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Communities Also Named Felton ...

We found eight communities that share the name Felton.

Within Ontario, the name Felton is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Lee County
      • This Felton is located in Lee County and lies 1,085 miles [1,746.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Felton.
    • California
      • Santa Cruz County
      • This Felton is located in Santa Cruz County and lies 2,459 miles [3,957.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Cruz County community of Felton.
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Felton is located in Kent County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Felton.
    • Georgia
      • Haralson County
      • This Felton is located in Haralson County and lies 940 miles [1,512.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haralson County community of Felton.
    • Michigan
      • Bay 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 Felton [Bay County].
    • Minnesota
      • Clay County
      • This Felton is located in Clay County and lies 1,018 miles [1,638.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Felton.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Delaware 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 Pennsylvania community of Felton [Delaware County].
      • York County
      • This Felton is located in York County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Felton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Felton ...

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.

  • Cloverdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverdale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Forest Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Forget
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forget came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forget
  • Forward
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forward came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
  • Harmony
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Longtinville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longtinville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtinville
  • Maple Ridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Marionville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marionville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marionville
  • Marvelville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marvelville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvelville
  • Melvin Settlement
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Morewood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morewood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morewood
  • Nation Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Felton to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,565 miles [8,956 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,291 miles [10,124.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,169 miles [6,709.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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- Felton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Felton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2061, Longitude: -75.3272    
<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 Felton 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 Felton 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 306.218 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.563 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.182 degrees.









 

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