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Communities Also Named Trowbridge ...

We found seven communities that share the name Trowbridge.

Within Ontario, the name Trowbridge is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Sutter County
      • This Trowbridge is located in Sutter County and lies 2,105 miles [3,387.7 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sutter County community of Trowbridge.
    • Illinois
      • Shelby County
      • This Trowbridge is located in Shelby County and lies 492 miles [791.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Trowbridge.
    • Michigan
      • Cheboygan County
      • This Trowbridge is located in Cheboygan County and lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheboygan County community of Trowbridge.
      • Ingham 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 Michigan community of Trowbridge [Ingham County].
    • Ohio
      • Ottawa County
      • This Trowbridge is located in Ottawa County and lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Trowbridge.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Tioga County
      • This Trowbridge is located in Tioga County and lies 238 miles [383 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Trowbridge.
    • West Virginia
      • Preston County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Trowbridge [Preston County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Trowbridge ...

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.

  • Bluevale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluevale
  • Burns
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Burns. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
  • Carthage
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carthage came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
  • Donegal
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donegal
  • Dorking
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorking
  • Ethel
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
  • Ethel Siding ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Fernbank
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbank
  • Gotham
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gotham came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotham
  • Manley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manley
  • Silver Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Slabtown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown

How Far From Trowbridge to ...

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 286 miles [460.3 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Trowbridge to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>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 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,849 miles [9,413.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,580 miles [10,589.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,460 miles [7,177.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Trowbridge. 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Trowbridge) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Trowbridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7317, Longitude: -81.0269    
<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 Trowbridge 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>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 Trowbridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>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 Trowbridge 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 310.039 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.62 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.669 degrees.




 

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