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Communities Also Named Poole ...

We found ten communities that share the name Poole.

Within Ontario, the name Poole is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Webster County
      • This Poole is located in Webster County and lies 537 miles [864.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Poole.
    • Louisiana
      • Bossier Parish
      • This Poole is located in Bossier Parish and lies 1,032 miles [1,660.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bossier Parish community of Poole.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Poole is located in Harford County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Poole.
    • Nebraska
      • Buffalo County
      • This Poole is located in Buffalo County and lies 937 miles [1,508 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buffalo County community of Poole.
    • Oklahoma
      • Oklahoma County
      • This Poole is located in Oklahoma County and lies 1,022 miles [1,644.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma County community of Poole.
    • Texas
      • El Paso County
      • This Poole is located in El Paso County and lies 1,602 miles [2,578.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Paso County community of Poole.
      • Galveston County
      • This Poole is located in Galveston County and lies 1,245 miles [2,003.6 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Galveston County community of Poole.
      • Rains County
      • This Poole is located in Rains County and lies 1,079 miles [1,736.5 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rains County community of Poole.
    • Virginia
      • Brunswick 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 Poole [Brunswick County].
      • Dinwiddie 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 Virginia community of Poole [Dinwiddie County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Poole ...

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.

  • Burns
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Burns. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
  • Crosshill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crosshill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosshill
  • Donegal
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donegal
  • Fernbank
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbank
  • Gads Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gads Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gads Hill
  • Gads Hill Station
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gads Hill Station came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gads Hill Station
  • Kingwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingwood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingwood
  • Lisbon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lisbon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
  • Mennonite Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Topping
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topping
  • Wartburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartburg

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Poole 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 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,854 miles [9,421.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,585 miles [10,597.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,464 miles [7,184.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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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 from Point A (ie- Poole) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Poole. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5233, Longitude: -80.9204    
<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 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 Poole 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Poole 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 309.984 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.526 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.698 degrees.




 

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