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Communities Also Named Orrville ...

We found ten communities that share the name Orrville.

Within Ontario, the name Orrville is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these ten communities, one is located in Canada and the other nine communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Dallas County
      • This Orrville is located in Dallas County and lies 987 miles [1,588.4 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Orrville.
      • Limestone County
      • This Orrville is located in Limestone County and lies 831 miles [1,337.4 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Orrville.
    • Georgia
      • Jackson 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 Georgia community of Orrville [Jackson County].
    • Indiana
      • Knox County
      • This Orrville is located in Knox County and lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Orrville.
    • Manitoba
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis County
      • This Orrville is located in Saint Louis County and lies 725 miles [1,166.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Orrville.
    • Ohio
      • Wayne County
      • This Orrville is located in Wayne County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Orrville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Orrville [Allegheny County].
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson 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 Orrville [Anderson County].
    • Texas
      • Marion 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 Orrville [Marion County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Orrville ...

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.

  • Badgers Corners
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Bear Cave
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Cave came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Cave
  • Bear Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Lake
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bear Lake <4>
  • Gordon Bay
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordon Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Bay
  • Horseshoe Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Otter Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otter Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Lake
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otter Lake <4>
  • Stanley House
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley House came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley House
  • Swords
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swords
  • Turtle Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turtle Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 197 miles [317 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Orrville to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,729 miles [9,219.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,464 miles [10,402.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,345 miles [6,992.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Orrville. 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Orrville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Orrville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3833, Longitude: -79.7833    
<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 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 Orrville 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Orrville 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 309.09 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.81 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.366 degrees.




 

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