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We found twenty communities that are also named Compton.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Compton.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of nineteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, nineteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
Allegheny County
This Compton is located in Allegheny County and lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Compton that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Compton.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Blount County
This Compton is located in Blount County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Compton that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Compton.
Arkansas
Hempstead 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 Arkansas community of Compton [Hempstead County].
Newton County
This Compton is located in Newton County and lies 811 miles [1,305.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Compton that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Compton.
California
Los Angeles County
This Compton is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,180 miles [3,508.4 km]<1> to the west of the Compton that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Compton.
Georgia
Jasper 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 Georgia community of Compton [Jasper County].
Stewart 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 Georgia community of Compton [Stewart County].
Illinois
Lee County
This Compton is located in Lee County and lies 537 miles [864.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Compton that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Compton.
Maryland
Charles County
This Compton is located in Charles County and lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Compton that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Compton.
Saint Mary's County
This Compton is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 165 miles [265.5 km] to the southeast of the Compton that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Compton.
Michigan
Osceola 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 Compton [Osceola County].
Minnesota
Itasca 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 Minnesota community of Compton [Itasca County].
Missouri
Webster 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 Missouri community of Compton [Webster County].
Nebraska
Cherry County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Cherry County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherry County community of Compton.
New Hampshire
Grafton 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 New Hampshire community of Compton [Grafton County].
Oklahoma
Le Flore County
This Compton is located in Le Flore County and lies 936 miles [1,506.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Compton that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Le Flore County community of Compton.
Quebec
This Compton lies 529 miles [851.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Compton that is located in Somerset County.
Tennessee
Rutherford County
This Compton is located in Rutherford County and lies 474 miles [762.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Compton that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Compton.
Texas
Rusk County
Although located in Rusk County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rusk County community of Compton.
Virginia
Page County
This Compton is located in Page County and lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Compton that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Page County community of Compton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Compton ...
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 Compton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Compton and extending to:
Somerset, which is the Seat of Somerset County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Compton to Somerset, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 123 miles [197.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 126 miles [202.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,947 miles [9,570.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,661 miles [10,719.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,536 miles [7,300 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 from Point A (ie- Compton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Compton, 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 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 Compton 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 county. 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>
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 Compton 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 Compton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7617, Longitude: -79.1223 In this case, the coordinates for Compton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.087 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.932 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.285 degrees.