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Welcome to Star ...

Although we found mention of Star during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Star was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Star to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Star, please Contact Us.




Time Zone: The area where we believe that Star might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: EST- Heure Normale de l'Est (HNE), EDT- Heure Avancée de l'Est (HAE).

Communities Also Named Star ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 29 communities that are also named Star - they are located in Alabama, Alberta, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (3), Louisiana (3), Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma (2), Tennessee, Texas (2), Virginia, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Star.

Communities near Star ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Star.

  • Brampton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brampton came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brampton
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brampton <3>
  • Halton Hills
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • New Tecumseth
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Orangeville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Erin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mono
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mono came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mono <3>
  • Shelburne
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Caledon East
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caledon East came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledon East
  • Kilmanagh
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • McLeodville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McLeodville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLeodville

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Star ...

Looking for more information about Star? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Star, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Star.

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. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Star and then turned east". While Star could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Star as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

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 Star 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>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.









 

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