We found eighteen communities that share the name Southwood.
There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Southwood.
Beyond Ontario, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these seventeen communities, one is located in Canada and the other seventeen communities are located in the United States.
This Southwood is located in Jefferson County and lies 879 miles [1,414.6 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Southwood.
Tuscaloosa County
This Southwood is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Southwood.
California
San Mateo 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 California community of Southwood [San Mateo County].
Colorado
Arapahoe 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 Colorado community of Southwood [Arapahoe County].
Delaware
New Castle County
This Southwood is located in New Castle County and lies 402 miles [647 km]<1> to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Southwood.
Florida
Orange 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 Florida community of Southwood [Orange County].
Indiana
LaPorte 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 Southwood [LaPorte County].
Vigo County
This Southwood is located in Vigo County and lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vigo County community of Southwood.
Louisiana
Ascension Parish
This Southwood is located in Ascension Parish and lies 1,192 miles [1,918.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ascension Parish community of Southwood.
Iberville Parish
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 Louisiana community of Southwood [Iberville Parish].
Maryland
Carroll County
This Southwood is located in Carroll County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<1> to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Southwood.
New York
Onondaga County
This Southwood is located in Onondaga County and lies 214 miles [344.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Southwood.
North Carolina
Lenoir County
This Southwood is located in Lenoir County and lies 677 miles [1,089.5 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenoir County community of Southwood.
South Carolina
Aiken County
This Southwood is located in Aiken County and lies 795 miles [1,279.4 km]<1> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Southwood.
Utah
Davis County
This Southwood is located in Davis County and lies 1,652 miles [2,658.6 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Southwood.
Salt Lake County
This Southwood is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,655 miles [2,663.5 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Southwood.
Virginia
Fairfax County
This Southwood is located in Fairfax County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km]<1> to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Southwood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Southwood ...
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.
Big Chute (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Chute came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
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 Southwood to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Southwood and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 188 miles [302.6 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Southwood to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,739 miles [9,236 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,472 miles [10,415.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,352 miles [7,003.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Footnotes ...
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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- Southwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Southwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9069, Longitude: -79.5036
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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 Southwood 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.
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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.
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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.
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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 Southwood to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.952 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.58 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.426 degrees.