We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Ivan.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Dallas County
This Ivan is located in Dallas County and lies 863 miles [1,388.9 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Ivan.
Florida
Wakulla County
This Ivan is located in Wakulla County and lies 898 miles [1,445.2 km]<2> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wakulla County community of Ivan.
Kentucky
Knott County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Ivan [Knott County].
Louisiana
Bossier Parish
This Ivan is located in Bossier Parish and lies 963 miles [1,549.8 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bossier Parish community of Ivan.
Michigan
Kalkaska County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Ivan [Kalkaska County].
Texas
Stephens County
This Ivan is located in Stephens County and lies 1,169 miles [1,881.3 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stephens County community of Ivan.
West Virginia
Wirt County
This Ivan is located in Wirt County and lies 279 miles [449 km]<2> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wirt County community of Ivan.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ivan ...
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.
Calamity Corners (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calamity Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
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 Ivan to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ivan and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 329 miles [529.5 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Ivan to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,896 miles [9,488.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,627 miles [10,665.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,505 miles [7,250.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Ivan 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.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Ivan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ivan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0285, Longitude: -81.4600
<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>
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<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 Ivan 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 310.365 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.88 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.152 degrees.