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Communities Also Named Pearson ...

We found 22 communities that share the name Pearson.

Within Ontario, the name Pearson is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Pearson is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 1,087 miles [1,749.4 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Pearson.
    • Arkansas
      • Cleburne 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 Arkansas community of Pearson [Cleburne County].
      • Union County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Pearson [Union County].
    • California
      • San Joaquin County
      • This Pearson is located in San Joaquin County and lies 2,179 miles [3,506.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Joaquin County community of Pearson.
      • Yuba County
      • This Pearson is located in Yuba County and lies 2,161 miles [3,477.8 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yuba County community of Pearson.
    • Georgia
      • Atkinson County
      • This Pearson is located in Atkinson County and lies 1,141 miles [1,836.3 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atkinson County community of Pearson.
      • Coffee 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 Pearson [Coffee County].
    • Idaho
      • Shoshone County
      • This Pearson is located in Shoshone County and lies 1,671 miles [2,689.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shoshone County community of Pearson.
    • Maryland
      • Saint Mary's County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Pearson [Saint Mary's County].
    • Mississippi
      • Rankin County
      • This Pearson is located in Rankin County and lies 1,198 miles [1,928 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Pearson.
    • New Mexico
      • Roosevelt County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Roosevelt County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roosevelt County community of Pearson.
    • North Carolina
      • Burke 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 North Carolina community of Pearson [Burke County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Pottawatomie County
      • This Pearson is located in Pottawatomie County and lies 1,244 miles [2,002 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawatomie County community of Pearson.
    • South Carolina
      • Marlboro 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 Pearson [Marlboro County].
    • Tennessee
      • Bledsoe County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Pearson [Bledsoe County].
    • Texas
      • Medina County
      • This Pearson is located in Medina County and lies 1,633 miles [2,628.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Pearson.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Pearson is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,659 miles [2,669.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Pearson.
    • Washington
      • Kitsap County
      • This Pearson is located in Kitsap County and lies 1,976 miles [3,180.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kitsap County community of Pearson.
    • West Virginia
      • Randolph 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 West Virginia community of Pearson [Randolph County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Bayfield 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 Wisconsin community of Pearson [Bayfield County].
      • Langlade County
      • This Pearson is located in Langlade County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Langlade County community of Pearson.
    • Wyoming
      • Natrona County
      • This Pearson is located in Natrona County and lies 1,326 miles [2,134 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Natrona County community of Pearson.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pearson ...

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.

  • Button's Corners
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Button's Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Button's Corners
  • Highland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Hillview
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
  • Judge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Judge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge
  • Landing Place
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Landing Place came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landing Place
  • Marshall's Corners
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall's Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall's Corners
  • McCool
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCool came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
  • Tomstown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomstown
  • Uno Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uno Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uno Park

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 239 miles [384.6 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Pearson to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,623 miles [9,049.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,364 miles [10,241.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,252 miles [6,842.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pearson. 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pearson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pearson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.6439, Longitude: -79.5681    
<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 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 Pearson 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>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 Pearson, 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 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 Pearson 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 308.705 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.742 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.253 degrees.




 

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