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Communities Also Named Blackburn ...

We found 21 communities that share the name Blackburn.

Within Quebec, the name Blackburn is unique.

Beyond Quebec, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 21 communities, one is located in Canada and the other twenty communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Blackburn is located in Lauderdale County and lies 1,223 miles [1,968.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Blackburn.
      • Limestone County
      • This Blackburn is located in Limestone County and lies 1,212 miles [1,950.5 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Blackburn.
    • Arkansas
      • Washington County
      • This Blackburn is located in Washington County and lies 1,419 miles [2,283.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Blackburn.
    • Colorado
      • Custer 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 Colorado community of Blackburn [Custer County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Blackburn is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,522 miles [2,449.4 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Blackburn.
    • Illinois
      • Christian 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 Illinois community of Blackburn [Christian County].
    • Kansas
      • Harper 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 Kansas community of Blackburn [Harper County].
    • Kentucky
      • Estill County
      • Although located in Estill County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Estill County community of Blackburn.
      • Union County
      • This Blackburn is located in Union County and lies 1,091 miles [1,755.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Blackburn.
    • Louisiana
      • Claiborne Parish
      • This Blackburn is located in Claiborne Parish and lies 1,532 miles [2,465.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne Parish community of Blackburn.
    • Missouri
      • Saline County
      • This Blackburn is located in Saline County and lies 1,239 miles [1,994 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Blackburn.
    • Nevada
      • Eureka 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 Nevada community of Blackburn [Eureka County].
    • North Carolina
      • Catawba County
      • This Blackburn is located in Catawba County and lies 1,000 miles [1,609.3 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Catawba County community of Blackburn.
    • Ohio
      • Columbiana 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 Blackburn [Columbiana 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 Blackburn [Hocking County].
      • Morgan County
      • This community is historic and although located in Morgan County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Blackburn.
    • Oklahoma
      • Pawnee County
      • This Blackburn is located in Pawnee County and lies 1,490 miles [2,397.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pawnee County community of Blackburn.
    • Ontario
      • This Blackburn lies 261 miles [420 km]<1> to the southwest.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Westmoreland 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 Pennsylvania community of Blackburn [Westmoreland County].
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Blackburn is located in Salt Lake County and lies 2,002 miles [3,221.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Blackburn.
    • West Virginia
      • Gilmer County
      • This Blackburn is located in Gilmer County and lies 781 miles [1,256.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gilmer County community of Blackburn.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blackburn ...

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.

  • Hebertville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Hebertville Station
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Mink Lake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mink Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mink Lake
  • Riverbend
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverbend came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 266 miles [428.1 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Blackburn to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,313 miles [8,550.4 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 6,046 miles [9,730.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,927 miles [6,319.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

The official website for Province of Quebec: https://www.quebec.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- Blackburn) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blackburn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.4000, Longitude: -72.0833    
<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 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 Blackburn 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 Blackburn, 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 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 Blackburn 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 303.585 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.179 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.787 degrees.




 

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