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we pass this GPS location for Delaware:
41.160928, -74.909337
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We found fifteen communities that are also named Delaware.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Delaware is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Logan County
This Delaware is located in Logan County and lies 1,074 miles [1,728.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Delaware that is located in Pike County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Delaware.
Indiana
Ripley County
This Delaware is located in Ripley County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<1> to the west of the Delaware that is located in Pike County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ripley County community of Delaware.
Iowa
Delaware County
This Delaware is located in Delaware County and lies 848 miles [1,364.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Delaware that is located in Pike County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Delaware.
Kentucky
Daviess County
This Delaware is located in Daviess County and lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Delaware that is located in Pike County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daviess County community of Delaware.
Louisiana
Iberia Parish
This Delaware is located in Iberia Parish and lies 1,221 miles [1,965 km]<1> to the southwest of the Delaware that is located in Pike County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iberia Parish community of Delaware.
Michigan
Keweenaw County
This Delaware is located in Keweenaw County and lies 780 miles [1,255.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Delaware that is located in Pike County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Keweenaw County community of Delaware.
Missouri
Shannon County
This Delaware is located in Shannon County and lies 925 miles [1,488.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Delaware that is located in Pike County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shannon County community of Delaware.
New Jersey
Warren County
This Delaware is located in Warren County and lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Delaware that is located in Pike County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Delaware.
New York
Albany 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 New York community of Delaware [Albany County].
Erie 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 New York community of Delaware [Erie County].
Ohio
Delaware County
This Delaware is located in Delaware County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<1> to the west of the Delaware that is located in Pike County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Delaware.
Oklahoma
Nowata County
This Delaware is located in Nowata County and lies 1,150 miles [1,850.7 km]<1> to the west of the Delaware that is located in Pike County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nowata County community of Delaware.
Ontario
This Delaware lies 354 miles [569.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Delaware that is located in Pike County.
Texas
Brown 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 Texas community of Delaware [Brown County].
Virginia
Southampton County
This Delaware is located in Southampton County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Delaware that is located in Pike County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Southampton County community of Delaware.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Delaware ...
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, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Delaware to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Delaware and extending to:
Milford, which is the Seat of Pike County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Delaware to Milford, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 119 miles [191.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 192 miles [309 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,713 miles [9,194.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,423 miles [10,336.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,299 miles [6,918.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Delaware) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Delaware 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.
<3>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Delaware 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 Delaware. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.1609, Longitude: -74.9093 In this case, the coordinates for Delaware have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.436 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.147 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.861 degrees.