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Communities Also Named Limerick ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Limerick.

Within Ontario, the name Limerick is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Liberty County
      • This Limerick is located in Liberty County and lies 973 miles [1,565.9 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Limerick.
    • Illinois
      • Bureau County
      • This Limerick is located in Bureau County and lies 758 miles [1,219.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bureau County community of Limerick.
    • Kansas
      • Pottawatomie 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 Limerick [Pottawatomie County].
    • Maine
      • York County
      • This Limerick is located in York County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Limerick.
    • Michigan
      • Grand Traverse 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 Limerick [Grand Traverse County].
    • Mississippi
      • Yazoo County
      • This Limerick is located in Yazoo County and lies 1,182 miles [1,902.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yazoo County community of Limerick.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Limerick lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • New York
      • Jefferson County
      • This Limerick is located in Jefferson County and lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Limerick.
    • Ohio
      • Jackson County
      • This Limerick is located in Jackson County and lies 565 miles [909.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Limerick.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Montgomery County
      • This Limerick is located in Montgomery County and lies 335 miles [539.1 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Limerick.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Limerick lies 1,476 miles [2,375.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • South Carolina
      • Berkeley County
      • This Limerick is located in Berkeley County and lies 861 miles [1,385.6 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Limerick.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Limerick ...

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.

  • Archer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
  • Finch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Finch came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
  • Forward
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forward came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
  • Goldfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goldfield came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfield
  • Maple Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Melvin Settlement
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Morewood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morewood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morewood
  • Nation Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Sandtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandtown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 34 miles [54.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could walk a straight line from Limerick to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,564 miles [8,954.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,290 miles [10,122.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,167 miles [6,706.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

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- Limerick) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Limerick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0883, Longitude: -75.1808    
<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 Limerick 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>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Limerick to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.14 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.456 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.166 degrees.




 

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