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Communities Also Named Paisley ...

We found ten communities that share the name Paisley.

There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Paisley.

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Lake County
      • This Paisley is located in Lake County and lies 1,057 miles [1,701.1 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Paisley.
    • Indiana
      • Lake 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 Indiana community of Paisley [Lake County].
    • Kentucky
      • Wayne 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 Kentucky community of Paisley [Wayne County].
    • Michigan
      • Alpena 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 Michigan community of Paisley [Alpena County].
    • Montana
      • Valley County
      • This Paisley is located in Valley County and lies 1,238 miles [1,992.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Valley County community of Paisley.
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington 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 New Jersey community of Paisley [Burlington County].
    • Oregon
      • Lake County
      • This Paisley is located in Lake County and lies 1,951 miles [3,139.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Paisley.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Greene County
      • This Paisley is located in Greene County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Paisley.
      • Tioga County
      • This Paisley is located in Tioga County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Paisley.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Paisley ...

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.

  • Eden Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Ellengowan
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellengowan came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellengowan
  • Lake Rosalind
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Louise
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louise came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
  • Malcolm
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malcolm came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
  • Maple Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Hope
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Otter Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Peabody
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peabody came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
  • Pearl Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Lake
  • Riversdale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riversdale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riversdale
  • Scone
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scone came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scone
  • Slade
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slade came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slade

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 283 miles [455.4 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Paisley to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,832 miles [9,385.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,566 miles [10,567 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,447 miles [7,156.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Paisley. 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Paisley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Paisley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3063, Longitude: -81.2730    
<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 Paisley 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 Paisley 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 310.157 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.842 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.566 degrees.




 

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