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Communities Also Named Taunton ...

We found six communities that share the name Taunton.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Taunton #1
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Taunton.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Massachusetts
      • Bristol County
      • This Taunton is located in Bristol County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Taunton.
    • Minnesota
      • Lyon County
      • This Taunton is located in Lyon County and lies 851 miles [1,369.6 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Taunton.
    • Missouri
      • Randolph County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Randolph County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Taunton.
    • New York
      • Onondaga County
      • This Taunton is located in Onondaga County and lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Taunton.
    • Washington
      • Adams County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Taunton [Adams County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Taunton ...

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.

  • Ajax
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Columbus
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbus came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
  • Coronation Gardens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coronation Gardens came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronation Gardens
  • Greenwood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Harmony
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Kirby
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kirby came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
  • Maple Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Maple Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
  • Mitchells Corners
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mitchells Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Corners
  • Prince Albert
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prince Albert came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Albert
  • Prospect
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
  • Purple Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 184 miles [296.1 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Taunton to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<7>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<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,755 miles [9,261.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,483 miles [10,433.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,361 miles [7,018.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<11>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Taunton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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 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 Taunton 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>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- Taunton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Taunton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9436, Longitude: -78.8292    
<3>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 Taunton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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.
<7>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.
<8>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 Taunton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.604 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.036 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.496 degrees.




 

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