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Communities Also Named Lancaster ...

We found 39 communities that share the name Lancaster.

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

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 38 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 38 communities, three are located in Canada and 36 are in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Talladega County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Lancaster [Talladega County].
    • Arizona
      • Yavapai County
      • This Lancaster is located in Yavapai County and lies 2,090 miles [3,363.5 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yavapai County community of Lancaster.
    • Arkansas
      • Crawford County
      • This Lancaster is located in Crawford County and lies 1,225 miles [1,971.4 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Lancaster.
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Lancaster is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,389 miles [3,844.7 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Lancaster.
    • Florida
      • Lake County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Lancaster [Lake County].
      • Suwannee County
      • This Lancaster is located in Suwannee County and lies 1,131 miles [1,820.2 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suwannee County community of Lancaster.
    • Georgia
      • Marion County
      • 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 Georgia community of Lancaster [Marion County].
      • Wayne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Lancaster [Wayne County].
    • Illinois
      • Lake County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Lancaster [Lake County].
      • Peoria County
      • This Lancaster is located in Peoria County and lies 835 miles [1,343.8 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Peoria County community of Lancaster.
      • Wabash County
      • This Lancaster is located in Wabash County and lies 822 miles [1,322.9 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wabash County community of Lancaster.
    • Indiana
      • Clay County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Lancaster [Clay County].
      • Huntington County
      • This Lancaster is located in Huntington County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huntington County community of Lancaster.
      • Jefferson County
      • This Lancaster is located in Jefferson County and lies 712 miles [1,145.9 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Lancaster.
    • Iowa
      • Keokuk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Lancaster [Keokuk County].
    • Kansas
      • Atchison County
      • This Lancaster is located in Atchison County and lies 1,125 miles [1,810.5 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atchison County community of Lancaster.
      • Miami County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lancaster [Miami County].
    • Kentucky
      • Garrard County
      • This Lancaster is located in Garrard County and lies 735 miles [1,182.9 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garrard County community of Lancaster.
    • Maryland
      • Charles County
      • This Lancaster is located in Charles County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Lancaster.
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester County
      • This Lancaster is located in Worcester County and lies 233 miles [375 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Lancaster.
    • Minnesota
      • Kittson County
      • This Lancaster is located in Kittson County and lies 1,076 miles [1,731.7 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kittson County community of Lancaster.
    • Missouri
      • Clark County
      • Although located in Clark County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Lancaster.
      • Schuyler County
      • This Lancaster is located in Schuyler County and lies 964 miles [1,551.4 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuyler County community of Lancaster.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Lancaster lies 408 miles [656.6 km]<2> to the east.
    • New Hampshire
      • Coos County
      • This Lancaster is located in Coos County and lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coos County community of Lancaster.
    • New York
      • Erie County
      • This Lancaster is located in Erie County and lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Lancaster.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Lancaster lies 1,037 miles [1,668.9 km]<2> to the east northeast.
    • North Carolina
      • Edgecombe County
      • This Lancaster is located in Edgecombe County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edgecombe County community of Lancaster.
    • Ohio
      • Fairfield County
      • This Lancaster is located in Fairfield County and lies 556 miles [894.8 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Lancaster.
    • Oregon
      • Lane County
      • This Lancaster is located in Lane County and lies 2,353 miles [3,786.8 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Lancaster.
      • Malheur County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Lancaster [Malheur County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster County
      • This Lancaster is located in Lancaster County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Lancaster.
    • South Carolina
      • Lancaster County
      • This Lancaster is located in Lancaster County and lies 791 miles [1,273 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Lancaster.
    • Tennessee
      • Smith County
      • This Lancaster is located in Smith County and lies 859 miles [1,382.4 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Lancaster.
    • Texas
      • Dallas County
      • This Lancaster is located in Dallas County and lies 1,470 miles [2,365.7 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Lancaster.
    • Virginia
      • Lancaster County
      • This Lancaster is located in Lancaster County and lies 519 miles [835.2 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Lancaster.
    • Washington
      • Whitman County
      • This Lancaster is located in Whitman County and lies 2,044 miles [3,289.5 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitman County community of Lancaster.
    • Wisconsin
      • Grant County
      • This Lancaster is located in Grant County and lies 818 miles [1,316.4 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Lancaster.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lancaster ...

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.

  • Beaver Crossing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Crossing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Crossing
  • Bridge End
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Curry Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Dundee
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dundee came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
  • Glenroy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenroy came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenroy
  • Green Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Isle of Skye
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Isle of Skye came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Skye
  • Lee's Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lee's Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee's Corner
  • Maplemore
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplemore came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplemore
  • Maybank
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maybank came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybank
  • Picnic Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Picnic Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picnic Grove
  • Summerstown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerstown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerstown
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Summerstown <6>
  • Summerstown Station
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerstown Station came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerstown Station

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 61 miles [98.2 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Lancaster to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,535 miles [8,907.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,260 miles [10,074.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,137 miles [6,657.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>

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

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Lancaster 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lancaster) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lancaster. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1437, Longitude: -74.5027    
<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 Lancaster, 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.
<8>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 Lancaster to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.70 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.973 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.799 degrees.




 

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