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Communities Also Named Mayhew ...

We found six communities that share the name Mayhew.

Within Ontario, the name Mayhew is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Sacramento County
      • This Mayhew is located in Sacramento County and lies 2,312 miles [3,720.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sacramento County community of Mayhew.
    • Kentucky
      • Boyd 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 Kentucky community of Mayhew [Boyd County].
    • Minnesota
      • Benton County
      • This Mayhew is located in Benton County and lies 843 miles [1,356.7 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Mayhew.
    • Mississippi
      • Lowndes County
      • This Mayhew is located in Lowndes County and lies 1,044 miles [1,680.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Mayhew.
    • North Carolina
      • Iredell County
      • This Mayhew is located in Iredell County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iredell County community of Mayhew.
    • Oklahoma
      • Choctaw County
      • This Mayhew is located in Choctaw County and lies 1,285 miles [2,068 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of Mayhew.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mayhew ...

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.

  • Clay Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clay Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Valley
  • Cotieville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotieville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotieville
  • Dewars
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dewars came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewars
  • Garden of Eden
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden of Eden came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden of Eden
  • Glasgow Station
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glasgow Station came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow Station
  • Oakgrove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakgrove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakgrove
  • Pine Lodge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Lodge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lodge
  • Rosebank
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebank
  • Sand Bay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Bay
  • Sand Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Point
  • Springtown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springtown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
  • Starks Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starks Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks Corners

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 44 miles [70.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Mayhew to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,604 miles [9,018.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,334 miles [10,193.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,212 miles [6,778.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mayhew) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mayhew. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4781, Longitude: -76.6208    
<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 Mayhew 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 Mayhew 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 307.016 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.501 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.706 degrees.




 

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