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We found 45 communities that share the name Milford.
There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Milford.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 36 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 36 communities, 35 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of Milford, we know of seven communities located outside of the United States and Canada.
Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
Juniata County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Milford [Juniata County].
Pike County
This Milford is located in Pike County and lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Milford.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Geneva County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Milford [Geneva County].
Arkansas
Sevier County
This Milford is located in Sevier County and lies 924 miles [1,487 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Milford.
California
Lassen County
This Milford is located in Lassen County and lies 2,161 miles [3,477.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lassen County community of Milford.
Connecticut
New Haven County
This Milford is located in New Haven County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Milford.
Delaware
Sussex County
This Milford is located in Sussex County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Milford.
Georgia
Baker County
This Milford is located in Baker County and lies 665 miles [1,070.2 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baker County community of Milford.
Cobb County
This Milford is located in Cobb County and lies 517 miles [832 km] to the southwest of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Milford.
Illinois
Iroquois County
This Milford is located in Iroquois County and lies 454 miles [730.6 km]<2> to the west of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iroquois County community of Milford.
Indiana
Decatur County
This Milford is located in Decatur County and lies 348 miles [560.1 km]<2> to the west of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Milford.
Kosciusko County
This Milford is located in Kosciusko County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km] to the west northwest of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kosciusko County community of Milford.
Iowa
Dickinson County
This Milford is located in Dickinson County and lies 858 miles [1,380.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickinson County community of Milford.
Kansas
Geary County
This Milford is located in Geary County and lies 948 miles [1,525.7 km]<2> to the west of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Geary County community of Milford.
Kentucky
Bracken County
This Milford is located in Bracken County and lies 286 miles [460.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bracken County community of Milford.
Louisiana
Rapides Parish
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Milford [Rapides Parish].
Maine
Penobscot County
This Milford is located in Penobscot County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Penobscot County community of Milford.
Maryland
Baltimore County
This Milford is located in Baltimore County and lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Milford.
Massachusetts
Worcester County
This Milford is located in Worcester County and lies 422 miles [679.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Milford.
Michigan
Oakland County
This Milford is located in Oakland County and lies 296 miles [476.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oakland County community of Milford.
Minnesota
Brown County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Milford [Brown County].
Missouri
Barton County
This Milford is located in Barton County and lies 825 miles [1,327.7 km]<2> to the west of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barton County community of Milford.
Carroll County
This Milford is located in Carroll County and lies 758 miles [1,219.9 km] to the west of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Milford.
Nebraska
Seward County
This Milford is located in Seward County and lies 944 miles [1,519.2 km]<2> to the west of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seward County community of Milford.
New Brunswick
This Milford lies 754 miles [1,213.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
New Hampshire
Hillsborough County
This Milford is located in Hillsborough County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Milford.
New Jersey
Hunterdon County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Milford [Hunterdon County].
New York
Otsego County
This Milford is located in Otsego County and lies 282 miles [453.8 km]<2> to the northeast of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otsego County community of Milford.
Nova Scotia
We haven't found the location of this community yet.
Ohio
Clermont County
This Milford is located in Clermont County and lies 280 miles [450.6 km]<2> to the west of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Milford.
Ontario
This Milford lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
South Carolina
Greenville County
This Milford is located in Greenville County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Milford.
Sumter County
This Milford is located in Sumter County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km] to the south of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Milford.
Texas
Ellis County
This Milford is located in Ellis County and lies 1,131 miles [1,820.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ellis County community of Milford.
Utah
Beaver County
This Milford is located in Beaver County and lies 1,807 miles [2,908.1 km]<2> to the west of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaver County community of Milford.
Virginia
Caroline County
This Milford is located in Caroline County and lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<2> to the southeast of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Milford.
Wisconsin
Jefferson County
This Milford is located in Jefferson County and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Milford that is located in Somerset County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Milford.
Wyoming
Fremont County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Milford [Fremont County].
Communities Beyond North America ...
Australia
- Victoria
Distance: 10,030 miles [16,141.7 km]<2> to the west southwest
- Queensland
Distance: 9,395 miles [15,119.8 km] to the west
England
- Stafford
Distance: 3,592 miles [5,780.8 km]<2> to the northeast
- Godalming
Distance: 3,685 miles [5,930.4 km] to the northeast
- Bideford
Distance: 3,532 miles [5,684.2 km] to the northeast
Ireland
Distance: 3,327 miles [5,354.3 km]<2> to the northeast
New Zealand
Distance: 8,542 miles [13,747 km]<2> to the west southwest
Curious and Interesting Names Near Milford ...
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.
Berlin (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berlin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Milford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Milford and extending to:
Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Milford to Harrisburg, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 132 miles [212.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,938 miles [9,556.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,653 miles [10,707 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,528 miles [7,287.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Milford 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.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Milford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Milford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9543, Longitude: -79.1007 In this case, the coordinates for Milford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>
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 Milford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>
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.
<8>
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 Milford to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.064 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.935 degrees.
<11>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.204 degrees.