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Communities Also Named Kelso ...

We found 26 communities that share the name Kelso.

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

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

In addition to the above occurrences of Kelso, we know of five communities located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Kelso #1
      • This Kelso lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<1> to the south.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Desha County
      • This Kelso is located in Desha County and lies 1,161 miles [1,868.4 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Desha County community of Kelso.
    • California
      • Fresno 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 California community of Kelso [Fresno County].
      • San Bernardino County
      • This Kelso is located in San Bernardino County and lies 2,004 miles [3,225.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Kelso.
    • Idaho
      • Bonner County
      • This Kelso is located in Bonner County and lies 1,635 miles [2,631.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bonner County community of Kelso.
      • Cassia County
      • This Kelso is located in Cassia County and lies 1,630 miles [2,623.2 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cassia County community of Kelso.
    • Indiana
      • Dearborn 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 Indiana community of Kelso [Dearborn County].
      • Huntington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Kelso [Huntington County].
    • Kansas
      • Morris County
      • This Kelso is located in Morris County and lies 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Kelso.
    • Michigan
      • Iron 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 Michigan community of Kelso [Iron County].
    • Mississippi
      • Sharkey County
      • This Kelso is located in Sharkey County and lies 1,224 miles [1,969.8 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sharkey County community of Kelso.
    • Missouri
      • Scott County
      • This Kelso is located in Scott County and lies 908 miles [1,461.3 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Kelso.
    • Nebraska
      • Hooker County
      • This Kelso is located in Hooker County and lies 1,076 miles [1,731.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hooker County community of Kelso.
      • Howard 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 Nebraska community of Kelso [Howard County].
    • North Dakota
      • Traill County
      • This Kelso is located in Traill County and lies 756 miles [1,216.7 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Traill County community of Kelso.
    • Oklahoma
      • Craig County
      • This Kelso is located in Craig County and lies 1,098 miles [1,767.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craig County community of Kelso.
    • Oregon
      • Clackamas County
      • This Kelso is located in Clackamas County and lies 1,943 miles [3,127 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Kelso.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Kelso lies 955 miles [1,536.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • Tennessee
      • Lincoln County
      • This Kelso is located in Lincoln County and lies 980 miles [1,577.2 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Kelso.
    • Texas
      • Deaf Smith County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Deaf Smith County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Deaf Smith County community of Kelso.
    • Washington
      • Cowlitz County
      • This Kelso is located in Cowlitz County and lies 1,952 miles [3,141.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cowlitz County community of Kelso.
  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • Australia
      • - Tasmania
      • Distance: 10,085 miles [16,230.2 km]<1> to the west
      • - New South Wales
      • Distance: 9,661 miles [15,547.9 km] to the west
      • - Queensland
      • Distance: 9,120 miles [14,677.2 km] to the west northwest
    • New Zealand
      • Distance: 9,263 miles [14,907.4 km]<1> to the west southwest
    • South Africa
      • Distance: 8,701 miles [14,002.9 km]<1> to the east

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kelso ...

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.

  • Anthony
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anthony came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
  • Drinkwater
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drinkwater came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkwater
  • Fielding
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fielding came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fielding
  • Nellie Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nellie Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie Lake
  • Potter
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Potter came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
  • Twin Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Falls came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Falls
  • Welsh
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Welsh came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welsh
  • Wings
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wings came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wings

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 326 miles [524.6 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Kelso 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 5,620 miles [9,044.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,366 miles [10,245.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,260 miles [6,855.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kelso) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kelso. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.6801, Longitude: -80.7464    
<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 Kelso 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 Kelso, 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 Kelso 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 309.387 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.67 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.431 degrees.




 

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