We found twenty communities that share the name Dorchester.
Within Ontario, the name Dorchester is unique.
Beyond Ontario, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these twenty communities, one is located in Canada and the other nineteen communities are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Colorado
Gunnison County
This community is historic<1> and although located in Gunnison County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gunnison County community of Dorchester.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Dorchester is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,040 miles [1,673.7 km]<2> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Dorchester.
Georgia
Liberty County
This Dorchester is located in Liberty County and lies 772 miles [1,242.4 km]<2> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Dorchester.
Richmond County
This Dorchester is located in Richmond County and lies 657 miles [1,057.3 km] to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Dorchester.
Illinois
Macoupin County
This Dorchester is located in Macoupin County and lies 532 miles [856.2 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macoupin County community of Dorchester.
Iowa
Allamakee County
This Dorchester is located in Allamakee County and lies 527 miles [848.1 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allamakee County community of Dorchester.
Maryland
Charles County
This Dorchester is located in Charles County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km]<2> to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Dorchester.
Massachusetts
Suffolk County
This Dorchester is located in Suffolk County and lies 508 miles [817.5 km]<2> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Dorchester.
Missouri
Greene County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Dorchester [Greene County].
Nebraska
Saline County
This Dorchester is located in Saline County and lies 841 miles [1,353.5 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Dorchester.
New Brunswick
This Dorchester lies 838 miles [1,348.6 km]<2> to the east northeast.
New Hampshire
Grafton County
This Dorchester is located in Grafton County and lies 459 miles [738.7 km]<2> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of Dorchester.
New Jersey
Cumberland County
This Dorchester is located in Cumberland County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<2> to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Dorchester.
North Carolina
Forsyth County
This Dorchester is located in Forsyth County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<2> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Dorchester.
South Carolina
Charleston County
This Dorchester is located in Charleston County and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km]<2> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Dorchester.
Dorchester County
This Dorchester is located in Dorchester County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km] to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Dorchester.
Texas
Grayson County
This Dorchester is located in Grayson County and lies 1,067 miles [1,717.2 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Dorchester.
Virginia
Richmond City
This Dorchester is located in Richmond City and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<2> to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond City community of Dorchester.
Wise County
This Dorchester is located in Wise County and lies 425 miles [684 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wise County community of Dorchester.
Wisconsin
Clark County
This Dorchester is located in Clark County and lies 481 miles [774.1 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Dorchester.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dorchester ...
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.
Cobble Hill (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cobble Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
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 Dorchester to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dorchester and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 313 miles [503.7 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Dorchester to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,883 miles [9,467.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,612 miles [10,641 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,490 miles [7,226 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Dorchester, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>
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- Dorchester) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dorchester. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9858, Longitude: -81.0494
<3>
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 Dorchester 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.
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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 Dorchester to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.104 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.578 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.968 degrees.