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Communities Also Named Selby ...

We found six communities that share the name Selby.

Within Ontario, the name Selby is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Contra Costa County
      • This Selby is located in Contra Costa County and lies 2,358 miles [3,794.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Contra Costa County community of Selby.
    • Idaho
      • Camas County
      • This Selby is located in Camas County and lies 1,861 miles [2,995 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camas County community of Selby.
    • Indiana
      • Kosciusko 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 Indiana community of Selby [Kosciusko County].
    • South Dakota
      • Walworth County
      • This Selby is located in Walworth County and lies 1,124 miles [1,808.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walworth County community of Selby.
    • Tennessee
      • Putnam 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 Tennessee community of Selby [Putnam County].
    • Texas
      • McLennan 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 Texas community of Selby [McLennan County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Selby ...

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.

  • Bethany
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
  • Ebenezer
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
  • Erinsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erinsville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erinsville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erinsville <5>
  • Forest Mills
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mills
  • Lens
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lens came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lens
  • Lime Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lime Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Lake
  • Marysville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Mohawk ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mohawk came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
  • Mount Pleasant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Read
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Read

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Selby to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>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 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,667 miles [9,120.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,394 miles [10,290.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,271 miles [6,873.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Selby. 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Selby) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Selby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.3340, Longitude: -77.0191    
<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 Selby 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 Selby, 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 Selby 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 307.407 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.752 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.433 degrees.




 

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