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Communities Also Named Strasburg ...

We found nine communities that share the name Strasburg.

Within Ontario, the name Strasburg is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Adams County
      • This Strasburg is located in Adams County and lies 1,254 miles [2,018.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Strasburg.
    • Illinois
      • Shelby County
      • This Strasburg is located in Shelby County and lies 506 miles [814.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Strasburg.
    • Michigan
      • Monroe County
      • This Strasburg is located in Monroe County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Strasburg.
    • Missouri
      • Cass County
      • This Strasburg is located in Cass County and lies 780 miles [1,255.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Strasburg.
    • North Dakota
      • Emmons County
      • This Strasburg is located in Emmons County and lies 981 miles [1,578.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Emmons County community of Strasburg.
    • Ohio
      • Tuscarawas County
      • This Strasburg is located in Tuscarawas County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscarawas County community of Strasburg.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster County
      • This Strasburg is located in Lancaster County and lies 322 miles [518.2 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Strasburg.
    • Virginia
      • Shenandoah County
      • This Strasburg is located in Shenandoah County and lies 323 miles [519.8 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shenandoah County community of Strasburg.
    • Wisconsin
      • Langlade 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 Wisconsin community of Strasburg [Langlade County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Strasburg ...

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.

  • Blair
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blair came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
  • Fisher Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Freeport
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeport came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
  • German Mills ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for German Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Mills
    • Former names for German Mills:
    • Bleam's Mills
    • Edinburgh
    • Hopewell Mills
    • Jewsburg
  • Greenfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Lakeshore Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeshore Village came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore Village
  • Maple Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Rockway
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockway came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockway
  • Roseville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Stanley Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley Park came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Park

How Far From Strasburg to ...

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 273 miles [439.4 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Strasburg to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,842 miles [9,401.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,571 miles [10,575 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,449 miles [7,160 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- Strasburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Strasburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3969, Longitude: -80.4586    
<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 Strasburg 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>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.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Strasburg 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 309.696 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.181 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.52 degrees.




 

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