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Communities Also Named Finch ...

We found six communities that share the name Finch.

Within Ontario, the name Finch is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Calhoun County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Calhoun County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Finch.
    • Arkansas
      • Greene County
      • This Finch is located in Greene County and lies 1,027 miles [1,652.8 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Finch.
    • Kansas
      • Ellis County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Ellis County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ellis County community of Finch.
    • Montana
      • Rosebud County
      • This Finch is located in Rosebud County and lies 1,529 miles [2,460.7 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rosebud County community of Finch.
    • North Carolina
      • Nash County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Finch [Nash County].
    • West Virginia
      • Ritchie County
      • This Finch is located in Ritchie County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ritchie County community of Finch.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Finch ...

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.

  • Archer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
  • Forget
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forget came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forget
  • Forward
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forward came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
  • Goldfield
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goldfield came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfield
  • Gravel Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gravel Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
  • Limerick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Limerick came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
  • Longtinville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longtinville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtinville
  • Maple Ridge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Melvin Settlement
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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    • Monkland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monkland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkland
    • Moose Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moose Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Creek
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moose Creek <5>
    • Morewood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morewood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morewood
    • Nation Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandtown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandtown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
    • Valleys Corners
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valleys Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleys Corners

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 36 miles [57.9 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Finch to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,558 miles [8,944.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,284 miles [10,113.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,161 miles [6,696.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Finch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Finch) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Finch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1333, Longitude: -75.0833    
<3>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 Finch 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.
<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'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 Finch 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 306.072 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.387 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.095 degrees.




 

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