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Communities Also Named Potter ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Potter.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Dallas County
      • This Potter is located in Dallas County and lies 1,180 miles [1,899 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Potter.
    • Alaska
      • 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 Alaska community of Potter.
    • Arkansas
      • Polk County
      • This Potter is located in Polk County and lies 1,204 miles [1,937.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Potter.
    • British Columbia
      • This Potter lies 1,769 miles [2,846.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • California
      • Modoc 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 California community of Potter [Modoc County].
    • Georgia
      • Echols County
      • This Potter is located in Echols County and lies 1,262 miles [2,031 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Echols County community of Potter.
    • Iowa
      • Tama County
      • This Potter is located in Tama County and lies 744 miles [1,197.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tama County community of Potter.
    • Kansas
      • Atchison County
      • This Potter is located in Atchison County and lies 959 miles [1,543.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atchison County community of Potter.
    • Nebraska
      • Cheyenne County
      • This Potter is located in Cheyenne County and lies 1,210 miles [1,947.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheyenne County community of Potter.
    • New York
      • Yates County
      • This Potter is located in Yates County and lies 460 miles [740.3 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yates County community of Potter.
    • Ohio
      • Delaware County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Delaware County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Potter.
      • Fayette County
      • This community is historic and although located in Fayette County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Potter.
      • Wood County
      • This community is historic and although located in Wood County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Potter.
    • Oklahoma
      • Ottawa County
      • This Potter is located in Ottawa County and lies 1,082 miles [1,741.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Potter.
    • Oregon
      • Linn County
      • This Potter is located in Linn County and lies 2,002 miles [3,221.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Potter.
    • South Dakota
      • Potter 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 Dakota community of Potter [Potter County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Calumet County
      • This Potter is located in Calumet County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calumet County community of Potter.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Potter ...

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.

  • Drinkwater
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drinkwater came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drinkwater
  • Fielding
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fielding came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fielding
  • Florida
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
  • Frederick
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frederick came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederick
  • Frederickhouse
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frederickhouse came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederickhouse
  • Nellie Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nellie Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellie Lake
  • Twin Falls
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Falls came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Falls
  • Welsh
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Welsh came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welsh
  • Wings
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wings came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wings

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 338 miles [544 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Potter to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>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 20 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,615 miles [9,036.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,362 miles [10,238.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,257 miles [6,851 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Potter. 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Potter) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Potter. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.8667, Longitude: -80.8500    
<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 Potter 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 Potter, 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 Potter 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 309.436 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.755 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.404 degrees.




 

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