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Communities Also Named Spence ...

We found nine communities that share the name Spence.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Monterey County
      • This Spence is located in Monterey County and lies 2,240 miles [3,604.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monterey County community of Spence.
    • Colorado
      • Washington County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Washington County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Spence.
    • Georgia
      • Grady County
      • This Spence is located in Grady County and lies 1,033 miles [1,662.5 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grady County community of Spence.
    • Kansas
      • Washington County
      • This Spence is located in Washington County and lies 957 miles [1,540.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Spence.
    • Kentucky
      • Campbell 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 Spence [Campbell County].
    • Maryland
      • Worcester County
      • This Spence is located in Worcester County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Spence.
    • Texas
      • Harris 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 Texas community of Spence [Harris County].
    • Wyoming
      • Big Horn County
      • This Spence is located in Big Horn County and lies 1,383 miles [2,225.7 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Big Horn County community of Spence.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Spence ...

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.

  • Bear Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Lake
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bear Lake <5>
  • Doe Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doe Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Lake
  • Fern Glen
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fern Glen came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Glen
  • Hayford ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hayford came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayford
  • Kennedys
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennedys came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedys
  • Maple Island
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Island
  • Sprucedale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sprucedale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucedale
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sprucedale <5>
  • Strong
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strong came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong
  • Sunny Slope
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunny Slope came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Slope
  • Wiseman's Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wiseman's Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiseman's Corners

How Far From Spence to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Spence to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 190 miles [305.8 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Spence 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 5,715 miles [9,197.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,450 miles [10,380.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,332 miles [6,971.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Spence. 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spence) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Spence. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5786, Longitude: -79.6325    
<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 Spence, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Spence 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'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 Spence 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 308.971 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.708 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.204 degrees.




 

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