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Communities Also Named Macksville ...
We found six communities that share the name Macksville.
There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Macksville.
Beyond Ontario, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these four communities, one is located in Canada and the other four communities are located in the United States.
In addition to the above occurrences of Macksville, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Located In Ontario ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Vigo 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 Macksville [Vigo County].
- Kansas
- Stafford County
- This Macksville is located in Stafford County and lies 966 miles [1,554.6 km]<2> to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Macksville.
- Texas
- Comanche County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Comanche County, we don't know where within the .
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Comanche County community of Macksville.
- West Virginia
- Pendleton County
- This Macksville is located in Pendleton County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<2> to the south southeast.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pendleton County community of Macksville.
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Australia
- Distance: 9,351 miles [15,049 km]<2> to the west
Curious and Interesting Names Near Macksville ...
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.
- Falconbridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grays
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grays came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays
- Largie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Largie
- Longwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longwood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Melbourne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Middlemiss
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Walnut
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Woodgreen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
How Far From Macksville 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 Macksville to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Macksville and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 346 miles [556.8 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Macksville to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 20 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,914 miles [9,517.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,645 miles [10,694.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,523 miles [7,279.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Macksville 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' (or 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- Macksville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Macksville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8233, Longitude: -81.6869 |
| <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 Macksville, 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 Macksville 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 310.523 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.028 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.339 degrees. |
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