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Communities Also Named Leeds ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Leeds.

Within Ontario, the name Leeds is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Leeds is located in Jefferson County and lies 938 miles [1,509.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Leeds.
    • Illinois
      • La Salle County
      • This Leeds is located in La Salle County and lies 691 miles [1,112.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Salle County community of Leeds.
    • Iowa
      • Woodbury County
      • This Leeds is located in Woodbury County and lies 1,016 miles [1,635.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodbury County community of Leeds.
    • Kansas
      • Chautauqua 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 Kansas community of Leeds [Chautauqua County].
    • Maine
      • Androscoggin County
      • This Leeds is located in Androscoggin County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Androscoggin County community of Leeds.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Leeds is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 371 miles [597.1 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Leeds.
      • Cecil County
      • This Leeds is located in Cecil County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cecil County community of Leeds.
    • Massachusetts
      • Hampshire County
      • This Leeds is located in Hampshire County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampshire County community of Leeds.
    • Missouri
      • Jackson County
      • This Leeds is located in Jackson County and lies 1,013 miles [1,630.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Leeds.
    • New York
      • Greene County
      • This Leeds is located in Greene County and lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Leeds.
    • North Dakota
      • Benson County
      • This Leeds is located in Benson County and lies 1,132 miles [1,821.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benson County community of Leeds.
    • Ohio
      • Noble County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Noble County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noble County community of Leeds.
    • Oregon
      • Jackson 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 Oregon community of Leeds [Jackson County].
    • South Carolina
      • Chester County
      • This Leeds is located in Chester County and lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Leeds.
    • Tennessee
      • Warren 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 Tennessee community of Leeds [Warren County].
    • Utah
      • Washington County
      • This Leeds is located in Washington County and lies 1,986 miles [3,196.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Leeds.
    • Wisconsin
      • Columbia County
      • This Leeds is located in Columbia County and lies 658 miles [1,058.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Leeds.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Leeds ...

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.

  • Burnt Hills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnt Hills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Hills
  • California
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Davis Lock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davis Lock came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Lock
  • Jones Falls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Falls came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Falls
  • Little Brockville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Brockville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Brockville
  • Long Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Marble Rock
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Oak Leaf
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Leaf
  • Outlet
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Outlet came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlet
  • Sand Bay Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Bay Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Bay Corner
  • Sweets Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 66 miles [106.2 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Leeds to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,627 miles [9,055.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,352 miles [10,222.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,229 miles [6,805.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Leeds) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Leeds. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5206, Longitude: -76.1839    
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Leeds 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 Leeds, 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 Leeds 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 306.853 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.161 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.935 degrees.




 

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