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Communities Also Named Wilmer ...

We found nine communities that share the name Wilmer.

Within Ontario, the name Wilmer is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Mobile County
      • This Wilmer is located in Mobile County and lies 1,139 miles [1,833 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Wilmer.
    • British Columbia
      • This Wilmer lies 1,867 miles [3,004.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • Louisiana
      • Tangipahoa Parish
      • This Wilmer is located in Tangipahoa Parish and lies 1,204 miles [1,937.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tangipahoa Parish community of Wilmer.
    • Ohio
      • Erie County
      • This Wilmer is located in Erie County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Wilmer.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Chester County
      • This Wilmer is located in Chester County and lies 302 miles [486 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Wilmer.
      • Elk County
      • This Wilmer is located in Elk County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elk County community of Wilmer.
    • Texas
      • Dallas County
      • This Wilmer is located in Dallas County and lies 1,356 miles [2,182.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Wilmer.
    • Virginia
      • Campbell 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 Virginia community of Wilmer [Campbell County].
      • Pittsylvania 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 Virginia community of Wilmer [Pittsylvania County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilmer ...

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.

  • Cedar Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
  • Desert Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Forest
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
  • Ida Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ida Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Hill
  • Maple Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Missouri
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Missouri came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri
  • Moons Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moons Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moons Corners
  • Raymonds Corners
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raymonds Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymonds Corners
  • Rosedale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 78 miles [125.5 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Wilmer to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,643 miles [9,081.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,369 miles [10,249.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,246 miles [6,833.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wilmer. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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- Wilmer) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wilmer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4478, Longitude: -76.5172    
<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 Wilmer 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 Wilmer 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 307.074 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.397 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.133 degrees.




 

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