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Communities Also Named Shamrock ...

We found 31 communities that share the name Shamrock.

Within Ontario, the name Shamrock is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 31 communities, three are located in Canada and 29 are in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Calhoun 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 Arkansas community of Shamrock [Calhoun County].
    • California
      • Imperial 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 California community of Shamrock [Imperial County].
    • Colorado
      • Adams County
      • This Shamrock is located in Adams County and lies 1,414 miles [2,275.6 km]<3> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Shamrock.
    • Florida
      • Dixie County
      • This Shamrock is located in Dixie County and lies 1,139 miles [1,833 km]<3> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dixie County community of Shamrock.
    • Georgia
      • Candler County
      • This Shamrock is located in Candler County and lies 939 miles [1,511.2 km]<3> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Candler County community of Shamrock.
    • Illinois
      • Jasper County
      • This Shamrock is located in Jasper County and lies 732 miles [1,178 km]<3> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Shamrock.
      • McLean County
      • This Shamrock is located in McLean County and lies 698 miles [1,123.3 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Shamrock.
    • Kansas
      • Seward 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 Kansas community of Shamrock [Seward County].
    • Kentucky
      • Webster 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 Kentucky community of Shamrock [Webster County].
    • Louisiana
      • Natchitoches Parish
      • This Shamrock is located in Natchitoches Parish and lies 1,293 miles [2,080.9 km]<3> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Natchitoches Parish community of Shamrock.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Shamrock is located in Harford County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<3> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Shamrock.
    • Missouri
      • Callaway County
      • This Shamrock is located in Callaway County and lies 876 miles [1,409.8 km]<3> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Callaway County community of Shamrock.
    • Nebraska
      • Holt 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 Nebraska community of Shamrock [Holt County].
    • Nevada
      • Nye 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 Nevada community of Shamrock [Nye County].
    • New York
      • Onondaga County
      • This Shamrock is located in Onondaga County and lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<3> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Shamrock.
    • North Carolina
      • Mecklenburg 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 North Carolina community of Shamrock [Mecklenburg County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Creek County
      • This Shamrock is located in Creek County and lies 1,218 miles [1,960.2 km]<3> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Creek County community of Shamrock.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Berks 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 Pennsylvania community of Shamrock [Berks County].
      • Fayette County
      • This Shamrock is located in Fayette County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<3> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Shamrock.
      • Greene County
      • This Shamrock is located in Greene County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Shamrock.
      • Northumberland County
      • This Shamrock is located in Northumberland County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northumberland County community of Shamrock.
      • Somerset County
      • This Shamrock is located in Somerset County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Shamrock.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • 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 Prince Edward Island community of Shamrock.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Shamrock lies 1,410 miles [2,269.2 km]<3> to the west northwest.
    • Texas
      • Dallas County
      • This Shamrock is located in Dallas County and lies 1,384 miles [2,227.3 km]<3> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Shamrock.
      • Wheeler County
      • This Shamrock is located in Wheeler County and lies 1,410 miles [2,269.2 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wheeler County community of Shamrock.
    • Utah
      • Weber County
      • This Shamrock is located in Weber County and lies 1,778 miles [2,861.4 km]<3> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Shamrock.
    • Virginia
      • Grayson 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 Virginia community of Shamrock [Grayson County].
      • Salem City
      • This Shamrock is located in Salem City and lies 584 miles [939.9 km]<3> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem City community of Shamrock.
    • West Virginia
      • Logan County
      • This Shamrock is located in Logan County and lies 585 miles [941.5 km]<3> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Shamrock.
    • Wisconsin
      • Jackson County
      • This Shamrock is located in Jackson County and lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km]<3> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Shamrock.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shamrock ...

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.

  • Black Donald
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Donald came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Donald
  • Constant Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Constant Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constant Creek
  • Cotieville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotieville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotieville
  • Fourth Chute
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fourth Chute came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourth Chute
  • Martins Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martins Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Corner
  • Oakgrove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakgrove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakgrove
  • Rosebank
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebank
  • Scotch Bush
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Springtown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springtown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
  • Spruce Hedge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spruce Hedge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Hedge

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 55 miles [88.5 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Shamrock to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,616 miles [9,038.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,346 miles [10,212.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,225 miles [6,799.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Shamrock. 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 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 Shamrock 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>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 Shamrock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Shamrock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shamrock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3911, Longitude: -76.8450    
<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 Shamrock 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 307.172 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.662 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.86 degrees.




 

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