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Communities Also Named Suffolk ...
We found five communities that are also named Suffolk.
There is one other community in Prince Edward Island that is also named Suffolk.
Beyond Prince Edward Island, we know of four communities that are located 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 ...
- Mississippi
- Franklin County
- This Suffolk is located in Franklin County and lies 1,802 miles [2,900 km]<1> to the west southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Suffolk.
- Montana
- Fergus County
- This Suffolk is located in Fergus County and lies 2,152 miles [3,463.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fergus County community of Suffolk.
- Texas
- Upshur 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 Texas community of Suffolk [Upshur County].
- Virginia
- Suffolk City
- This Suffolk is located in Suffolk City and lies 960 miles [1,545 km]<1> to the southwest.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk City community of Suffolk.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Suffolk ...
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.
- Covehead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covehead
- Covehead Road
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchfort
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Highfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Little York
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mermaid
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mermaid
- Pleasant Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Royalty Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tenmile House
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Union Road
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
How Far From Suffolk 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 Suffolk to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Suffolk and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 609 miles [980.1 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Suffolk 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 35 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 24 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,024 miles [8,085.3 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 5,735 miles [9,229.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,610 miles [5,809.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Suffolk) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Suffolk 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> | 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 Suffolk 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 Suffolk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3333, Longitude: -63.0667 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 298.272 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 293.917 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 294.375 degrees. |
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