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Communities Also Named Hopefield ...

We found four communities that share the name Hopefield.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Crittenden County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Hopefield [Crittenden County].
    • Kansas
      • Crawford 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 Kansas community of Hopefield [Crawford County].
    • Prince Edward Island
      • 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 Prince Edward Island community of Hopefield.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hopefield ...

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.

  • Deacon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
  • German Settlement
    (5 miles [8 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:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Settlement
  • Guiney
    (11 miles [17.7 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:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guiney
  • Halfway
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halfway came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
  • Harriets Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harriets Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriets Corners
  • Jewellville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jewellville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewellville
  • Lost Nation
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Mayhews Landing
    (9 miles [14.5 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:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhews Landing
  • Round Lake Centre
    (5 miles [8 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:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Lake Centre
  • Ruby
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruby came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Hopefield and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 88 miles [141.6 km]<4> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Hopefield to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,640 miles [9,076.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,371 miles [10,253.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,251 miles [6,841.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Hopefield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 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 Hopefield 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>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.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hopefield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hopefield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4641, Longitude: -77.5349    
<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 Hopefield 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 307.611 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.165 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.178 degrees.




 

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