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Communities Also Named Edison ...

We found nineteen communities that share the name Edison.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Kern County
      • This Edison is located in Kern County and lies 1,617 miles [2,602.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kern County community of Edison.
    • 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 Edison [El Paso County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Edison is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,631 miles [2,624.8 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Edison.
    • Georgia
      • Calhoun County
      • This Edison is located in Calhoun County and lies 1,339 miles [2,154.9 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Edison.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Edison is located in Cook County and lies 604 miles [972 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Edison.
    • Iowa
      • Pottawattamie 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 Iowa community of Edison [Pottawattamie County].
    • Kansas
      • Crawford County
      • This Edison is located in Crawford County and lies 851 miles [1,369.6 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Edison.
    • Michigan
      • Wayne 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 Edison [Wayne County].
    • Nebraska
      • Furnas County
      • This Edison is located in Furnas County and lies 725 miles [1,166.8 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Furnas County community of Edison.
    • New Jersey
      • Middlesex County
      • This Edison is located in Middlesex County and lies 1,124 miles [1,808.9 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Edison.
      • Sussex County
      • This Edison is located in Sussex County and lies 1,094 miles [1,760.6 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Edison.
    • Ohio
      • Morrow County
      • This Edison is located in Morrow County and lies 821 miles [1,321.3 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morrow County community of Edison.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks County
      • This Edison is located in Bucks County and lies 1,107 miles [1,781.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Edison.
    • Tennessee
      • Gibson County
      • This Edison is located in Gibson County and lies 987 miles [1,588.4 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gibson County community of Edison.
    • Washington
      • Pierce 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 Washington community of Edison [Pierce County].
      • Skagit County
      • This Edison is located in Skagit County and lies 1,299 miles [2,090.5 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Skagit County community of Edison.
    • West Virginia
      • Mercer County
      • This Edison is located in Mercer County and lies 1,059 miles [1,704.3 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Edison.
    • Wyoming
      • Carbon 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 Wyoming community of Edison [Carbon County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Edison ...

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.

  • Canyon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canyon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
  • Eagle River
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Hawk Lake
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawk Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Lake
  • Jones
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
  • Oxdrift
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxdrift came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxdrift
  • Red Lake Road
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Lake Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake Road
  • Two Mile Corner
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Two Mile Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Mile Corner

How Far From Edison to ...

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 880 miles [1,416.2 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Edison to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 50 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 35 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,981 miles [9,625.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,743 miles [10,851.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,680 miles [7,531.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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' (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- Edison) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Edison. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.8117, Longitude: -93.5217    
<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 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 Edison 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 Edison 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 318.39 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.917 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.386 degrees.




 

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