We found ten communities that are also named Whittington.
There is one other community in Ontario that is also named Whittington.
Beyond Ontario, we know of nine communities that are located in Canada and the United States. Of these nine communities, one is located in Canada and the other nine communities are located in the United States.
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 Arkansas community of Whittington [Garland County].
Hot Spring County
This Whittington is located in Hot Spring County and lies 936 miles [1,506.3 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hot Spring County community of Whittington.
Georgia
Worth 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 Georgia community of Whittington [Worth County].
Illinois
Franklin County
This Whittington is located in Franklin County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Whittington.
Indiana
Bartholomew 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 Indiana community of Whittington [Bartholomew County].
Louisiana
Rapides Parish
This Whittington is located in Rapides Parish and lies 1,104 miles [1,776.7 km]<2> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Whittington.
Washington Parish
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 Louisiana community of Whittington [Washington Parish].
North Carolina
Wilkes 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 North Carolina community of Whittington [Wilkes County].
Ohio
Franklin County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Franklin County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Whittington.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Whittington ...
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.
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 Whittington to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Whittington and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 240 miles [386.2 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Whittington to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,804 miles [9,340.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,535 miles [10,517.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,414 miles [7,103.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Whittington 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Whittington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Whittington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
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<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 Whittington 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 Whittington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9899, Longitude: -80.1671
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.462 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.01 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.139 degrees.