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Communities Also Named Westport ...

We found 25 communities that share the name Westport.

Within Ontario, the name Westport is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 25 communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Mendocino County
      • This Westport is located in Mendocino County and lies 2,415 miles [3,886.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mendocino County community of Westport.
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield County
      • This Westport is located in Fairfield County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Westport.
    • Georgia
      • Columbia County
      • This Westport is located in Columbia County and lies 825 miles [1,327.7 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Westport.
    • Illinois
      • Lawrence County
      • This Westport is located in Lawrence County and lies 710 miles [1,142.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Westport.
    • Indiana
      • Decatur County
      • This Westport is located in Decatur County and lies 604 miles [972 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Westport.
      • Porter 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 Indiana community of Westport [Porter County].
    • Kansas
      • Sedgwick 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 Kansas community of Westport [Sedgwick County].
    • Kentucky
      • Oldham County
      • This Westport is located in Oldham County and lies 634 miles [1,020.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oldham County community of Westport.
    • Louisiana
      • Rapides Parish
      • This Westport is located in Rapides Parish and lies 1,297 miles [2,087.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Westport.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore City
      • This Westport is located in Baltimore City and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of Westport.
    • Massachusetts
      • Bristol County
      • This Westport is located in Bristol County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Westport.
    • Minnesota
      • Pope County
      • This Westport is located in Pope County and lies 914 miles [1,470.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pope County community of Westport.
    • Missouri
      • Jackson County
      • This Westport is located in Jackson County and lies 1,009 miles [1,623.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Westport.
    • New Hampshire
      • Cheshire County
      • This Westport is located in Cheshire County and lies 238 miles [383 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheshire County community of Westport.
    • New York
      • Essex County
      • This Westport is located in Essex County and lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Westport.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Westport lies 987 miles [1,588.4 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • North Carolina
      • Lincoln County
      • This Westport is located in Lincoln County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Westport.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Westport lies 495 miles [796.6 km]<1> to the east.
    • Oklahoma
      • Pawnee County
      • This Westport is located in Pawnee County and lies 1,195 miles [1,923.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pawnee County community of Westport.
    • Oregon
      • Clatsop County
      • This Westport is located in Clatsop County and lies 2,246 miles [3,614.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clatsop County community of Westport.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clinton County
      • This Westport is located in Clinton County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Westport.
    • South Dakota
      • Brown County
      • This Westport is located in Brown County and lies 1,074 miles [1,728.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Westport.
    • Tennessee
      • Carroll County
      • This Westport is located in Carroll County and lies 871 miles [1,401.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Westport.
    • Washington
      • Grays Harbor County
      • This Westport is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 2,266 miles [3,646.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Westport.
    • Wisconsin
      • Richland County
      • This Westport is located in Richland County and lies 714 miles [1,149.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Westport.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Westport ...

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.

  • Bobs Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bobs Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobs Lake
  • California
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Crow Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Davis Lock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davis Lock came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Lock
  • Forfar
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forfar came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forfar
  • Freeland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeland
  • Harlem
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harlem came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
  • Jones Falls
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Falls came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Falls
  • Little Brockville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Brockville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Brockville
  • Scotch Line
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotch Line came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Line
  • Scotch Point
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Point
    • Scotch Point has also been known as:
    • Cranworth Post Office
  • Stanleyville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanleyville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanleyville

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Westport to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,629 miles [9,059 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,355 miles [10,227.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,232 miles [6,810.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

The official website for Westport: www.village.westport.on.ca/

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

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- Westport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Westport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6781, Longitude: -76.3966    
<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 Westport 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>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Westport to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.969 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.318 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.967 degrees.




 

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