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Communities Also Named Whites ...

We found 22 communities that share the name Whites.

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

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 21 communities, .

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • White County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Whites [White County].
    • Kentucky
      • Madison County
      • This Whites is located in Madison County and lies 387 miles [622.8 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Whites.
    • Maine
      • Kennebec County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Whites [Kennebec County].
    • Michigan
      • Calhoun County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Whites [Calhoun County].
      • Gratiot 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 Michigan community of Whites [Gratiot County].
    • Mississippi
      • Clay County
      • This Whites is located in Clay County and lies 743 miles [1,195.7 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Whites.
      • Rankin County
      • This Whites is located in Rankin County and lies 883 miles [1,421.1 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Whites.
    • Missouri
      • Pettis County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Whites [Pettis County].
    • Montana
      • Meagher County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Whites [Meagher County].
    • New Jersey
      • Ocean County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Whites [Ocean County].
    • New York
      • Monroe County
      • This Whites is located in Monroe County and lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Whites.
    • Ohio
      • Fairfield County
      • This Whites is located in Fairfield County and lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Whites.
    • Oregon
      • Yamhill County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Whites [Yamhill County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lackawanna County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Whites [Lackawanna County].
    • Quebec
      • This Whites lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<2> to the east northeast.
    • Tennessee
      • Shelby County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Whites [Shelby County].
    • Texas
      • Fort Bend County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Whites [Fort Bend County].
    • Virginia
      • Caroline 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 Virginia community of Whites [Caroline County].
      • New Kent County
      • This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Whites [New Kent County].
      • Spotsylvania County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Whites [Spotsylvania County].
    • Washington
      • Grays Harbor County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Whites [Grays Harbor County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Whites ...

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.

  • Candyville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Candyville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candyville
  • Copenhagen
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copenhagen came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen
  • Erie Rest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jaffa
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jaffa came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaffa
  • Kingsmill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsmill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsmill
  • Littlewood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littlewood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littlewood
  • Norman
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norman came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
  • Union
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 330 miles [531.1 km]<2> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Whites to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,900 miles [9,495.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,629 miles [10,668.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,507 miles [7,253.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Whites 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Whites) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Whites. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7219, Longitude: -81.1997    
<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 Whites, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Whites 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 310.216 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.665 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.141 degrees.




 

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