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Communities Also Named Hood ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Hood.

Within Ontario, the name Hood is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Saint Clair County
      • This Hood is located in Saint Clair County and lies 925 miles [1,488.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Hood.
    • Arkansas
      • Washington 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 Arkansas community of Hood [Washington County].
    • California
      • Sacramento County
      • This Hood is located in Sacramento County and lies 2,335 miles [3,757.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sacramento County community of Hood.
    • Georgia
      • Union 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 Georgia community of Hood [Union County].
    • Louisiana
      • Claiborne 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 Hood [Claiborne Parish].
      • Vernon Parish
      • This Hood is located in Vernon Parish and lies 1,296 miles [2,085.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon Parish community of Hood.
    • Maryland
      • Washington 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 Maryland community of Hood [Washington County].
    • New Mexico
      • San Juan County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in San Juan County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Juan County community of Hood.
    • Ohio
      • Preble 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 Ohio community of Hood [Preble County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks County
      • This Hood is located in Bucks County and lies 332 miles [534.3 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Hood.
    • Texas
      • Cooke County
      • This Hood is located in Cooke County and lies 1,361 miles [2,190.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cooke County community of Hood.
    • Virginia
      • Madison County
      • This Hood is located in Madison County and lies 471 miles [758 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Hood.
    • Washington
      • Skamania County
      • This Hood is located in Skamania County and lies 2,156 miles [3,469.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Skamania County community of Hood.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hood ...

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.

  • Bullock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bullock came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
  • Clydesville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clydesville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clydesville
  • French Line
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French Line came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Line
  • Harper
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harper came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
  • High Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Falls came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Falls
  • Hopetown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopetown
  • Joes Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joes Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joes Lake
  • Playfairville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Playfairville
    • Former names for Playfairville:
    • Playfair Mills
    • Playfair Rapids
    • Playfairville has also been known as:
    • Playfair
  • Poland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland

How Far From Hood to ...

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Hood to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,617 miles [9,039.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,345 miles [10,211.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,223 miles [6,796.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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- Hood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0403, Longitude: -76.4889    
<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 Hood 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 Hood, 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 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.
<6>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 Hood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.985 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.394 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.844 degrees.




 

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