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Communities Also Named Kirkville ...

We found eight communities that share the name Kirkville.

Within Ontario, the name Kirkville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Sutter County
      • This Kirkville is located in Sutter County and lies 2,150 miles [3,460.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sutter County community of Kirkville.
    • Indiana
      • Gibson 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 Kirkville [Gibson County].
    • Iowa
      • Wapello County
      • This Kirkville is located in Wapello County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wapello County community of Kirkville.
    • Kentucky
      • Lewis County
      • This Kirkville is located in Lewis County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Kirkville.
    • Louisiana
      • Tangipahoa Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Kirkville [Tangipahoa Parish].
    • Mississippi
      • Itawamba County
      • This Kirkville is located in Itawamba County and lies 819 miles [1,318.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Itawamba County community of Kirkville.
      • Pike County
      • This Kirkville is located in Pike County and lies 1,071 miles [1,723.6 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Kirkville.
    • New York
      • Onondaga County
      • This Kirkville is located in Onondaga County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Kirkville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kirkville ...

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.

  • Beaverdale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaverdale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdale
  • Camperdown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camperdown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camperdown
  • Kent
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kent came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
  • Lady Bank
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lady Bank. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lady Bank
  • Lavender
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lavender came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
  • Little Germany
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Maxwell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
  • Minniehill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minniehill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minniehill
  • Red Wing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Wing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Wing
  • Rob Roy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rob Roy came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rob Roy
  • Rock Mills
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
  • Strongville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Strongville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongville
    • Former names for Strongville:
    • Silver Shoe
    • Sunnidale Station
  • Temple Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Kirkville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Kirkville and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 232 miles [373.4 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Kirkville 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 14 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 5,786 miles [9,311.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,519 miles [10,491.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,400 miles [7,081.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kirkville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kirkville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4979, Longitude: -80.2854    
<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 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 Kirkville 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 Kirkville, 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Kirkville 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 309.498 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.129 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.992 degrees.




 

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