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Communities Also Named Hickson ...

We found four communities that share the name Hickson.

Within Ontario, the name Hickson is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Hickson is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,100 miles [3,379.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Hickson.
    • North Dakota
      • Cass County
      • This Hickson is located in Cass County and lies 815 miles [1,311.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Hickson.
    • South Carolina
      • Marlboro 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 South Carolina community of Hickson [Marlboro County].
    • Virginia
      • Halifax 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 Virginia community of Hickson [Halifax County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hickson ...

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.

  • Blink Bonnie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blink Bonnie came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blink Bonnie
  • Codys Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Harmony
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Huntingford
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntingford came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingford
  • Maple Lake Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Maplewood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplewood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Perrys Lane
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perrys Lane came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Lane
  • Punkeydoodles Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Shakespeare
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shakespeare came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakespeare
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shakespeare <5>
  • Tollgate
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tollgate came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollgate
  • Willow Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Lake
  • Windfall
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall

How Far From Hickson to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hickson to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 293 miles [471.5 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Hickson to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,862 miles [9,434 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,592 miles [10,608.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,470 miles [7,193.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hickson. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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- Hickson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hickson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2383, Longitude: -80.8061    
<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 Hickson, 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 Hickson 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 Hickson 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 309.93 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.421 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.752 degrees.




 

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