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Communities Also Named Snider ...

We found seven communities that share the name Snider.

Within Ontario, the name Snider is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Gilmer County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Snider [Gilmer County].
    • Illinois
      • Vermilion County
      • This Snider is located in Vermilion County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermilion County community of Snider.
    • Kentucky
      • Rockcastle 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 Kentucky community of Snider [Rockcastle County].
    • Montana
      • Sanders County
      • This Snider is located in Sanders County and lies 1,723 miles [2,772.9 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sanders County community of Snider.
    • Tennessee
      • Carroll County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Snider [Carroll County].
      • Stewart County
      • This Snider is located in Stewart County and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stewart County community of Snider.
    • West Virginia
      • Preston County
      • This Snider is located in Preston County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Preston County community of Snider.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Snider ...

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.

  • Birchwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birchwood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood
  • Clearview
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Erin Mills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erin Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Mills
  • Erindale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erindale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erindale
  • Kent Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kent Gardens came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Gardens
  • Meadow Wood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Wood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Wood
  • Park Royal
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Royal came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Royal
  • Riverview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Streetsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Streetsville Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Streetsville Junction came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Streetsville Junction
  • Vista Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 237 miles [381.4 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Snider to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,807 miles [9,345.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,536 miles [10,518.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,414 miles [7,103.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Snider, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Snider) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Snider. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5222, Longitude: -79.7153    
<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 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 Snider 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 Snider 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 309.209 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.651 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.106 degrees.




 

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