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Communities Also Named Medina ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Medina.

Within Ontario, the name Medina is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Arkansas County
      • This Medina is located in Arkansas County and lies 838 miles [1,348.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas County community of Medina.
    • Kansas
      • Jefferson County
      • This Medina is located in Jefferson County and lies 797 miles [1,282.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Medina.
    • Michigan
      • Lenawee County
      • This Medina is located in Lenawee County and lies 189 miles [304.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenawee County community of Medina.
    • Minnesota
      • Hennepin County
      • This Medina is located in Hennepin County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hennepin County community of Medina.
      • Stevens 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 Minnesota community of Medina [Stevens County].
    • New York
      • Orleans County
      • This Medina is located in Orleans County and lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans County community of Medina.
    • North Dakota
      • Stutsman County
      • This Medina is located in Stutsman County and lies 923 miles [1,485.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stutsman County community of Medina.
    • Ohio
      • Medina County
      • This Medina is located in Medina County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Medina.
    • Tennessee
      • Gibson County
      • This Medina is located in Gibson County and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gibson County community of Medina.
    • Texas
      • Bandera County
      • This Medina is located in Bandera County and lies 1,363 miles [2,193.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bandera County community of Medina.
      • Bexar 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 Texas community of Medina [Bexar County].
      • Zapata County
      • This Medina is located in Zapata County and lies 1,516 miles [2,439.8 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Zapata County community of Medina.
    • Virginia
      • Washington 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 Virginia community of Medina [Washington County].
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Medina is located in King County and lies 1,995 miles [3,210.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Medina.
    • West Virginia
      • Jackson County
      • This Medina is located in Jackson County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Medina.
    • Wisconsin
      • Outagamie County
      • This Medina is located in Outagamie County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Outagamie County community of Medina.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Medina ...

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.

  • Cobble Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cobble Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobble Hill
  • Codys Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Evelyn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evelyn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
  • Friendly Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendly Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Corners
  • Harmony
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Holiday
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday
  • Maplewood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplewood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Oliver
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
  • Plover Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plover Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover Mills
  • Salmonville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Science Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Science Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Science Hill
  • Three Bridges
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 306 miles [492.5 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Medina to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>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 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,874 miles [9,453.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,604 miles [10,628.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,482 miles [7,213.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Medina. 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- Medina) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Medina. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1911, Longitude: -81.0564    
<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 Medina 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 Medina 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 310.095 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.599 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.893 degrees.




 

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