We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Plainville.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Connecticut
Hartford County
This Plainville is located in Hartford County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km]<2> to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Plainville.
Georgia
Gordon County
This Plainville is located in Gordon County and lies 760 miles [1,223.1 km]<2> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gordon County community of Plainville.
Illinois
Adams County
This Plainville is located in Adams County and lies 727 miles [1,170 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Plainville.
Indiana
Davies's County
This Plainville is located in Davies's County and lies 588 miles [946.3 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davies's County community of Plainville.
Kansas
Rooks County
This Plainville is located in Rooks County and lies 1,134 miles [1,825 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rooks County community of Plainville.
Massachusetts
Bristol County
This Plainville is located in Bristol County and lies 403 miles [648.6 km]<2> to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Plainville.
Hampden 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 Massachusetts community of Plainville [Hampden County].
Hampshire County
This Plainville is located in Hampshire County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km] to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampshire County community of Plainville.
Norfolk County
This Plainville is located in Norfolk County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km] to the east southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Plainville.
New Jersey
Gloucester County
This Plainville is located in Gloucester County and lies 351 miles [564.9 km]<2> to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Plainville.
Somerset County
This Plainville is located in Somerset County and lies 308 miles [495.7 km] to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Plainville.
New York
Onondaga County
This Plainville is located in Onondaga County and lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<2> to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Plainville.
Ohio
Hamilton County
This Plainville is located in Hamilton County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Plainville.
Pennsylvania
Lebanon County
This Plainville is located in Lebanon County and lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<2> to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lebanon County community of Plainville.
Rhode Island
Providence County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Plainville [Providence County].
Wisconsin
Adams County
This Plainville is located in Adams County and lies 576 miles [927 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Plainville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Plainville ...
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.
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 Plainville to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Plainville and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 154 miles [247.8 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Plainville to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,725 miles [9,213.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,453 miles [10,385.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,330 miles [6,968.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Plainville 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.
<2>
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- Plainville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Plainville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0902, Longitude: -78.2226
<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 Plainville, 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>
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.
<7>
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 Plainville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.202 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.607 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.134 degrees.