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Communities Also Named Halfway ...

We found 23 communities that share the name Halfway.

Within Ontario, the name Halfway is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 23 communities, three are located in Canada and twenty are in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Clark County
      • This Halfway is located in Clark County and lies 1,141 miles [1,836.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Halfway.
    • Colorado
      • Park County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Park County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Park County community of Halfway.
    • Georgia
      • Lumpkin 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 Georgia community of Halfway [Lumpkin County].
    • Idaho
      • Kootenai 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 Idaho community of Halfway [Kootenai County].
    • Kentucky
      • Allen County
      • This Halfway is located in Allen County and lies 747 miles [1,202.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Halfway.
      • Barren County
      • This Halfway is located in Barren County and lies 715 miles [1,150.7 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barren County community of Halfway.
    • Louisiana
      • Red River Parish
      • This Halfway is located in Red River Parish and lies 1,247 miles [2,006.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Red River Parish community of Halfway.
    • Maine
      • Somerset 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 Maine community of Halfway [Somerset County].
    • Manitoba
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Maryland
      • Washington County
      • This Halfway is located in Washington County and lies 400 miles [643.7 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Halfway.
    • Missouri
      • Polk County
      • This Halfway is located in Polk County and lies 970 miles [1,561.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Halfway.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Halfway lies 569 miles [915.7 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • New Mexico
      • Lea County
      • This Halfway is located in Lea County and lies 1,649 miles [2,653.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lea County community of Halfway.
    • New York
      • Onondaga County
      • This Halfway is located in Onondaga County and lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Halfway.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Halfway lies 617 miles [993 km]<1> to the east.
    • Oregon
      • Baker County
      • This Halfway is located in Baker County and lies 1,905 miles [3,065.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baker County community of Halfway.
      • Union 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 Oregon community of Halfway [Union County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lebanon 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 Pennsylvania community of Halfway [Lebanon County].
    • Tennessee
      • Cumberland County
      • This Halfway is located in Cumberland County and lies 746 miles [1,200.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Halfway.
    • Texas
      • Hale County
      • This Halfway is located in Hale County and lies 1,498 miles [2,410.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hale County community of Halfway.
    • Virginia
      • Fauquier County
      • This Halfway is located in Fauquier County and lies 448 miles [721 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Halfway.
    • West Virginia
      • Monroe 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 West Virginia community of Halfway [Monroe County].
    • Wyoming
      • Sublette County
      • This Halfway is located in Sublette County and lies 1,622 miles [2,610.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sublette County community of Halfway.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Halfway ...

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.

  • German Settlement
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for German Settlement came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Settlement
  • Guiney
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guiney came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guiney
  • Harriets Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harriets Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriets Corners
  • Jewellville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jewellville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewellville
  • Lost Nation
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Mayhews Landing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayhews Landing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhews Landing
  • Purdy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Purdy came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Purdy <5>
  • Round Lake Centre
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Lake Centre came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Lake Centre

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 91 miles [146.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Halfway to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,643 miles [9,081.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,375 miles [10,259.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,254 miles [6,846.1 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Halfway) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Halfway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4172, Longitude: -77.5778    
<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 Halfway, 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 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 Halfway 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 Halfway 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 307.644 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.195 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.221 degrees.




 

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