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Communities Also Named Wabash ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Wabash.

Within Ontario, the name Wabash is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these seventeen communities, one is located in Canada and the other sixteen communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Phillips County
      • This Wabash is located in Phillips County and lies 735 miles [1,182.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Wabash.
    • California
      • Sierra County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Sierra County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sierra County community of Wabash.
    • Florida
      • Polk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Wabash [Polk County].
    • Illinois
      • Wayne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Wabash [Wayne County].
      • White County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Wabash [White County].
    • Indiana
      • Carroll County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Wabash [Carroll County].
      • Wabash County
      • This Wabash is located in Wabash County and lies 228 miles [366.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wabash County community of Wabash.
    • Kansas
      • Gray County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Wabash [Gray County].
    • Kentucky
      • Hart County
      • This Wabash is located in Hart County and lies 408 miles [656.6 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hart County community of Wabash.
    • Nebraska
      • Cass County
      • This Wabash is located in Cass County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Wabash.
    • Ohio
      • Mercer County
      • This Wabash is located in Mercer County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Wabash.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Wabash [Allegheny County].
    • Quebec
      • This Wabash lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<1> to the northeast.
    • Virginia
      • Giles County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wabash [Giles County].
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Wabash is located in King County and lies 1,959 miles [3,152.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Wabash.
      • Lewis County
      • This Wabash is located in Lewis County and lies 2,004 miles [3,225.1 km] to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Wabash.
    • West Virginia
      • Mineral County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Wabash [Mineral County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wabash ...

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.

  • Beaver Meadow
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Meadow came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
  • Bentpath
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bentpath came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentpath
  • Botany
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Botany came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botany
  • Dawn Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dawn Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawn Valley
  • Edys Mills
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edys Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edys Mills
  • Florence
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Huffs Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Kent Bridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Louiseville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 373 miles [600.3 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Wabash to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 22 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,941 miles [9,561.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,671 miles [10,735.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,549 miles [7,320.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wabash. 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- Wabash) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wabash. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5707, Longitude: -82.0797    
<2>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 Wabash, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Wabash 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.
<4>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.
<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 Wabash 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 310.79 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.291 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.623 degrees.




 

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