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Communities Also Named Poplar ...

We found nineteen communities that share the name Poplar.

Within Ontario, the name Poplar is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Tulare County
      • This Poplar is located in Tulare County and lies 2,006 miles [3,228.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulare County community of Poplar.
    • Idaho
      • Bonneville County
      • This Poplar is located in Bonneville County and lies 1,433 miles [2,306.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bonneville County community of Poplar.
    • Iowa
      • Audubon County
      • This Poplar is located in Audubon County and lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Audubon County community of Poplar.
      • Shelby County
      • This Poplar is located in Shelby County and lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Poplar.
    • Kentucky
      • Carter County
      • This Poplar is located in Carter County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Poplar.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Poplar is located in Baltimore County and lies 538 miles [865.8 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Poplar.
    • Minnesota
      • Cass County
      • This Poplar is located in Cass County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Poplar.
    • Montana
      • Dawson 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 Montana community of Poplar [Dawson County].
      • Roosevelt County
      • This Poplar is located in Roosevelt County and lies 1,078 miles [1,734.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roosevelt County community of Poplar.
    • North Carolina
      • Mitchell County
      • This Poplar is located in Mitchell County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mitchell County community of Poplar.
    • Ohio
      • Crawford 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 Ohio community of Poplar [Crawford County].
      • Wyandot County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Wyandot County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyandot County community of Poplar.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia County
      • This Poplar is located in Philadelphia County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Poplar.
    • South Carolina
      • Horry 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 Poplar [Horry County].
    • Tennessee
      • Anderson County
      • This Poplar is located in Anderson County and lies 677 miles [1,089.5 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Poplar.
    • Virginia
      • Caroline County
      • This Poplar is located in Caroline County and lies 595 miles [957.6 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Poplar.
    • West Virginia
      • Logan 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 Poplar [Logan County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Chippewa 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 Poplar [Chippewa County].
      • Douglas County
      • This Poplar is located in Douglas County and lies 448 miles [721 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Poplar.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Poplar ...

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.

  • Advance
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Advance came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
  • Britainville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Britainville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Britainville
  • Burpee
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burpee came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burpee
  • Elizabeth Bay
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabeth Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Bay
  • Foxey
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foxey came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxey
  • Gore Bay
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Ice Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ice Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ice Lake
  • Long Bay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bay
  • Spring Bay
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Bay
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Bay <5>
  • Tobacco Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)

How Far From Poplar to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Poplar to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 328 miles [527.9 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Poplar to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> 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).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,552 miles [10,544.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,439 miles [7,143.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Poplar. 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Poplar) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Poplar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7686, Longitude: -82.4831    
<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 Poplar 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 Poplar, 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 Poplar 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 310.848 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.846 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.612 degrees.




 

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