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Communities Also Named Elder ...

We found eight communities that share the name Elder.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Clay County
      • This Elder is located in Clay County and lies 794 miles [1,277.8 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Elder.
    • Colorado
      • Otero County
      • This Elder is located in Otero County and lies 1,305 miles [2,100.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otero County community of Elder.
    • Georgia
      • Clarke County
      • This Elder is located in Clarke County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Elder.
      • Oconee County
      • This Elder is located in Oconee County and lies 733 miles [1,179.6 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Elder.
    • Kentucky
      • Morgan 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 Kentucky community of Elder [Morgan County].
    • Louisiana
      • Allen Parish
      • This Elder is located in Allen Parish and lies 1,162 miles [1,870.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen Parish community of Elder.
    • Maryland
      • Garrett 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 Maryland community of Elder [Garrett County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Elder ...

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.

  • Elba
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elba came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
  • Everett
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
  • Mono
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mono came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mono <4>
  • Mono Centre
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mono Centre came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono Centre
  • Mono Mills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Purple Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Springwater Lakes
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springwater Lakes came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwater Lakes
  • Terra Nova
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Violet Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Violet Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet Hill
  • Woodside
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodside came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 232 miles [373.4 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Elder to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,796 miles [9,327.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,527 miles [10,504.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,406 miles [7,090.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Elder) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elder. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0719, Longitude: -80.0497    
<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 Elder 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Elder 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 309.38 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.93 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.048 degrees.









 

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