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Communities Also Named Pomona ...

We found 22 communities that share the name Pomona.

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

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 21 communities, one is located in Canada and the other 21 communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Pomona is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,086 miles [3,357.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Pomona.
    • Florida
      • Putnam 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 Pomona [Putnam County].
    • Georgia
      • Spalding County
      • This Pomona is located in Spalding County and lies 778 miles [1,252.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spalding County community of Pomona.
    • Illinois
      • Jackson County
      • This Pomona is located in Jackson County and lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Pomona.
    • Kansas
      • Franklin County
      • This Pomona is located in Franklin County and lies 857 miles [1,379.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Pomona.
    • Maryland
      • Kent County
      • This Pomona is located in Kent County and lies 421 miles [677.5 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Pomona.
    • Michigan
      • Berrien 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 Pomona [Berrien County].
      • Manistee County
      • This Pomona is located in Manistee County and lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manistee County community of Pomona.
    • Missouri
      • Howell County
      • This Pomona is located in Howell County and lies 778 miles [1,252.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howell County community of Pomona.
    • New Jersey
      • Atlantic County
      • This Pomona is located in Atlantic County and lies 453 miles [729 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atlantic County community of Pomona.
    • New York
      • Rockland County
      • This Pomona is located in Rockland County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockland County community of Pomona.
    • North Carolina
      • Guilford County
      • This Pomona is located in Guilford County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guilford County community of Pomona.
    • Tennessee
      • Cumberland County
      • This Pomona is located in Cumberland County and lies 618 miles [994.6 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Pomona.
      • Dickson County
      • This Pomona is located in Dickson County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickson County community of Pomona.
    • Texas
      • Burnet 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 Pomona [Burnet County].
      • Cherokee County
      • This Pomona is located in Cherokee County and lies 1,155 miles [1,858.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Pomona.
    • Virginia
      • Loudoun County
      • This Pomona is located in Loudoun County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loudoun County community of Pomona.
      • Shenandoah 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 Virginia community of Pomona [Shenandoah County].
      • Westmoreland County
      • This Pomona is located in Westmoreland County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km] to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Pomona.
    • Washington
      • Snohomish 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 Washington community of Pomona [Snohomish County].
      • Yakima County
      • This Pomona is located in Yakima County and lies 1,915 miles [3,081.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yakima County community of Pomona.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pomona ...

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.

  • Ceylon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ceylon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
  • Glen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
  • Hopeville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Irish Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irish Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Lake
  • Markdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Priceville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Rock Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
  • Tartan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tartan came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tartan
  • Thistle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thistle

How Far From Pomona to ...

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 Pomona to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Pomona to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>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 15 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 5,812 miles [9,353.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,545 miles [10,533.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,424 miles [7,119.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pomona) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pomona. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2392, Longitude: -80.6506    
<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 Pomona 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 Pomona 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 309.756 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.38 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.28 degrees.




 

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