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Communities Also Named Melbourne ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Melbourne.
There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Melbourne.
Beyond Ontario, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these twelve communities, four are located in Canada and nine are in the United States.
- Communities Located In Ontario ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Izard County
- This Melbourne is located in Izard County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Izard County community of Melbourne.
- California
- Mendocino County
- This Melbourne is located in Mendocino County and lies 2,182 miles [3,511.6 km]<1> to the west.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mendocino County community of Melbourne.
- Florida
- Brevard County
- This Melbourne is located in Brevard County and lies 1,018 miles [1,638.3 km]<1> to the south.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brevard County community of Melbourne.
- Iowa
- Marshall County
- This Melbourne is located in Marshall County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<1> to the west.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Melbourne.
- Kentucky
- Campbell County
- This Melbourne is located in Campbell County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<1> to the south southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Campbell County community of Melbourne.
- Manitoba
- This Melbourne lies 968 miles [1,557.8 km]<1> to the northwest.
- Michigan
- Saginaw 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 Michigan community of Melbourne [Saginaw County].
- Missouri
- Harrison County
- This Melbourne is located in Harrison County and lies 658 miles [1,058.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Melbourne.
- Nova Scotia
- This Melbourne lies 780 miles [1,255.3 km]<1> to the east.
- Quebec
- 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 Quebec community of Melbourne.
- Tennessee
- Anderson County
- This Melbourne is located in Anderson County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the south southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Melbourne.
- Washington
- Grays Harbor County
- This Melbourne is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 2,052 miles [3,302.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Melbourne.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Melbourne ...
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.
- Delaware
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Falconbridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hickory Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corner
- Largie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Largie
- Littlewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littlewood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlewood
- Longwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longwood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Macksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macksville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksville
- Middlemiss
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Woodgreen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Melbourne to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Melbourne to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Melbourne and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 341 miles [548.8 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Melbourne to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,909 miles [9,509.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,639 miles [10,684.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,518 miles [7,271 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Melbourne. 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Melbourne) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Melbourne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8168, Longitude: -81.5522 |
| <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 Melbourne, 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 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 Melbourne 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Melbourne to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.437 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.929 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.276 degrees. |
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