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Communities Also Named Kirk ...

We found 24 communities that share the name Kirk.

Within Ontario, the name Kirk is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Pickens County
      • This Kirk is located in Pickens County and lies 996 miles [1,602.9 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickens County community of Kirk.
    • Arkansas
      • Saline 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 Arkansas community of Kirk [Saline County].
    • Colorado
      • Arapahoe 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 Colorado community of Kirk [Arapahoe County].
      • Yuma County
      • This Kirk is located in Yuma County and lies 1,218 miles [1,960.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yuma County community of Kirk.
    • Georgia
      • Heard County
      • This Kirk is located in Heard County and lies 949 miles [1,527.3 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Heard County community of Kirk.
    • Kentucky
      • Breckinridge County
      • This Kirk is located in Breckinridge County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Breckinridge County community of Kirk.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore 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 Maryland community of Kirk [Baltimore County].
    • Michigan
      • Newaygo 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 Kirk [Newaygo County].
      • Ottawa 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 Kirk [Ottawa County].
      • Van Buren 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 Kirk [Van Buren County].
    • Minnesota
      • Saint Louis County
      • This Kirk is located in Saint Louis County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Kirk.
    • Missouri
      • Dunklin County
      • This Kirk is located in Dunklin County and lies 864 miles [1,390.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dunklin County community of Kirk.
    • Nebraska
      • Banner County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Banner County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Banner County community of Kirk.
    • New Mexico
      • Quay County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Quay County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Quay County community of Kirk.
    • New York
      • Chenango County
      • This Kirk is located in Chenango County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chenango County community of Kirk.
    • North Dakota
      • Bottineau 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 North Dakota community of Kirk [Bottineau County].
    • Ohio
      • Mahoning County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Mahoning County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mahoning County community of Kirk.
      • Trumbull County
      • This community is historic and although located in Trumbull County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Kirk.
    • Oregon
      • Klamath County
      • This Kirk is located in Klamath County and lies 2,038 miles [3,279.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Klamath County community of Kirk.
    • South Dakota
      • Lawrence County
      • This Kirk is located in Lawrence County and lies 1,148 miles [1,847.5 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Kirk.
    • Tennessee
      • Fayette County
      • This Kirk is located in Fayette County and lies 922 miles [1,483.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Kirk.
    • Texas
      • Bexar County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Bexar County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bexar County community of Kirk.
      • Limestone County
      • This Kirk is located in Limestone County and lies 1,348 miles [2,169.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Kirk.
    • West Virginia
      • Mingo County
      • This Kirk is located in Mingo County and lies 598 miles [962.4 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mingo County community of Kirk.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kirk ...

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.

  • Cache Bay
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Crystal Falls
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Field
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Field came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Field <4>
  • Garden Village
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Village came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden Village <4>
  • Kipling
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kipling came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipling
  • Monetville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monetville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monetville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monetville <4>
  • River Valley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Sturgeon Falls
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sturgeon Falls came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon Falls
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sturgeon Falls <4>

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 227 miles [365.3 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Kirk to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,699 miles [9,171.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,438 miles [10,361 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,323 miles [6,957.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kirk) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kirk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4278, Longitude: -80.2167    
<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 Kirk 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 Kirk, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>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 Kirk to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.274 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.183 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.143 degrees.




 

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