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Communities Also Named Dyer ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Dyer.

Within Ontario, the name Dyer is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Crawford County
      • This Dyer is located in Crawford County and lies 1,210 miles [1,947.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Dyer.
    • California
      • Orange County
      • This Dyer is located in Orange County and lies 2,391 miles [3,847.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Dyer.
    • Colorado
      • El Paso 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 Dyer [El Paso County].
    • Florida
      • Palm Beach 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 Florida community of Dyer [Palm Beach County].
    • Indiana
      • Lake County
      • This Dyer is located in Lake County and lies 682 miles [1,097.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Dyer.
    • Kentucky
      • Breckinridge County
      • This Dyer is located in Breckinridge County and lies 782 miles [1,258.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Breckinridge County community of Dyer.
    • Louisiana
      • Rapides Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Dyer [Rapides Parish].
    • Michigan
      • Cass 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 Michigan community of Dyer [Cass County].
    • Nebraska
      • Rock County
      • This Dyer is located in Rock County and lies 1,227 miles [1,974.7 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rock County community of Dyer.
    • Nevada
      • Esmeralda County
      • This Dyer is located in Esmeralda County and lies 2,265 miles [3,645.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Esmeralda County community of Dyer.
    • Tennessee
      • Gibson County
      • This Dyer is located in Gibson County and lies 970 miles [1,561.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gibson County community of Dyer.
    • Texas
      • Fort Bend 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 Texas community of Dyer [Fort Bend County].
    • Washington
      • Douglas 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 Washington community of Dyer [Douglas County].
    • West Virginia
      • Webster County
      • This Dyer is located in Webster County and lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Dyer.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dyer ...

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.

  • Apple Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Dominionville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dominionville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominionville
  • Gravel Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • 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
  • Greenfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Maxville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
  • Monkland
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monkland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkland
  • Moose Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moose Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Creek
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moose Creek <5>
  • Valleys Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valleys Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleys Corners

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 39 miles [62.8 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Dyer to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two 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 5,546 miles [8,925.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,272 miles [10,093.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,149 miles [6,677.2 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dyer) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dyer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2703, Longitude: -74.9142    
<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 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 Dyer 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 Dyer, 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Dyer 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 305.945 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.268 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.943 degrees.




 

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