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Communities Also Named Rockingham ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Rockingham.

Within Ontario, the name Rockingham is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Bacon County
      • This Rockingham is located in Bacon County and lies 992 miles [1,596.5 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bacon County community of Rockingham.
    • Iowa
      • Scott 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 Iowa community of Rockingham [Scott County].
    • Kansas
      • Pottawatomie 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 Kansas community of Rockingham [Pottawatomie County].
    • Missouri
      • Ray County
      • This Rockingham is located in Ray County and lies 928 miles [1,493.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ray County community of Rockingham.
    • New Hampshire
      • Rockingham County
      • This Rockingham is located in Rockingham County and lies 362 miles [582.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Rockingham.
    • New Jersey
      • Middlesex County
      • This Rockingham is located in Middlesex County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Rockingham.
    • North Carolina
      • Richmond County
      • This Rockingham is located in Richmond County and lies 732 miles [1,178 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Rockingham.
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Rockingham.
    • Ohio
      • Tuscarawas County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Tuscarawas County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Rockingham.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Somerset 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 Pennsylvania community of Rockingham [Somerset County].
    • Vermont
      • Windham County
      • This Rockingham is located in Windham County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windham County community of Rockingham.
    • Virginia
      • Rockingham 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 Virginia community of Rockingham [Rockingham County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rockingham ...

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.

  • German Settlement
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for German Settlement came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Settlement
  • Guiney
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guiney came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guiney
  • Halfway
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halfway came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
  • Harriets Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harriets Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriets Corners
  • Jewellville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jewellville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewellville
  • Lost Nation
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Mayhews Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayhews Landing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhews Landing
  • Round Lake Centre
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Lake Centre came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Lake Centre

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 86 miles [138.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Rockingham to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,640 miles [9,076.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,371 miles [10,253.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,250 miles [6,839.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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- Rockingham) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rockingham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4047, Longitude: -77.4767    
<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 Rockingham, 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 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 Rockingham 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 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 Rockingham 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 307.58 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.121 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.175 degrees.




 

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