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Communities Also Named Kelly ...

We found 26 communities that share the name Kelly.

Within Ontario, the name Kelly is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 26 communities, three are located in Canada and 25 are in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Dale County
      • This Kelly is located in Dale County and lies 1,244 miles [2,002 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dale County community of Kelly.
    • California
      • Shasta 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 California community of Kelly [Shasta County].
    • Georgia
      • Jasper County
      • This Kelly is located in Jasper County and lies 1,127 miles [1,813.7 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Kelly.
    • Kansas
      • Nemaha County
      • This Kelly is located in Nemaha County and lies 701 miles [1,128.2 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nemaha County community of Kelly.
    • Kentucky
      • Christian County
      • This Kelly is located in Christian County and lies 843 miles [1,356.7 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Christian County community of Kelly.
    • Louisiana
      • Caldwell Parish
      • This Kelly is located in Caldwell Parish and lies 1,180 miles [1,899 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell Parish community of Kelly.
    • Maryland
      • Wicomico 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 Maryland community of Kelly [Wicomico County].
    • Mississippi
      • Covington County
      • This Kelly is located in Covington County and lies 1,204 miles [1,937.7 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington County community of Kelly.
      • DeSoto 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 Mississippi community of Kelly [DeSoto County].
    • Missouri
      • Chariton 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 Missouri community of Kelly [Chariton County].
    • New Mexico
      • Socorro 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 New Mexico community of Kelly [Socorro County].
    • North Carolina
      • Bladen County
      • This Kelly is located in Bladen County and lies 1,173 miles [1,887.8 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bladen County community of Kelly.
      • Moore 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 North Carolina community of Kelly [Moore County].
    • North Dakota
      • Grand Forks County
      • This Kelly is located in Grand Forks County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grand Forks County community of Kelly.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong 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 Pennsylvania community of Kelly [Armstrong County].
    • Quebec
      • 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 Quebec community of Kelly.
    • South Carolina
      • Union County
      • This Kelly is located in Union County and lies 1,074 miles [1,728.4 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Kelly.
    • Texas
      • Collin County
      • This Kelly is located in Collin County and lies 1,130 miles [1,818.6 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Collin County community of Kelly.
    • Virginia
      • Campbell County
      • This Kelly is located in Campbell County and lies 977 miles [1,572.3 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Kelly.
      • Tazewell 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 Kelly [Tazewell County].
    • Washington
      • Lincoln 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 Washington community of Kelly [Lincoln County].
    • West Virginia
      • Logan County
      • This Kelly is located in Logan County and lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Kelly.
    • Wisconsin
      • Juneau County
      • This Kelly is located in Juneau County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Juneau County community of Kelly.
      • Marathon County
      • This Kelly is located in Marathon County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marathon County community of Kelly.
    • Wyoming
      • Laramie 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 Wyoming community of Kelly [Laramie County].
      • Teton County
      • This Kelly is located in Teton County and lies 1,038 miles [1,670.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Teton County community of Kelly.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kelly ...

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.

  • Annex
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Annex came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annex
  • Biota
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Biota came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biota
  • George
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for George came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
  • Graham
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graham came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
  • James
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for James came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
  • Oscar
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oscar came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
  • Planet
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Planet came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planet
  • Poland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Kelly to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 41 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,920 miles [9,527.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,678 miles [10,747.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,598 miles [7,399.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kelly) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kelly. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.0192, Longitude: -90.1986    
<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 Kelly, 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 Kelly 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 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 Kelly 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 316.007 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.128 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.689 degrees.




 

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