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Communities Also Named Goulds ...

We found six communities that share the name Goulds.

Within Ontario, the name Goulds is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Miami-Dade County
      • This Goulds is located in Miami-Dade County and lies 1,347 miles [2,167.8 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami-Dade County community of Goulds.
    • New York
      • Delaware County
      • This Goulds is located in Delaware County and lies 274 miles [441 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Goulds.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Goulds lies 1,235 miles [1,987.5 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • North Carolina
      • Wilkes County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Goulds [Wilkes County].
    • Ohio
      • Jefferson 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 Ohio community of Goulds [Jefferson County].
    • Tennessee
      • Coffee 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 Tennessee community of Goulds [Coffee County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Goulds ...

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.

  • Allsaw
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allsaw came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allsaw
  • Buttermilk Falls
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buttermilk Falls came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttermilk Falls
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buttermilk Falls <5>
  • Donald
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Donald came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
  • Dutch Line
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dutch Line came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Line
  • Eagle Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Gooderham
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Horseshoe Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Irondale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irondale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
  • Maple Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Lake
  • Maxwells
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxwells came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwells

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Goulds to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,697 miles [9,168.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,429 miles [10,346.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,308 miles [6,933.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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- Goulds) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Goulds. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0169, Longitude: -78.5328    
<2>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 Goulds, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 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 Goulds 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 Goulds 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 308.309 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.875 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.886 degrees.




 

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