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Communities Also Named Granger ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Granger.

There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Granger.

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 seventeen communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Henry County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Granger [Henry County].
    • Florida
      • Columbia County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Granger [Columbia County].
    • Illinois
      • DuPage County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Granger [DuPage County].
    • Indiana
      • Saint Joseph County
      • This Granger is located in Saint Joseph County and lies 343 miles [552 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Joseph County community of Granger.
    • Iowa
      • Dallas County
      • This Granger is located in Dallas County and lies 710 miles [1,142.6 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Granger.
    • Kansas
      • Comanche County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Granger [Comanche County].
    • Minnesota
      • Fillmore County
      • This Granger is located in Fillmore County and lies 600 miles [965.6 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fillmore County community of Granger.
    • Missouri
      • Scotland County
      • This Granger is located in Scotland County and lies 654 miles [1,052.5 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scotland County community of Granger.
    • Nebraska
      • Scotts Bluff County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Scotts Bluff County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scotts Bluff County community of Granger.
    • New York
      • Allegany County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Granger [Allegany County].
    • Ohio
      • Medina County
      • This Granger is located in Medina County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Granger.
    • Oregon
      • Benton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Granger [Benton County].
    • Texas
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Granger [Montgomery County].
      • Williamson County
      • This Granger is located in Williamson County and lies 1,319 miles [2,122.7 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Granger.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Granger is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,631 miles [2,624.8 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Granger.
    • Washington
      • Yakima County
      • This Granger is located in Yakima County and lies 1,936 miles [3,115.7 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yakima County community of Granger.
    • Wyoming
      • Sweetwater County
      • This Granger is located in Sweetwater County and lies 1,513 miles [2,434.9 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sweetwater County community of Granger.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Granger ...

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.

  • Elba
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elba came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
  • Elder
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elder came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
  • Maple Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Maple Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
  • Mono
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mono came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mono <6>
  • Mono Centre
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mono Centre came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono Centre
  • Mono Mills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Orangeville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Purple Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Rosehill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosehill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill
  • Springwater Lakes
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springwater Lakes came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwater Lakes
  • Terra Nova
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Violet Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Violet Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet Hill
  • Woodside
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodside came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 235 miles [378.2 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Granger to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,799 miles [9,332.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,530 miles [10,509 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,409 miles [7,095.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Granger 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Granger) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Granger. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0592, Longitude: -80.0983    
<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 Granger, 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.
<8>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 Granger to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.412 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.964 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.077 degrees.




 

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