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Communities Also Named Ferris ...

We found eight communities that share the name Ferris.

Within Ontario, the name Ferris is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Hancock County
      • This Ferris is located in Hancock County and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Ferris.
    • Kansas
      • Sedgwick 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 Ferris [Sedgwick County].
    • Michigan
      • Crawford 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 Ferris [Crawford County].
      • Montcalm County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Ferris [Montcalm County].
    • Montana
      • Lewis and Clark 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 Montana community of Ferris [Lewis and Clark County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Butler County
      • This Ferris is located in Butler County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Ferris.
    • Texas
      • Ellis County
      • This Ferris is located in Ellis County and lies 1,315 miles [2,116.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ellis County community of Ferris.
    • Wyoming
      • Carbon 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 Wyoming community of Ferris [Carbon County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ferris ...

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.

  • Birch Haven
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birch Haven came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Haven
  • Booth
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Booth came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
  • Cooks Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Fricker
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fricker came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricker
  • Graniteville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graniteville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
  • Marshall Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Park
  • Sage
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sage came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage
  • Sunset Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Park
  • Trout Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trout Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Mills

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 189 miles [304.2 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Ferris to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,677 miles [9,136.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,414 miles [10,322.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,298 miles [6,917 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 '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- Ferris) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ferris. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2869, Longitude: -79.4469    
<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 Ferris 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 Ferris, 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 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 Ferris 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 308.776 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.603 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.798 degrees.




 

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