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Communities Also Named Dunbarton ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Dunbarton.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Dunbarton #1
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Dunbarton.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Monterey County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Dunbarton [Monterey County].
    • Kentucky
      • Daviess County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Dunbarton [Daviess County].
    • Louisiana
      • Concordia Parish
      • This Dunbarton is located in Concordia Parish and lies 1,077 miles [1,733.3 km]<3> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Concordia Parish community of Dunbarton.
    • New Hampshire
      • Merrimack County
      • This Dunbarton is located in Merrimack County and lies 379 miles [609.9 km]<3> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merrimack County community of Dunbarton.
    • New Jersey
      • Camden County
      • This Dunbarton is located in Camden County and lies 356 miles [572.9 km]<3> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Dunbarton.
    • New York
      • Oneida County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Dunbarton [Oneida County].
    • Ohio
      • Adams County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Dunbarton [Adams County].
    • South Carolina
      • Barnwell County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Dunbarton [Barnwell County].
      • Dillon County
      • This Dunbarton is located in Dillon County and lies 657 miles [1,057.3 km]<3> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dillon County community of Dunbarton.
    • Wisconsin
      • Lafayette County
      • This Dunbarton is located in Lafayette County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<3> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Dunbarton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dunbarton ...

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.

  • Cherrywood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherrywood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood
  • Cherrywood Station
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherrywood Station came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrywood Station
  • Deckers Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deckers Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckers Hill
  • Dixie
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Fairport
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairport came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
  • Fairport Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairport Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport Beach
  • Glen Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Grove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Grove
  • Liverpool
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liverpool came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
  • Rosebank
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebank
  • Rosebank Station
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Squires Beach
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squires Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squires Beach

How Far From Dunbarton to ...

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 Dunbarton to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 200 miles [321.9 km]<3> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Dunbarton to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,771 miles [9,287.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,500 miles [10,460.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,377 miles [7,044.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Dunbarton 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.
<2>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 Dunbarton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Dunbarton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dunbarton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8286, Longitude: -79.1206    
<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 Dunbarton 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 308.802 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.24 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.688 degrees.




 

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