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Communities Also Named Winthrop ...

We found fifteen communities that share the name Winthrop.

Within Ontario, the name Winthrop is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Little River County
      • This Winthrop is located in Little River County and lies 971 miles [1,562.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Little River County community of Winthrop.
    • California
      • Shasta County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Winthrop [Shasta County].
    • Connecticut
      • Middlesex County
      • This Winthrop is located in Middlesex County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Winthrop.
    • Indiana
      • Warren County
      • This Winthrop is located in Warren County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Winthrop.
    • Iowa
      • Buchanan County
      • This Winthrop is located in Buchanan County and lies 530 miles [853 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Winthrop.
    • Maine
      • Kennebec County
      • This Winthrop is located in Kennebec County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kennebec County community of Winthrop.
    • Maryland
      • Charles County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Winthrop [Charles County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Suffolk County
      • This Winthrop is located in Suffolk County and lies 529 miles [851.3 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Winthrop.
    • Michigan
      • Marquette County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Winthrop [Marquette County].
    • Minnesota
      • Sibley County
      • This Winthrop is located in Sibley County and lies 648 miles [1,042.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sibley County community of Winthrop.
    • Missouri
      • Buchanan County
      • This Winthrop is located in Buchanan County and lies 762 miles [1,226.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Winthrop.
    • New York
      • Saint Lawrence County
      • This Winthrop is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<1> to the east northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Winthrop.
    • North Carolina
      • Carteret County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Winthrop [Carteret County].
    • South Dakota
      • Beadle County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Winthrop [Beadle County].
    • Washington
      • Okanogan County
      • This Winthrop is located in Okanogan County and lies 1,870 miles [3,009.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Okanogan County community of Winthrop.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Winthrop ...

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.

  • Dublin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
  • Ethel
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
  • Ethel Siding ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Leadbury
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leadbury came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadbury
  • Manley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manley
  • Mitchell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Seaforth
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seaforth came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaforth
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seaforth <5>
  • Silver Corners
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Slabtown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
  • Summerhill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerhill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhill
  • Sunshine
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
  • Willow Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 304 miles [489.2 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Winthrop to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>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 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,866 miles [9,440.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,598 miles [10,618.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,477 miles [7,205 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Winthrop. 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Winthrop) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Winthrop. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6172, Longitude: -81.3419    
<2>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 Winthrop, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Winthrop 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.
<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 Winthrop 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 310.251 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.841 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.87 degrees.




 

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