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Communities Also Named Newcastle ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Newcastle.

Within Ontario, the name Newcastle is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Newcastle.
    • Arkansas
      • Saint Francis County
      • This Newcastle is located in Saint Francis County and lies 884 miles [1,422.7 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Francis County community of Newcastle.
    • British Columbia
      • This Newcastle lies 2,150 miles [3,460.1 km]<2> to the west northwest.
    • California
      • Placer County
      • This Newcastle is located in Placer County and lies 2,206 miles [3,550.2 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Placer County community of Newcastle.
    • Florida
      • Duval County
      • This Newcastle is located in Duval County and lies 949 miles [1,527.3 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of Newcastle.
    • Illinois
      • Saline County
      • This Newcastle is located in Saline County and lies 681 miles [1,096 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Newcastle.
    • Kansas
      • Cherokee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Newcastle [Cherokee County].
      • Leavenworth 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 Kansas community of Newcastle [Leavenworth County].
    • Maine
      • Lincoln County
      • This Newcastle is located in Lincoln County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Newcastle.
    • Nebraska
      • Dixon County
      • This Newcastle is located in Dixon County and lies 921 miles [1,482.2 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dixon County community of Newcastle.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Newcastle lies 664 miles [1,068.6 km]<2> to the east northeast.
    • Ohio
      • Coshocton County
      • This Newcastle is located in Coshocton County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coshocton County community of Newcastle.
    • Oklahoma
      • McClain County
      • This Newcastle is located in McClain County and lies 1,171 miles [1,884.5 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McClain County community of Newcastle.
    • Tennessee
      • Hardeman County
      • This Newcastle is located in Hardeman County and lies 822 miles [1,322.9 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardeman County community of Newcastle.
    • Texas
      • Young County
      • This Newcastle is located in Young County and lies 1,310 miles [2,108.2 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Young County community of Newcastle.
    • Utah
      • Iron County
      • This Newcastle is located in Iron County and lies 1,862 miles [2,996.6 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iron County community of Newcastle.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Newcastle is located in King County and lies 2,087 miles [3,358.7 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Newcastle.
    • Wyoming
      • Weston County
      • This Newcastle is located in Weston County and lies 1,269 miles [2,042.3 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weston County community of Newcastle.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Newcastle ...

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.

  • Crooked Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crooked Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
  • Decker Hollow ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Elizabethville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabethville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethville
  • Harmony
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Kirby
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kirby came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
  • Lovekin
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lovekin came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovekin
  • Maple Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Mitchells Corners
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mitchells Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Corners
  • Starkville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starkville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
  • Zion
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 175 miles [281.6 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Newcastle to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,746 miles [9,247.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,352 miles [7,003.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Newcastle 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.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Newcastle) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Newcastle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9176, Longitude: -78.5889    
<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 Newcastle 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 308.453 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.862 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.389 degrees.




 

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