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Communities Also Named Rugby ...

We found fifteen communities that share the name Rugby.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Rugby #1
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Rugby.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Las Animas County
      • This Rugby is located in Las Animas County and lies 1,392 miles [2,240.2 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Las Animas County community of Rugby.
    • Illinois
      • Livingston County
      • This Rugby is located in Livingston County and lies 520 miles [836.9 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Rugby.
    • Indiana
      • Bartholomew County
      • This Rugby is located in Bartholomew County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartholomew County community of Rugby.
      • Saint Joseph County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Rugby [Saint Joseph County].
    • New York
      • Kings County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Rugby [Kings County].
    • North Carolina
      • Henderson County
      • This Rugby is located in Henderson County and lies 654 miles [1,052.5 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Rugby.
    • North Dakota
      • Pierce County
      • This Rugby is located in Pierce County and lies 1,006 miles [1,619 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Rugby.
    • Ohio
      • Lorain County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rugby [Lorain County].
    • Tennessee
      • Morgan County
      • This Rugby is located in Morgan County and lies 628 miles [1,010.7 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Rugby.
      • Shelby County
      • This Rugby is located in Shelby County and lies 851 miles [1,369.6 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Rugby.
    • Texas
      • Red River County
      • This Rugby is located in Red River County and lies 1,136 miles [1,828.2 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Red River County community of Rugby.
    • Virginia
      • Albemarle County
      • This Rugby is located in Albemarle County and lies 456 miles [733.9 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albemarle County community of Rugby.
      • Grayson County
      • This Rugby is located in Grayson County and lies 558 miles [898 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Rugby.
      • Roanoke City
      • This Rugby is located in Roanoke City and lies 502 miles [807.9 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of Rugby.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rugby ...

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.

  • Bonnie Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonnie Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Beach
  • Edgar
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
  • Fawn Bay
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Bay
  • Fountain Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Beach
  • Geneva Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Grays Bay
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grays Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Bay
  • Harry's Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harry's Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harry's Corner
  • Joyland Beach
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joyland Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyland Beach
  • Moonstone
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moonstone came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonstone
  • Murphy Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphy Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Beach
  • Sandy Beach
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Shanty Bay
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 194 miles [312.2 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Rugby to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,754 miles [9,260.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,486 miles [10,438.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,365 miles [7,024.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rugby. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rugby 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.
<2>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- Rugby) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rugby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5609, Longitude: -79.5005    
<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 Rugby, 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 Rugby 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 308.981 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.558 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.57 degrees.




 

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