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Communities Also Named Quinn ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Quinn.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Union County
      • This Quinn is located in Union County and lies 831 miles [1,337.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Quinn.
    • Georgia
      • Jeff Davis County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Quinn [Jeff Davis County].
    • Kentucky
      • Caldwell County
      • This Quinn is located in Caldwell County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Quinn.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Quinn is located in Baltimore County and lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Quinn.
    • Michigan
      • Houghton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Quinn [Houghton County].
      • Macomb County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Quinn [Macomb County].
    • Mississippi
      • Jackson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Quinn [Jackson County].
    • Missouri
      • Lawrence County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Quinn [Lawrence County].
      • Putnam County
      • This Quinn is located in Putnam County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Quinn.
    • Montana
      • Silver Bow County
      • This Quinn is located in Silver Bow County and lies 1,518 miles [2,443 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Silver Bow County community of Quinn.
    • Oregon
      • Columbia County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Quinn [Columbia County].
    • South Dakota
      • Pennington County
      • This Quinn is located in Pennington County and lies 1,000 miles [1,609.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pennington County community of Quinn.
    • Texas
      • Jasper County
      • This Quinn is located in Jasper County and lies 1,041 miles [1,675.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Quinn.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Quinn ...

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.

  • Deerbrook
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deerbrook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
  • Elmdale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmdale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
  • Haycroft
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haycroft came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haycroft
  • Holiday Harbour
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Harbour
  • Merlin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Mitchell's Bay
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mitchell's Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell's Bay
  • Oriole Parkway
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oriole Parkway came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole Parkway
  • Pain Court
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Prairie Siding
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Siding came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Siding
  • Staples
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Staples came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staples
  • Windfall
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Windfall came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 399 miles [642.1 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Quinn to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,968 miles [9,604.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,698 miles [10,779.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,576 miles [7,364.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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- Quinn) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Quinn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2211, Longitude: -82.3858    
<2>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 Quinn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Quinn 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.
<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 Quinn 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 311.004 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.481 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.897 degrees.




 

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