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Communities Also Named Orient ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Orient.

Within Ontario, the name Orient is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Saguache 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 Colorado community of Orient [Saguache County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough 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 Florida community of Orient [Hillsborough County].
    • Illinois
      • Franklin County
      • This Orient is located in Franklin County and lies 882 miles [1,419.4 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Orient.
    • Iowa
      • Adair County
      • This Orient is located in Adair County and lies 1,007 miles [1,620.6 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adair County community of Orient.
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • This Orient is located in Aroostook County and lies 354 miles [569.7 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Orient.
    • Michigan
      • Osceola 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 Michigan community of Orient [Osceola County].
    • New York
      • Suffolk County
      • This Orient is located in Suffolk County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Orient.
    • Ohio
      • Pickaway County
      • This Orient is located in Pickaway County and lies 565 miles [909.3 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pickaway County community of Orient.
    • Oregon
      • Multnomah County
      • This Orient is located in Multnomah County and lies 2,248 miles [3,617.8 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Multnomah County community of Orient.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fayette County
      • This Orient is located in Fayette County and lies 452 miles [727.4 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Orient.
    • South Dakota
      • Faulk County
      • This Orient is located in Faulk County and lies 1,159 miles [1,865.2 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faulk County community of Orient.
    • Texas
      • Nolan County
      • This Orient is located in Nolan County and lies 1,614 miles [2,597.5 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nolan County community of Orient.
      • Stonewall County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Stonewall County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stonewall County community of Orient.
      • Tom Green County
      • This Orient is located in Tom Green County and lies 1,650 miles [2,655.4 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tom Green County community of Orient.
      • Wichita 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 Texas community of Orient [Wichita County].
    • Washington
      • Ferry County
      • This Orient is located in Ferry County and lies 2,003 miles [3,223.5 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ferry County community of Orient.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Orient ...

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.

  • Centrefield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centrefield came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centrefield
  • Clarence
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarence came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
  • French Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Hill
  • Glenburn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenburn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenburn
  • Jessups Falls
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jessups Falls came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessups Falls
  • Rockdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
  • Rockland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockland <5>
  • Silver Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
  • Treadwell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Treadwell came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treadwell

How Far From Orient to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Orient to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Orient to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,545 miles [8,923.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,273 miles [10,095.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,151 miles [6,680.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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 Orient 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Orient) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Orient. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5453, Longitude: -75.1842    
<3>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 Orient, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Orient 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 306.08 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.465 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.944 degrees.




 

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