We found eleven communities that share the name Palermo.
Within Ontario, the name Palermo is unique.
Beyond Ontario, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Butte County
This Palermo is located in Butte County and lies 2,156 miles [3,469.7 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butte County community of Palermo.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Palermo is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,079 miles [1,736.5 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Palermo.
Saint Johns 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 Florida community of Palermo [Saint Johns County].
Illinois
Edgar County
This Palermo is located in Edgar County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edgar County community of Palermo.
Kansas
Doniphan County
This Palermo is located in Doniphan County and lies 824 miles [1,326.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Doniphan County community of Palermo.
Maine
Waldo County
This Palermo is located in Waldo County and lies 516 miles [830.4 km]<1> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waldo County community of Palermo.
New Jersey
Cape May County
This Palermo is located in Cape May County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape May County community of Palermo.
New York
Oswego County
This Palermo is located in Oswego County and lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<1> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oswego County community of Palermo.
North Dakota
Mountrail County
This Palermo is located in Mountrail County and lies 1,126 miles [1,812.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mountrail County community of Palermo.
Ohio
Carroll County
This Palermo is located in Carroll County and lies 215 miles [346 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Palermo.
West Virginia
Lincoln County
This Palermo is located in Lincoln County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Palermo.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Palermo ...
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.
Ash (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ash came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Palermo to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Palermo and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 243 miles [391.1 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Palermo to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,813 miles [9,355.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,542 miles [10,528.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,420 miles [7,113.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
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- Palermo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Palermo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4353, Longitude: -79.7764
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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 Palermo 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.
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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.
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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.
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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 Palermo to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.255 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.689 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.171 degrees.