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Communities Also Named Thornhill ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Thornhill.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Thornhill #1
      • This Thornhill lies less than 2 miles<1> to the south southeast.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Greene County
      • This Thornhill is located in Greene County and lies 894 miles [1,438.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Thornhill.
      • Jefferson County
      • This Thornhill is located in Jefferson County and lies 818 miles [1,316.4 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Thornhill.
      • Marion County
      • This Thornhill is located in Marion County and lies 799 miles [1,285.9 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Thornhill.
      • Talladega County
      • This Thornhill is located in Talladega County and lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Thornhill.
    • British Columbia
      • This Thornhill lies 2,284 miles [3,675.7 km]<1> to the northwest.
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • This Thornhill is located in Jefferson County and lies 499 miles [803.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Thornhill.
    • Manitoba
      • This Thornhill lies 964 miles [1,551.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Thornhill.
    • Ohio
      • Carroll County
      • This Thornhill is located in Carroll County and lies 247 miles [397.5 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Thornhill.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Thornhill [Allegheny County].
    • Virginia
      • Orange County
      • This Thornhill is located in Orange County and lies 398 miles [640.5 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Thornhill.
    • West Virginia
      • Mercer 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 West Virginia community of Thornhill [Mercer County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Thornhill ...

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.

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 214 miles [344.4 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Thornhill 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 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,783 miles [9,306.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,512 miles [10,480 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,390 miles [7,065 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Thornhill. 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Thornhill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Thornhill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8143, Longitude: -79.4240    
<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 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 Thornhill 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>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.
<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>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 Thornhill 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 308.998 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.459 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.843 degrees.




 

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