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Communities Also Named Urbandale ...
We found six communities that are also named Urbandale.
Within Ontario, the name Urbandale is unique.
Beyond Ontario, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Alexander County
- This Urbandale is located in Alexander County and lies 907 miles [1,459.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alexander County community of Urbandale.
- Iowa
- Polk County
- This Urbandale is located in Polk County and lies 942 miles [1,516 km]<1> to the west.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Urbandale.
- Michigan
- Calhoun County
- This Urbandale is located in Calhoun County and lies 522 miles [840.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Urbandale.
- 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 Urbandale [Ingham County].
- Kent County
- This Urbandale is located in Kent County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km] to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Urbandale.
- Missouri
- Randolph County
- This Urbandale is located in Randolph County and lies 949 miles [1,527.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Urbandale.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Urbandale ...
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.
- Blossom Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Centretown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elizabeth Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Heron Gate
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Heron Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hogs Back
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hunt Club
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hunt Club Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kingsview Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lower Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Manor Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Playfair Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Riverside Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sandy Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Urbandale 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 Urbandale to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Urbandale and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is just to the west northwest (WNW).
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,569 miles [8,962.4 km]<1> and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,297 miles [10,134 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,174 miles [6,717.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Urbandale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Urbandale 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 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 Urbandale to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Urbandale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3914, Longitude: -75.6247 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.385 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.78 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.242 degrees. |
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