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Communities Also Named Wilkinson ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Wilkinson.

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

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

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Shasta County
      • This Wilkinson is located in Shasta County and lies 2,286 miles [3,679 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Wilkinson.
    • Illinois
      • DeKalb County
      • This Wilkinson is located in DeKalb County and lies 625 miles [1,005.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Wilkinson.
    • Indiana
      • Hancock County
      • This Wilkinson is located in Hancock County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Wilkinson.
      • Warrick 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 Wilkinson [Warrick County].
    • Kansas
      • Logan 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 Wilkinson [Logan County].
    • Michigan
      • Berrien 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 Michigan community of Wilkinson [Berrien County].
    • Minnesota
      • Cass County
      • This Wilkinson is located in Cass County and lies 874 miles [1,406.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Wilkinson.
    • Mississippi
      • Lincoln County
      • This Wilkinson is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,168 miles [1,879.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Wilkinson.
      • Wilkinson County
      • This Wilkinson is located in Wilkinson County and lies 1,206 miles [1,940.9 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilkinson County community of Wilkinson.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis 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 Missouri community of Wilkinson [Saint Louis County].
    • North Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • This Wilkinson is located in Beaufort County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Wilkinson.
    • Texas
      • Titus County
      • This Wilkinson is located in Titus County and lies 1,238 miles [1,992.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Titus County community of Wilkinson.
    • West Virginia
      • Logan County
      • This Wilkinson is located in Logan County and lies 535 miles [861 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Wilkinson.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilkinson ...

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
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • 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
  • Desert Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Echo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
  • Enterprise
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enterprise <4>
  • Erinsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erinsville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erinsville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erinsville <4>
  • Gull Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gull Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gull Creek
  • Lens
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lens came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lens
  • Long Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Mountain Grove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Grove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
  • Rosedale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Star Corners
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Corners

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 81 miles [130.4 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Wilkinson to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,651 miles [9,094.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,377 miles [10,262.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,255 miles [6,847.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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 from Point A (ie- Wilkinson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wilkinson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5414, Longitude: -76.8139    
<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 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 Wilkinson 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Wilkinson 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 307.252 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.613 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.237 degrees.




 

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