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Communities Also Named Leoville ...

We found four communities that are also named Leoville.

There is one other community in Prince Edward Island that is also named Leoville.

Beyond Prince Edward Island, we know of three communities that are located in Canada and the United States. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Located In Prince Edward Island ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Barton 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 Kansas community of Leoville [Barton County].
      • Decatur County
      • This Leoville is located in Decatur County and lies 1,877 miles [3,020.7 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Leoville.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Leoville lies 1,938 miles [3,118.9 km]<2> to the west northwest.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Leoville ...

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.

  • Ascension
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Elmsdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmsdale
  • Greenmount
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Harper
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
  • Nail Pond
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Peterville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Pleasant View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Profits Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Skinners Pond
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 562 miles [904.5 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Leoville to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<3>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 32 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 22 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,050 miles [8,127.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,765 miles [9,277.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,640 miles [5,858 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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 Leoville 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- Leoville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Leoville 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 Leoville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.9167, Longitude: -64.1333    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 298.783 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 294.594 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 294.51 degrees.