We found five communities that are also named Drayton.
Within Ontario, the name Drayton is unique.
Beyond Ontario, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Dooly County
This Drayton is located in Dooly County and lies 825 miles [1,327.7 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dooly County community of Drayton.
North Dakota
Pembina County
This Drayton is located in Pembina County and lies 854 miles [1,374.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pembina County community of Drayton.
South Carolina
Berkeley 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 Drayton [Berkeley County].
Charleston County
This Drayton is located in Charleston County and lies 753 miles [1,211.8 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Drayton.
Spartanburg County
This Drayton is located in Spartanburg County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km] to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Drayton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Drayton ...
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.
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 Drayton to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Drayton and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Drayton to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,834 miles [9,388.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,565 miles [10,565.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,444 miles [7,151.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
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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 drawn from Point A (ie- Drayton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Drayton 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.
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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.
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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 Drayton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Drayton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7550, Longitude: -80.6714
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.807 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.362 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.484 degrees.