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Communities Also Named Gateway ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Gateway.

Within Ontario, the name Gateway is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alaska
      • This Gateway lies 2,860 miles [4,602.7 km]<1> to the northwest.
    • Arkansas
      • Benton County
      • This Gateway is located in Benton County and lies 1,008 miles [1,622.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Gateway.
    • British Columbia
      • This Gateway lies 1,899 miles [3,056.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • California
      • Los Angeles 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 California community of Gateway [Los Angeles County].
      • Nevada County
      • This Gateway is located in Nevada County and lies 2,094 miles [3,370 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nevada County community of Gateway.
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe 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 Colorado community of Gateway [Arapahoe County].
      • Douglas County
      • This Gateway is located in Douglas County and lies 1,361 miles [2,190.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Gateway.
      • Mesa County
      • This Gateway is located in Mesa County and lies 1,581 miles [2,544.4 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mesa County community of Gateway.
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Gateway is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,273 miles [2,048.7 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Gateway.
      • Lee County
      • This Gateway is located in Lee County and lies 1,369 miles [2,203.2 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Gateway.
    • Georgia
      • Thomas 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 Georgia community of Gateway [Thomas County].
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Gateway is located in Frederick County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Gateway.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis City
      • 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 Missouri community of Gateway [Saint Louis City].
    • Montana
      • Lincoln 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 Gateway [Lincoln County].
    • Nevada
      • Clark County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Clark County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Gateway.
    • Oregon
      • Jefferson County
      • This Gateway is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,991 miles [3,204.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Gateway.
    • Utah
      • 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 Utah community of Gateway [Morgan County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Gateway ...

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 east)
    • 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
  • Cooks Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Ferris
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferris came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
  • Fricker
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • 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
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • 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
    (4 miles [6.4 km] 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 east)
    • 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
    (4 miles [6.4 km] 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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • 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 Gateway 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 Gateway to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 191 miles [307.4 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Gateway 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 5,676 miles [9,134.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,413 miles [10,320.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,297 miles [6,915.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gateway) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gateway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3317, Longitude: -79.4672    
<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 Gateway 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 Gateway, 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 Gateway 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 308.785 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.62 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.789 degrees.




 

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