon [Butler County].
      • Coffey 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 Kansas community of Dixon [Coffey County].
      • Jefferson 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 Kansas community of Dixon [Jefferson County].
    • Kentucky
      • Webster County
      • This Dixon is located in Webster County and lies 839 miles [1,350.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Dixon.
    • Maryland
      • Queen Anne's 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 Maryland community of Dixon [Queen Anne's County].
    • Michigan
      • Alger County
      • This Dixon is located in Alger County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alger County community of Dixon.
    • Mississippi
      • Hinds County
      • This Dixon is located in Hinds County and lies 1,201 miles [1,932.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Dixon.
      • Neshoba County
      • This Dixon is located in Neshoba County and lies 1,146 miles [1,844.3 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Neshoba County community of Dixon.
    • Missouri
      • Pulaski County
      • This Dixon is located in Pulaski County and lies 1,008 miles [1,622.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Dixon.
    • Montana
      • Custer 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 Montana community of Dixon [Custer County].
      • Sanders County
      • This Dixon is located in Sanders County and lies 1,866 miles [3,003 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sanders County community of Dixon.
    • Nebraska
      • Dixon County
      • This Dixon is located in Dixon County and lies 1,110 miles [1,786.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dixon County community of Dixon.
    • New Mexico
      • Rio Arriba County
      • This Dixon is located in Rio Arriba County and lies 1,719 miles [2,766.5 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rio Arriba County community of Dixon.
    • North Carolina
      • Cleveland County
      • This Dixon is located in Cleveland County and lies 762 miles [1,226.3 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleveland County community of Dixon.
      • Onslow County
      • This Dixon is located in Onslow County and lies 737 miles [1,186.1 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onslow County community of Dixon.
    • Ohio
      • Van Wert County
      • This Dixon is located in Van Wert County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Wert County community of Dixon.
      • Wood County
      • This Dixon is located in Wood County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Dixon.
    • Oklahoma
      • Seminole County
      • This Dixon is located in Seminole County and lies 1,321 miles [2,125.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seminole County community of Dixon.
    • Oregon
      • Wasco County
      • This Dixon is located in Wasco County and lies 2,216 miles [3,566.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wasco County community of Dixon.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Wyoming County
      • This Dixon is located in Wyoming County and lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Dixon.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Dixon lies 1,451 miles [2,335.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • South Carolina
      • Dillon 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 Carolina community of Dixon [Dillon County].
    • South Dakota
      • Gregory County
      • This Dixon is located in Gregory County and lies 1,212 miles [1,950.5 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gregory County community of Dixon.
    • Tennessee
      • Wilson County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Dixon [Wilson County].
    • Texas
      • Hunt County
      • This Dixon is located in Hunt County and lies 1,393 miles [2,241.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunt County community of Dixon.
    • Vermont
      • Chittenden 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 Vermont community of Dixon [Chittenden County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Richland 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 Wisconsin community of Dixon [Richland County].
    • Wyoming
      • Carbon County
      • This Dixon is located in Carbon County and lies 1,654 miles [2,661.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carbon County community of Dixon.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dixon ...

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.

  • Archer
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
  • Cornwall Centre
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Finch
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Finch came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
  • Goldfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goldfield came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfield
  • Gravel Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gravel Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
  • Lakeview Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview Heights came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
  • Limerick
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Limerick came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
  • Maple Grove ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Maple Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
  • Sandtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandtown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
  • Upper Canada Village
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Canada Village came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Canada Village

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 42 miles [67.6 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Dixon to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,556 miles [8,941.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,281 miles [10,108.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,158 miles [6,691.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dixon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dixon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0875, Longitude: -74.9764    
<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 Dixon 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 Dixon, 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>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.
<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 Dixon 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 306.01 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.31 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.064 degrees.




 

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