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Communities Also Named Elmira ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Elmira.

Within Ontario, the name Elmira is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Solano County
      • This Elmira is located in Solano County and lies 2,163 miles [3,481 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Solano County community of Elmira.
    • Idaho
      • Bonner County
      • This Elmira is located in Bonner County and lies 1,737 miles [2,795.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bonner County community of Elmira.
    • Illinois
      • Stark County
      • This Elmira is located in Stark County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Elmira.
    • Indiana
      • LaGrange County
      • This Elmira is located in LaGrange County and lies 274 miles [441 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaGrange County community of Elmira.
    • Iowa
      • Johnson County
      • This Elmira is located in Johnson County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Elmira.
    • Kansas
      • Mitchell 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 Kansas community of Elmira [Mitchell County].
    • Michigan
      • Otsego County
      • This Elmira is located in Otsego County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otsego County community of Elmira.
    • Missouri
      • Ray County
      • This Elmira is located in Ray County and lies 756 miles [1,216.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ray County community of Elmira.
    • New York
      • Chemung County
      • This Elmira is located in Chemung County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chemung County community of Elmira.
    • Ohio
      • Fulton County
      • This Elmira is located in Fulton County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Elmira.
    • Oregon
      • Lane County
      • This Elmira is located in Lane County and lies 2,108 miles [3,392.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Elmira.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Elmira lies 920 miles [1,480.6 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • South Dakota
      • Grant 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 South Dakota community of Elmira [Grant County].
    • West Virginia
      • Braxton County
      • This Elmira is located in Braxton County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Braxton County community of Elmira.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Elmira ...

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.

  • Creek Bank
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creek Bank came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Bank
  • Crosshill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crosshill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosshill
  • Dorking
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorking
  • Floradale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floradale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floradale
  • Glen Allan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Goldstone
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Hawkesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawkesville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkesville
  • Josephsburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Josephsburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephsburg
  • Lakeshore Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeshore Village came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore Village
  • Maple Hills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Maryhill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Spruce Green
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spruce Green came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Green

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 269 miles [432.9 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Elmira to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,836 miles [9,392.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,567 miles [10,568.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,445 miles [7,153.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Elmira. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Elmira) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elmira. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6000, Longitude: -80.5500    
<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 Elmira 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Elmira 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 309.74 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.262 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.485 degrees.




 

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