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Communities Also Named Kirby ...

We found nineteen communities that share the name Kirby.

Within Ontario, the name Kirby is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Yavapai County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Yavapai County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yavapai County community of Kirby.
    • Arkansas
      • Pike County
      • This Kirby is located in Pike County and lies 1,047 miles [1,685 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Kirby.
    • Georgia
      • Emanuel County
      • This Kirby is located in Emanuel County and lies 819 miles [1,318.1 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Emanuel County community of Kirby.
    • Indiana
      • Monroe County
      • This Kirby is located in Monroe County and lies 532 miles [856.2 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Kirby.
    • Maine
      • Franklin 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 Maine community of Kirby [Franklin County].
    • Michigan
      • Van Buren 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 Michigan community of Kirby [Van Buren County].
      • Washtenaw 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 Michigan community of Kirby [Washtenaw County].
    • Mississippi
      • Franklin County
      • This Kirby is located in Franklin County and lies 1,093 miles [1,759 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Kirby.
      • Webster 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 Kirby [Webster County].
    • Missouri
      • Shelby County
      • This Kirby is located in Shelby County and lies 750 miles [1,207 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Kirby.
    • Montana
      • Big Horn County
      • This Kirby is located in Big Horn County and lies 1,388 miles [2,233.8 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Big Horn County community of Kirby.
    • Ohio
      • Wyandot County
      • This Kirby is located in Wyandot County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyandot County community of Kirby.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Greene County
      • This Kirby is located in Greene County and lies 300 miles [482.8 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Kirby.
    • Tennessee
      • Macon County
      • This Kirby is located in Macon County and lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Kirby.
    • Texas
      • Bexar County
      • This Kirby is located in Bexar County and lies 1,478 miles [2,378.6 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bexar County community of Kirby.
    • Washington
      • Garfield County
      • This Kirby is located in Garfield County and lies 1,873 miles [3,014.3 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garfield County community of Kirby.
    • West Virginia
      • Hampshire County
      • This Kirby is located in Hampshire County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampshire County community of Kirby.
    • Wisconsin
      • Monroe County
      • This Kirby is located in Monroe County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Kirby.
    • Wyoming
      • Hot Springs County
      • This Kirby is located in Hot Springs County and lies 1,463 miles [2,354.5 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hot Springs County community of Kirby.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kirby ...

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.

  • Crooked Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crooked Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
  • Decker Hollow ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Elizabethville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabethville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethville
  • Garden Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Hill
  • Lotus
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus
  • Lovekin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lovekin came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovekin
  • Maple Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mitchells Corners
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mitchells Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Corners
  • Starkville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starkville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
  • Zion
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

How Far From Kirby to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Kirby to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 172 miles [276.8 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Kirby to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,743 miles [9,242.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,471 miles [10,414.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,349 miles [6,999 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kirby. 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 Kirby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Kirby) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kirby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0136, Longitude: -78.6083    
<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 Kirby 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 Kirby 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 308.456 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.881 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.358 degrees.




 

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