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Communities Also Named Minden ...

We found ten communities that share the name Minden.

Within Ontario, the name Minden is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Calhoun County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Minden [Calhoun County].
    • Iowa
      • Pottawattamie County
      • This Minden is located in Pottawattamie County and lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawattamie County community of Minden.
    • Louisiana
      • Webster Parish
      • This Minden is located in Webster Parish and lies 1,152 miles [1,854 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster Parish community of Minden.
    • Missouri
      • Barton 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 Missouri community of Minden [Barton County].
    • Nebraska
      • Kearney County
      • This Minden is located in Kearney County and lies 1,068 miles [1,718.8 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kearney County community of Minden.
    • Nevada
      • Douglas County
      • This Minden is located in Douglas County and lies 2,124 miles [3,418.2 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Minden.
    • New York
      • Montgomery 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 New York community of Minden [Montgomery County].
    • South Carolina
      • Chesterfield 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 South Carolina community of Minden [Chesterfield County].
    • Texas
      • Rusk County
      • This Minden is located in Rusk County and lies 1,237 miles [1,990.8 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rusk County community of Minden.
    • West Virginia
      • Fayette County
      • This Minden is located in Fayette County and lies 495 miles [796.6 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Minden.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Minden ...

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.

  • Allsaw
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allsaw came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allsaw
  • Brady Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brady Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
  • Deep Bay
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Bay
  • Donald
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Donald came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
  • Dutch Line
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dutch Line came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Line
  • Horseshoe Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Howland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland
  • Irondale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irondale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
  • Miners Bay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miners Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Bay
  • Moore Falls
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moore Falls came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Falls

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 151 miles [243 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Minden to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,708 miles [9,186.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,440 miles [10,364.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,319 miles [6,950.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Minden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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 from Point A (ie- Minden) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Minden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9258, Longitude: -78.7231    
<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 Minden 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 Minden 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 308.442 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.01 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.022 degrees.




 

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