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Communities Also Named Harlem ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Harlem.

Within Ontario, the name Harlem is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Monterey County
      • This Harlem is located in Monterey County and lies 2,403 miles [3,867.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monterey County community of Harlem.
    • Florida
      • Hendry County
      • This Harlem is located in Hendry County and lies 1,267 miles [2,039 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hendry County community of Harlem.
      • Putnam 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 Florida community of Harlem [Putnam County].
    • Georgia
      • Columbia County
      • This Harlem is located in Columbia County and lies 844 miles [1,358.3 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Harlem.
    • Idaho
      • Bonner County
      • This Harlem is located in Bonner County and lies 1,930 miles [3,106 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bonner County community of Harlem.
    • Illinois
      • Winnebago County
      • This Harlem is located in Winnebago County and lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of Harlem.
    • Louisiana
      • Plaquemines Parish
      • This Harlem is located in Plaquemines Parish and lies 1,282 miles [2,063.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plaquemines Parish community of Harlem.
      • Vermilion Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Harlem [Vermilion Parish].
    • Michigan
      • Ottawa County
      • This Harlem is located in Ottawa County and lies 513 miles [825.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Harlem.
    • Missouri
      • Clay County
      • This Harlem is located in Clay County and lies 1,020 miles [1,641.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Harlem.
    • Montana
      • Blaine County
      • This Harlem is located in Blaine County and lies 1,559 miles [2,509 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blaine County community of Harlem.
    • New York
      • Erie 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 New York community of Harlem [Erie County].
      • New York County
      • This Harlem is located in New York County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New York County community of Harlem.
    • North Dakota
      • Sargent 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 North Dakota community of Harlem [Sargent County].
    • Ohio
      • Delaware County
      • This Harlem is located in Delaware County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Harlem.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Berks County
      • This Harlem is located in Berks County and lies 292 miles [469.9 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Harlem.
    • Texas
      • Fort Bend County
      • This Harlem is located in Fort Bend County and lies 1,491 miles [2,399.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fort Bend County community of Harlem.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Harlem ...

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.

  • Delta
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delta came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <5>
  • Forfar
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forfar came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forfar
  • Freeland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland
  • Judgeville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Judgeville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judgeville
  • Little Brockville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Brockville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Brockville
  • Oak Leaf
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Leaf
  • Plum Hollow
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plum Hollow came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Hollow
  • Scotch Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Scotch Point. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Point
    • Scotch Point has also been known as:
    • Cranworth Post Office

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Harlem to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,618 miles [9,041.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,344 miles [10,209.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,221 miles [6,793 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Harlem) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harlem. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6756, Longitude: -76.1250    
<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 Harlem 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 Harlem, 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<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 Harlem 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 306.796 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.123 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.833 degrees.




 

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