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Communities Also Named Long Branch ...

We found 29 communities that share the name Long Branch.

Within Ontario, the name Long Branch is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Duval 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 Long Branch [Duval County].
      • Hamilton County
      • This Long Branch is located in Hamilton County and lies 928 miles [1,493.5 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Long Branch.
    • Georgia
      • Grady County
      • This Long Branch is located in Grady County and lies 912 miles [1,467.7 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grady County community of Long Branch.
      • Tattnall 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 Long Branch [Tattnall County].
    • Illinois
      • Mason County
      • This Long Branch is located in Mason County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Long Branch.
      • Saline County
      • This Long Branch is located in Saline County and lies 614 miles [988.1 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Long Branch.
    • Kansas
      • Norton 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 Long Branch [Norton County].
    • Kentucky
      • Magoffin County
      • Although located in Magoffin County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Magoffin County community of Long Branch.
      • Meade 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 Kentucky community of Long Branch [Meade County].
    • Mississippi
      • Yalobusha County
      • This Long Branch is located in Yalobusha County and lies 854 miles [1,374.4 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yalobusha County community of Long Branch.
    • Missouri
      • Monroe 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 Missouri community of Long Branch [Monroe County].
    • New Jersey
      • Monmouth County
      • This Long Branch is located in Monmouth County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Long Branch.
    • New York
      • Monroe 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 New York community of Long Branch [Monroe County].
      • Onondaga County
      • This Long Branch is located in Onondaga County and lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Long Branch.
    • North Carolina
      • Robeson County
      • This Long Branch is located in Robeson County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robeson County community of Long Branch.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Washington County
      • This Long Branch is located in Washington County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Long Branch.
    • South Carolina
      • Barnwell County
      • This Long Branch is located in Barnwell County and lies 715 miles [1,150.7 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barnwell County community of Long Branch.
      • Laurens County
      • This Long Branch is located in Laurens County and lies 638 miles [1,026.8 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laurens County community of Long Branch.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton County
      • This Long Branch is located in Hamilton County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Long Branch.
      • Lawrence County
      • This Long Branch is located in Lawrence County and lies 717 miles [1,153.9 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Long Branch.
    • Texas
      • Eastland 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 Texas community of Long Branch [Eastland County].
      • Falls County
      • This Long Branch is located in Falls County and lies 1,264 miles [2,034.2 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Falls County community of Long Branch.
      • Panola County
      • This Long Branch is located in Panola County and lies 1,138 miles [1,831.4 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Panola County community of Long Branch.
    • Virginia
      • Caroline County
      • This Long Branch is located in Caroline County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Long Branch.
      • Dickenson 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 Virginia community of Long Branch [Dickenson County].
      • Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Long Branch [Fairfax County].
      • Stafford County
      • This Long Branch is located in Stafford County and lies 370 miles [595.5 km] to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Long Branch.
    • West Virginia
      • Fayette County
      • This Long Branch is located in Fayette County and lies 401 miles [645.3 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Long Branch.
      • Wyoming County
      • This Long Branch is located in Wyoming County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Long Branch.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Branch ...

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.

  • Birchwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birchwood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
  • Cooksville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cooksville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
  • Dixie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Erindale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erindale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erindale
  • Lakeview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Meadow Wood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Wood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Wood
  • New Toronto
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Toronto came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Toronto
  • Park Royal
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Royal came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Royal
  • Summerville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville

How Far From Long Branch to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Long Branch to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 227 miles [365.3 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Long Branch to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,798 miles [9,331 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,526 miles [10,502.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,404 miles [7,087.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Long Branch. 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 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 Long Branch 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Long Branch) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Long Branch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5833, Longitude: -79.5333    
<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>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.
<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 Long Branch 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 309.087 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.523 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.992 degrees.




 

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