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Communities Also Named Drummond ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Drummond.

Within Ontario, the name Drummond is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Walker County
      • This Drummond is located in Walker County and lies 862 miles [1,387.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Drummond.
    • California
      • Sonoma 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 California community of Drummond [Sonoma County].
    • Idaho
      • Fremont County
      • This Drummond is located in Fremont County and lies 1,630 miles [2,623.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fremont County community of Drummond.
    • Illinois
      • Will County
      • This Drummond is located in Will County and lies 540 miles [869 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Drummond.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This Drummond is located in Montgomery County and lies 369 miles [593.8 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Drummond.
    • Michigan
      • Chippewa County
      • This Drummond is located in Chippewa County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chippewa County community of Drummond.
    • Montana
      • Granite County
      • This Drummond is located in Granite County and lies 1,685 miles [2,711.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Granite County community of Drummond.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Drummond lies 544 miles [875.5 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • Oklahoma
      • Garfield County
      • This Drummond is located in Garfield County and lies 1,175 miles [1,891 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garfield County community of Drummond.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Elk County
      • This Drummond is located in Elk County and lies 205 miles [329.9 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elk County community of Drummond.
    • Quebec
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Virginia
      • Suffolk City
      • 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 Virginia community of Drummond [Suffolk City].
    • Wisconsin
      • Bayfield County
      • This Drummond is located in Bayfield County and lies 648 miles [1,042.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bayfield County community of Drummond.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Drummond ...

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.

  • Assumption
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Assumption came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
  • Byersville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byersville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
  • Cold Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Crystal Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Springs came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
  • Downers Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hiawatha
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hiawatha came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha
  • Indian River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian River
  • Yankee Bonnet
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yankee Bonnet came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Bonnet
  • Zion
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zion came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

How Far From Drummond to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Drummond to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Drummond to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,718 miles [9,202.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,446 miles [10,373.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,324 miles [6,958.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Drummond) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Drummond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2561, Longitude: -78.2256    
<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 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 Drummond 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>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 Drummond 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 308.187 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.617 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.064 degrees.




 

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