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Communities Also Named Steelton ...

We found nine communities that share the name Steelton.

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

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 ...
    • Illinois
      • Vermilion County
      • This Steelton is located in Vermilion County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermilion County community of Steelton.
      • Whiteside 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 Illinois community of Steelton [Whiteside County].
    • Kentucky
      • Daviess 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 Kentucky community of Steelton [Daviess County].
    • Minnesota
      • Saint Louis County
      • This Steelton is located in Saint Louis County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Steelton.
    • New York
      • Erie 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 New York community of Steelton [Erie County].
    • Ohio
      • Franklin County
      • This Steelton is located in Franklin County and lies 461 miles [741.9 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Steelton.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Dauphin County
      • This Steelton is located in Dauphin County and lies 574 miles [923.8 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Steelton.
    • West Virginia
      • Wetzel County
      • This Steelton is located in Wetzel County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wetzel County community of Steelton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Steelton ...

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.

  • Churchville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Churchville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
    • Churchville is located in Chippewa County (MI)
  • French Bay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Garden River
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Gardenville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenville
    • Gardenville is located in Chippewa County (MI)
  • Island Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Meadow Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Park
  • Payment
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payment
    • Payment is located in Chippewa County (MI)
  • Red Rock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
  • Rosedale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosedale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
    • Rosedale is located in Chippewa County (MI)
  • Shallows
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shallows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shallows
    • Shallows is located in Chippewa County (MI)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 421 miles [677.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Steelton to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 24 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,844 miles [9,405 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,589 miles [10,604 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,481 miles [7,211.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Steelton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Steelton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5267, Longitude: -84.3436    
<2>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 Steelton 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.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Steelton 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 312.05 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.314 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.308 degrees.




 

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