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Communities Also Named Abney ...

We found five communities that share the name Abney.

There is one other community in Prince Edward Island which is also named Abney.

Beyond Prince Edward Island, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these four communities, one is located in Canada and the other four communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Located In Prince Edward Island ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Tammany Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Abney [Saint Tammany Parish].
    • Mississippi
      • Itawamba County
      • This Abney is located in Itawamba County and lies 1,581 miles [2,544.4 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Itawamba County community of Abney.
    • South Carolina
      • Kershaw 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 South Carolina community of Abney [Kershaw County].
    • West Virginia
      • Raleigh County
      • This Abney is located in Raleigh County and lies 1,112 miles [1,789.6 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Raleigh County community of Abney.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Abney ...

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.

  • Dover
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Guernsey Cove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • High Bank
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Bank came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bank
  • Little Sands
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Sands came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sands
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Sands <4>
  • Milltown Cross
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milltown Cross came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown Cross
  • Peters Road
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peters Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Road
  • Point Pleasant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Pleasant came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
  • Sturgeon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sturgeon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon
  • Wood Island
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wood Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Island
  • Wood Islands
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wood Islands came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Islands
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wood Islands <4>

How Far From Abney to ...

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 Abney to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Abney to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 36 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,015 miles [8,070.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,723 miles [9,210.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,599 miles [5,792 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

The official website for Province of Prince Edward Island: https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/

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 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 Abney 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Abney) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Abney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.9881, Longitude: -62.5672    
<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'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 Abney to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 298.058 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 293.613 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 294.369 degrees.




 

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