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Communities Also Named Dell ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Dell.

Within Quebec, the name Dell is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Mississippi County
      • This Dell is located in Mississippi County and lies 1,188 miles [1,911.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Dell.
    • Colorado
      • Eagle County
      • This Dell is located in Eagle County and lies 1,834 miles [2,951.5 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eagle County community of Dell.
    • Florida
      • Suwannee County
      • This Dell is located in Suwannee County and lies 1,249 miles [2,010.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suwannee County community of Dell.
    • Georgia
      • Decatur 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 Georgia community of Dell [Decatur County].
    • Kansas
      • Lyon 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 Dell [Lyon County].
      • Sedgwick County
      • This Dell is located in Sedgwick County and lies 1,453 miles [2,338.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sedgwick County community of Dell.
    • Massachusetts
      • Franklin County
      • This Dell is located in Franklin County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Dell.
    • Michigan
      • Chippewa 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 Dell [Chippewa County].
    • Minnesota
      • Faribault County
      • This Dell is located in Faribault County and lies 1,121 miles [1,804.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faribault County community of Dell.
    • Mississippi
      • Lafayette County
      • This Dell is located in Lafayette County and lies 1,235 miles [1,987.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Dell.
    • Missouri
      • Benton County
      • This Dell is located in Benton County and lies 1,241 miles [1,997.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Dell.
    • Montana
      • Beaverhead County
      • This Dell is located in Beaverhead County and lies 1,998 miles [3,215.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaverhead County community of Dell.
    • Ohio
      • Washington County
      • This Dell is located in Washington County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Dell.
    • Oregon
      • Malheur 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 Oregon community of Dell [Malheur County].
    • Virginia
      • Grayson 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 Virginia community of Dell [Grayson County].
    • West Virginia
      • 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 West Virginia community of Dell [Upshur County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Vernon 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 Wisconsin community of Dell [Vernon County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dell ...

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.

  • Bury
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bury came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bury
  • Ditchfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ditchfield came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ditchfield
  • Dudswell
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dudswell came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudswell
  • Dudswell Jonction
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dudswell Jonction came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudswell Jonction
  • Echo Vale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo Vale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Vale
  • Hall
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hall came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
  • Herringville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herringville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herringville
  • Island Brook
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island Brook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Brook
  • Learned Plain
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Learned Plain came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Learned Plain
  • New Mexico
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Mexico came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mexico
  • Scotstown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 218 miles [350.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Dell to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,386 miles [8,667.9 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 6,107 miles [9,828.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,982 miles [6,408.4 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dell) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5825, Longitude: -71.1989    
<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 Dell 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 Dell, 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 Dell 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 303.533 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.628 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.918 degrees.




 

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