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Communities Also Named Orleans ...

We found nineteen communities that share the name Orleans.

Within Ontario, the name Orleans is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Humboldt County
      • This Orleans is located in Humboldt County and lies 2,391 miles [3,847.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Orleans.
    • Florida
      • Citrus County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Citrus County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Citrus County community of Orleans.
    • Georgia
      • Rockdale County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Orleans [Rockdale County].
    • Illinois
      • Morgan County
      • This Orleans is located in Morgan County and lies 838 miles [1,348.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Orleans.
    • Indiana
      • Orange County
      • This Orleans is located in Orange County and lies 730 miles [1,174.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Orleans.
    • Iowa
      • Appanoose County
      • This Orleans is located in Appanoose County and lies 921 miles [1,482.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Appanoose County community of Orleans.
      • Dickinson County
      • This Orleans is located in Dickinson County and lies 972 miles [1,564.3 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickinson County community of Orleans.
    • Maryland
      • Allegany 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 Maryland community of Orleans [Allegany County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Barnstable County
      • This Orleans is located in Barnstable County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barnstable County community of Orleans.
    • Michigan
      • Ionia County
      • This Orleans is located in Ionia County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ionia County community of Orleans.
    • Minnesota
      • Kittson County
      • This Orleans is located in Kittson County and lies 1,029 miles [1,656 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kittson County community of Orleans.
    • Missouri
      • Polk County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Orleans [Polk County].
    • Nebraska
      • Harlan County
      • This Orleans is located in Harlan County and lies 1,262 miles [2,031 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harlan County community of Orleans.
    • New York
      • Ontario County
      • This Orleans is located in Ontario County and lies 192 miles [309 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ontario County community of Orleans.
    • North Carolina
      • Lincoln County
      • This Orleans is located in Lincoln County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Orleans.
    • Ohio
      • Wood County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Wood County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Orleans.
    • Oregon
      • Linn County
      • This Orleans is located in Linn County and lies 2,293 miles [3,690.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Orleans.
    • South Dakota
      • Faulk 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 Dakota community of Orleans [Faulk County].
    • Vermont
      • Orleans County
      • This Orleans is located in Orleans County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans County community of Orleans.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Orleans ...

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.

  • Angers
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Angers came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angers
  • French Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • 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
  • Heron Gate
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Hiawatha Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hiawatha Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha Park
  • Hunt Club Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunt Club Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Club Park
  • Kingsview Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsview Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsview Park
  • Leonard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leonard came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
  • Lower Town
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Town came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Town
  • Manor Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Martins Corners
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martins Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Corners
    • Piperville ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Playfair Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Playfair Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Playfair Park
    • Queenswood Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queenswood Village came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenswood Village
    • Riverview Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverview Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Park
    • Sandy Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Orleans to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,562 miles [8,951.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,290 miles [10,122.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,167 miles [6,706.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Orleans. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Orleans) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Orleans. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4667, Longitude: -75.5167    
<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 Orleans, 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 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 Orleans 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 Orleans 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 306.305 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.704 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.151 degrees.









 

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