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Communities Also Named Danby ...

We found seven communities that share the name Danby.

Within Quebec, the name Danby is unique.

Beyond Quebec, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • This Danby is located in San Bernardino County and lies 2,358 miles [3,794.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Bernardino County community of Danby.
    • Kansas
      • Ness 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 Danby [Ness County].
    • Kentucky
      • Logan County
      • This Danby is located in Logan County and lies 964 miles [1,551.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Danby.
    • Michigan
      • Ionia 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 Michigan community of Danby [Ionia County].
    • Missouri
      • Jefferson County
      • This Danby is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,054 miles [1,696.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Danby.
    • New York
      • Tompkins County
      • This Danby is located in Tompkins County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tompkins County community of Danby.
    • Vermont
      • Rutland County
      • This Danby is located in Rutland County and lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutland County community of Danby.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Danby ...

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.

  • Gore
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gore came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore
  • Kingsbury
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingsbury came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
  • Lower Flodden
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Flodden came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Flodden
  • Melbourne Ridge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melbourne Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne Ridge
  • Moose River
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moose River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose River
  • Rockland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
  • Royville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royville
  • Wheatland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheatland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 159 miles [255.9 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Danby to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,431 miles [8,740.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,154 miles [9,903.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,031 miles [6,487.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

The official website for Province of Quebec: https://www.quebec.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Danby) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Danby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6767, Longitude: -72.4178    
<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 Danby 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>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Danby to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.29 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.488 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.478 degrees.




 

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