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Communities Also Named Maxwell ...

We found 33 communities that share the name Maxwell.

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

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 32 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 32 communities, .

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Maxwell #1
      • This Maxwell lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Maxwell is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 978 miles [1,573.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Maxwell.
    • Arkansas
      • Pike County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Maxwell [Pike County].
    • California
      • Colusa County
      • This Maxwell is located in Colusa County and lies 2,275 miles [3,661.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colusa County community of Maxwell.
    • Georgia
      • Fannin County
      • This Maxwell is located in Fannin County and lies 788 miles [1,268.2 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fannin County community of Maxwell.
      • Jasper County
      • This Maxwell is located in Jasper County and lies 864 miles [1,390.5 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Maxwell.
    • Illinois
      • Peoria County
      • This Maxwell is located in Peoria County and lies 672 miles [1,081.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Peoria County community of Maxwell.
      • Sangamon County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Maxwell [Sangamon County].
    • Indiana
      • Hancock County
      • This Maxwell is located in Hancock County and lies 541 miles [870.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Maxwell.
      • Morgan County
      • This Maxwell is located in Morgan County and lies 590 miles [949.5 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Maxwell.
    • Iowa
      • Story County
      • This Maxwell is located in Story County and lies 808 miles [1,300.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Story County community of Maxwell.
    • Kentucky
      • Daviess County
      • This Maxwell is located in Daviess County and lies 705 miles [1,134.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daviess County community of Maxwell.
    • Michigan
      • Bay County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Maxwell [Bay County].
    • Mississippi
      • Benton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Maxwell [Benton County].
    • Nebraska
      • Lincoln County
      • This Maxwell is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,173 miles [1,887.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Maxwell.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Maxwell lies 493 miles [793.4 km]<1> to the east.
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This Maxwell is located in Burlington County and lies 410 miles [659.8 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Maxwell.
    • New Mexico
      • Colfax County
      • This Maxwell is located in Colfax County and lies 1,506 miles [2,423.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colfax County community of Maxwell.
    • New York
      • Livingston County
      • This Maxwell is located in Livingston County and lies 146 miles [235 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Maxwell.
    • North Carolina
      • Columbus County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Maxwell [Columbus County].
      • Henderson 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 North Carolina community of Maxwell [Henderson County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Pontotoc County
      • This Maxwell is located in Pontotoc County and lies 1,222 miles [1,966.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pontotoc County community of Maxwell.
    • Oregon
      • Linn County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Maxwell [Linn County].
      • Umatilla 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 Oregon community of Maxwell [Umatilla County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fayette County
      • This Maxwell is located in Fayette County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Maxwell.
      • Luzerne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Maxwell [Luzerne County].
    • Tennessee
      • Franklin County
      • This Maxwell is located in Franklin County and lies 819 miles [1,318.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Maxwell.
      • Knox County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Maxwell [Knox County].
    • Texas
      • Caldwell County
      • This Maxwell is located in Caldwell County and lies 1,508 miles [2,426.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Maxwell.
      • Collin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Maxwell [Collin County].
    • Virginia
      • Tazewell County
      • This Maxwell is located in Tazewell County and lies 585 miles [941.5 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Maxwell.
    • West Virginia
      • Pleasants County
      • This Maxwell is located in Pleasants County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pleasants County community of Maxwell.
    • Wisconsin
      • Buffalo County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Maxwell [Buffalo County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Maxwell ...

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.

  • Childs Mines
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Childs Mines came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs Mines
  • Deer Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Graphite
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graphite came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graphite
  • Greenview
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Hickey Settlement
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickey Settlement came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickey Settlement
  • Hughes
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hughes came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
  • Maple Leaf
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Nobbs Siding
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nobbs Siding came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobbs Siding
  • Scotch Bush
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 106 miles [170.6 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Maxwell to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,667 miles [9,120.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,397 miles [10,295 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,276 miles [6,881.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Maxwell) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Maxwell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0998, Longitude: -77.8366    
<2>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 Maxwell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Maxwell 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.
<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 Maxwell 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 307.848 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.372 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.497 degrees.









 

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