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Communities Also Named Whitfield ...

We found 23 communities that share the name Whitfield.

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

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 22 communities, one is located in Canada and the other 22 communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Limestone County
      • This Whitfield is located in Limestone County and lies 741 miles [1,192.5 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Whitfield.
      • Sumter County
      • This Whitfield is located in Sumter County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Whitfield.
    • Arkansas
      • Conway 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 Arkansas community of Whitfield [Conway County].
    • Florida
      • Manatee County
      • This Whitfield is located in Manatee County and lies 1,163 miles [1,871.7 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manatee County community of Whitfield.
      • Santa Rosa County
      • This Whitfield is located in Santa Rosa County and lies 990 miles [1,593.3 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Rosa County community of Whitfield.
    • Georgia
      • Troup County
      • This Whitfield is located in Troup County and lies 806 miles [1,297.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Troup County community of Whitfield.
    • Indiana
      • Martin County
      • This Whitfield is located in Martin County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Whitfield.
    • Kansas
      • Graham 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 Whitfield [Graham County].
      • Shawnee 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 Kansas community of Whitfield [Shawnee County].
    • Kentucky
      • Bullitt County
      • This Whitfield is located in Bullitt County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bullitt County community of Whitfield.
    • Mississippi
      • Jones County
      • This Whitfield is located in Jones County and lies 1,002 miles [1,612.6 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Whitfield.
      • Rankin County
      • This Whitfield is located in Rankin County and lies 981 miles [1,578.8 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Whitfield.
    • New Mexico
      • Catron County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Catron County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catron County community of Whitfield.
      • Socorro 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 New Mexico community of Whitfield [Socorro County].
    • New York
      • Ulster County
      • This Whitfield is located in Ulster County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Whitfield.
    • Ohio
      • Montgomery County
      • This Whitfield is located in Montgomery County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Whitfield.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Berks County
      • This Whitfield is located in Berks County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Whitfield.
    • South Dakota
      • Jackson 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 South Dakota community of Whitfield [Jackson County].
    • Tennessee
      • Hickman County
      • This Whitfield is located in Hickman County and lies 699 miles [1,124.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hickman County community of Whitfield.
    • Texas
      • Swisher 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 Texas community of Whitfield [Swisher County].
    • Virginia
      • Pittsylvania County
      • This Whitfield is located in Pittsylvania County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsylvania County community of Whitfield.
    • West Virginia
      • Ohio 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 West Virginia community of Whitfield [Ohio County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitfield ...

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.

  • Elba
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elba came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
  • Elder
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elder came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
  • Honeywood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Honeywood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeywood
  • Lavender
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lavender came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
  • Maple Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mono
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mono came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mono <5>
  • Mono Centre
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mono Centre came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono Centre
  • Springwater Lakes
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springwater Lakes came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwater Lakes
  • Terra Nova
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Violet Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Violet Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet Hill

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Whitfield once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Whitfield and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 234 miles [376.6 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Whitfield to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,796 miles [9,327.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,528 miles [10,505.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,407 miles [7,092.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Whitfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Whitfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.1485, Longitude: -80.1356    
<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 Whitfield 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 Whitfield, 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Whitfield 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 309.429 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.997 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.059 degrees.




 

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