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Communities Also Named Melville ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Melville.

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

Beyond Prince Edward Island, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these seventeen communities, seven are located in Canada and fourteen are in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Prince Edward Island ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Winston 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 Melville [Winston County].
    • Illinois
      • Madison County
      • This Melville is located in Madison County and lies 1,470 miles [2,365.7 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Melville.
    • Kansas
      • Ottawa County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Ottawa County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Melville.
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Landry Parish
      • This Melville is located in Saint Landry Parish and lies 1,873 miles [3,014.3 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Landry Parish community of Melville.
    • Missouri
      • Jackson County
      • This Melville is located in Jackson County and lies 1,673 miles [2,692.4 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Melville.
    • Montana
      • Sweet Grass County
      • This Melville is located in Sweet Grass County and lies 2,223 miles [3,577.6 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sweet Grass County community of Melville.
    • New York
      • Suffolk County
      • This Melville is located in Suffolk County and lies 640 miles [1,030 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Melville.
    • North Carolina
      • Alamance County
      • This Melville is located in Alamance County and lies 1,098 miles [1,767.1 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alamance County community of Melville.
    • North Dakota
      • Foster County
      • This Melville is located in Foster County and lies 1,702 miles [2,739.1 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Foster County community of Melville.
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Melville.
    • Ontario
      • This Melville lies 852 miles [1,371.2 km]<2> to the west.
    • Oregon
      • Clatsop County
      • This Melville is located in Clatsop County and lies 2,849 miles [4,585 km]<2> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clatsop County community of Melville.
    • Rhode Island
      • Newport County
      • This Melville is located in Newport County and lies 520 miles [836.9 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newport County community of Melville.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Melville lies 1,837 miles [2,956.4 km]<2> to the west northwest.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton County
      • This Melville is located in Hamilton County and lies 1,380 miles [2,220.9 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Melville.
    • Vermont
      • Franklin 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 Vermont community of Melville [Franklin County].
    • West Virginia
      • Logan 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 West Virginia community of Melville [Logan County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Melville ...

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.

  • China Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for China Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Point
  • Dover
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Flat River
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat River
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flat River <5>
  • Grandview
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grandview came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
  • Heatherdale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heatherdale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heatherdale
  • Little Sands
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Sands came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Sands
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Sands <5>
  • Ocean View
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocean View came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean View
  • Roseberry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
  • Wood Island
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wood Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Island
  • Wood Islands
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wood Islands came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Islands
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wood Islands <5>

How Far From Melville to ...

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 620 miles [997.8 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Melville to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,025 miles [8,087 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,734 miles [9,228 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,609 miles [5,808.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Melville. 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 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 Melville 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 from Point A (ie- Melville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Melville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0167, Longitude: -62.8333    
<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 Melville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Melville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 298.214 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 293.792 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 294.481 degrees.




 

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