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Communities Also Named Nile ...

We found seven communities that share the name Nile.

Within Ontario, the name Nile is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Mississippi
      • Attala County
      • This Nile is located in Attala County and lies 862 miles [1,387.3 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Attala County community of Nile.
    • Missouri
      • Texas County
      • This Nile is located in Texas County and lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Nile.
    • New York
      • Allegany County
      • This Nile is located in Allegany County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Nile.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville 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 South Carolina community of Nile [Greenville County].
    • Texas
      • Milam 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 Nile [Milam County].
    • Washington
      • Yakima County
      • This Nile is located in Yakima County and lies 1,899 miles [3,056.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yakima County community of Nile.
    • West Virginia
      • Nicholas County
      • This Nile is located in Nicholas County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicholas County community of Nile.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Nile ...

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.

  • Blue Water Beach
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Water Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Water Beach
  • Bogies Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bogies Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogies Beach
  • Crewe
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crewe came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crewe
  • Donnybrook
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Donnybrook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnybrook
  • Kingsbridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsbridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbridge
  • Loyal
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loyal came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal
  • Prosperity
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prosperity came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
  • Saltford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saltford came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltford
  • Sunset Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 312 miles [502.1 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Nile 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 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,868 miles [9,443.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,601 miles [10,623.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,481 miles [7,211.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Nile. 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nile) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nile. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8117, Longitude: -81.6322    
<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 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 Nile 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 Nile 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 310.426 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.069 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.939 degrees.




 

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