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Communities Also Named Point Pleasant ...

We found 29 communities that share the name Point Pleasant.

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

Beyond Prince Edward Island, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 28 communities, three are located in Canada and 27 are in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Prince Edward Island ...
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Sacramento County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Sacramento County and lies 2,989 miles [4,810.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sacramento County community of Point Pleasant.
    • Florida
      • Marion County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Marion County and lies 1,551 miles [2,496.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Point Pleasant.
    • Illinois
      • Jasper County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Jasper County and lies 1,373 miles [2,209.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Point Pleasant.
    • Iowa
      • Hardin 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 Iowa community of Point Pleasant [Hardin County].
    • Kentucky
      • Ohio County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Ohio County and lies 1,388 miles [2,233.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ohio County community of Point Pleasant.
    • Louisiana
      • Claiborne Parish
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Claiborne Parish and lies 1,850 miles [2,977.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne Parish community of Point Pleasant.
      • Morehouse Parish
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Morehouse Parish and lies 1,800 miles [2,896.8 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morehouse Parish community of Point Pleasant.
      • Plaquemines 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 Point Pleasant [Plaquemines Parish].
      • Tensas Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Point Pleasant [Tensas Parish].
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 854 miles [1,374.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Point Pleasant.
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester 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 Massachusetts community of Point Pleasant [Worcester County].
    • Missouri
      • New Madrid County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County and lies 1,540 miles [2,478.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Madrid County community of Point Pleasant.
    • New Jersey
      • Ocean 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 Jersey community of Point Pleasant [Ocean County].
      • Sussex County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Sussex County and lies 700 miles [1,126.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Point Pleasant.
    • New York
      • Chautauqua County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Chautauqua County and lies 877 miles [1,411.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Point Pleasant.
      • Monroe 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 Point Pleasant [Monroe County].
    • Ohio
      • Clermont County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Clermont County and lies 1,204 miles [1,937.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Point Pleasant.
      • Gallia 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 Ohio community of Point Pleasant [Gallia County].
      • Guernsey 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 Ohio community of Point Pleasant [Guernsey County].
      • Hocking 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 Ohio community of Point Pleasant [Hocking County].
      • Paulding County
      • This community is historic and although located in Paulding County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Point Pleasant.
    • Ontario
      • This Point Pleasant lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km]<1> to the west.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Bucks County and lies 737 miles [1,186.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Point Pleasant.
    • South Carolina
      • Charleston County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Charleston County and lies 1,307 miles [2,103.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Point Pleasant.
    • Tennessee
      • Cocke County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Cocke County and lies 1,268 miles [2,040.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cocke County community of Point Pleasant.
      • Decatur County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Decatur County and lies 1,519 miles [2,444.6 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Point Pleasant.
    • Virginia
      • Bland County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Bland County and lies 1,130 miles [1,818.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bland County community of Point Pleasant.
    • West Virginia
      • Mason County
      • This Point Pleasant is located in Mason County and lies 1,109 miles [1,784.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Point Pleasant.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Point Pleasant ...

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 southwest)
    • 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
  • Guernsey Cove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Heatherdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • 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
  • High Bank
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Bank came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bank
  • Little Sands
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • 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>
  • Milltown Cross
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milltown Cross came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown Cross
  • Peters Road
    (Less than 2 miles 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:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Road
  • Sturgeon
    (4 miles [6.4 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:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon

How Far From Point Pleasant to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Point Pleasant to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Point Pleasant 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 5,012 miles [8,066 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 5,721 miles [9,207.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,597 miles [5,788.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Point Pleasant) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Point Pleasant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0500, Longitude: -62.5667    
<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 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 Point Pleasant 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.
<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 Point Pleasant, 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 Point Pleasant 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 298.04 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 293.605 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 294.325 degrees.




 

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