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Communities Also Named Northfield ...

We found 32 communities that share the name Northfield.

There are two communities within Ontario that are also named Northfield.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 30 communities, seven are located in Canada and 27 are in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Northfield #1
      • This Northfield lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • The profile page for Northfield #2
      • This Northfield lies 459 miles [738.7 km] to the northwest.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Northfield lies 2,279 miles [3,667.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield County
      • This Northfield is located in Fairfield County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Northfield.
      • Litchfield County
      • This Northfield is located in Litchfield County and lies 253 miles [407.2 km] to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Litchfield County community of Northfield.
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • This Northfield is located in Cook County and lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Northfield.
      • Will County
      • This Northfield is located in Will County and lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Northfield.
    • Indiana
      • Boone County
      • This Northfield is located in Boone County and lies 674 miles [1,084.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Northfield.
    • Iowa
      • Des Moines County
      • This Northfield is located in Des Moines County and lies 861 miles [1,385.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Des Moines County community of Northfield.
    • Kansas
      • Cheyenne County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Cheyenne County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheyenne County community of Northfield.
      • Sherman 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 Kansas community of Northfield [Sherman County].
      • Sumner 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 Northfield [Sumner County].
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • This Northfield is located in Jefferson County and lies 725 miles [1,166.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Northfield.
      • Pulaski County
      • This Northfield is located in Pulaski County and lies 749 miles [1,205.4 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Northfield.
    • Maine
      • Washington County
      • This Northfield is located in Washington County and lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Northfield.
    • Massachusetts
      • Franklin County
      • This Northfield is located in Franklin County and lies 207 miles [333.1 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Northfield.
    • Michigan
      • Monroe 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 Michigan community of Northfield [Monroe County].
      • Washtenaw County
      • This Northfield is located in Washtenaw County and lies 478 miles [769.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washtenaw County community of Northfield.
    • Minnesota
      • Rice County
      • This Northfield is located in Rice County and lies 893 miles [1,437.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rice County community of Northfield.
    • New Hampshire
      • Merrimack County
      • This Northfield is located in Merrimack County and lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merrimack County community of Northfield.
    • New Jersey
      • Atlantic County
      • This Northfield is located in Atlantic County and lies 397 miles [638.9 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atlantic County community of Northfield.
      • Essex County
      • This Northfield is located in Essex County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Northfield.
    • New York
      • Delaware County
      • This Northfield is located in Delaware County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Northfield.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Northfield lies 546 miles [878.7 km]<1> to the east.
    • Ohio
      • Summit County
      • This Northfield is located in Summit County and lies 422 miles [679.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Summit County community of Northfield.
    • Quebec
      • This Northfield lies 83 miles [133.6 km]<1> to the northwest.
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • This Northfield is located in Harris County and lies 1,546 miles [2,488 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Northfield.
      • Motley County
      • This Northfield is located in Motley County and lies 1,545 miles [2,486.4 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Motley County community of Northfield.
    • Vermont
      • Washington County
      • This Northfield is located in Washington County and lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Northfield.
    • Virginia
      • Henrico County
      • This Northfield is located in Henrico County and lies 532 miles [856.2 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henrico County community of Northfield.
      • Roanoke City
      • This Northfield is located in Roanoke City and lies 598 miles [962.4 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Northfield.
    • Wisconsin
      • Jackson County
      • This Northfield is located in Jackson County and lies 792 miles [1,274.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Northfield.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Northfield ...

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.

  • Apple Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Cornwall Centre
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Dominionville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dominionville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominionville
  • Dyer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dyer came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
  • Finch
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Finch came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
  • Goldfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goldfield came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfield
  • Gravel Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gravel Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
  • Lakeview Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview Heights came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
  • Maple Grove ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Maple Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
  • Martintown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martintown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martintown
  • Monkland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monkland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkland
  • Moose Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moose Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Creek
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moose Creek <6>
  • Sandtown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandtown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
  • Valleys Corners
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valleys Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleys Corners

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 42 miles [67.6 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Northfield to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<7> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,552 miles [8,935.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,278 miles [10,103.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,155 miles [6,686.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Northfield. 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Northfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Northfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1239, Longitude: -74.9281    
<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 Northfield, 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Northfield 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.
<8>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 Northfield to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.974 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.276 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.022 degrees.




 

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