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Communities Also Named Jamesville ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Jamesville.

There are two communities within Ontario that are also named Jamesville.

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Jamesville #1
      • The profile page for Jamesville #2
      • 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 Jamesville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Bibb County
      • This Jamesville is located in Bibb County and lies 1,012 miles [1,628.7 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Jamesville.
      • Lee County
      • This Jamesville is located in Lee County and lies 979 miles [1,575.5 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Jamesville.
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester 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 Massachusetts community of Jamesville [Worcester County].
    • Missouri
      • Stone County
      • This Jamesville is located in Stone County and lies 1,044 miles [1,680.2 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stone County community of Jamesville.
    • New York
      • Onondaga County
      • This Jamesville is located in Onondaga County and lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Jamesville.
    • North Carolina
      • Martin County
      • This Jamesville is located in Martin County and lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Jamesville.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Jamesville lies 748 miles [1,203.8 km]<2> to the east.
    • Oklahoma
      • Muskogee County
      • This Jamesville is located in Muskogee County and lies 1,195 miles [1,923.2 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskogee County community of Jamesville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Northampton County
      • This Jamesville is located in Northampton County and lies 291 miles [468.3 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Jamesville.
    • South Dakota
      • Yankton County
      • This Jamesville is located in Yankton County and lies 1,058 miles [1,702.7 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yankton County community of Jamesville.
    • Virginia
      • Northampton County
      • This Jamesville is located in Northampton County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Jamesville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Jamesville ...

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.

  • Clydesville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • 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
  • Craig Shore
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craig Shore came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Shore
  • Glenview
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
  • Harper
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • 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
  • Playfairville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Playfairville
    • Former names for Playfairville:
    • Playfair Mills
    • Playfair Rapids
    • Playfairville has also been known as:
    • Playfair
  • Scotch Line
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotch Line came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Line
  • Scotch Point
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Point
    • Scotch Point has also been known as:
    • Cranworth Post Office
  • Stanleyville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanleyville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanleyville
  • Welsh
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welsh

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 44 miles [70.8 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Jamesville 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 5,614 miles [9,034.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,341 miles [10,204.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,218 miles [6,788.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

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

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 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 Jamesville 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jamesville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Jamesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9071, Longitude: -76.2608    
<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 Jamesville, 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 Jamesville 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 306.855 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.227 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.792 degrees.




 

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