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Communities Also Named Dubois ...

We found nine communities that share the name Dubois.

Within Quebec, the name Dubois is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Blount County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Dubois [Blount County].
    • Georgia
      • Dodge County
      • This Dubois is located in Dodge County and lies 1,108 miles [1,783.2 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Dubois.
    • Idaho
      • Ada County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Dubois [Ada County].
      • Clark County
      • This Dubois is located in Clark County and lies 1,603 miles [2,579.8 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Dubois.
    • Illinois
      • Washington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Dubois [Washington County].
    • Indiana
      • Dubois County
      • This Dubois is located in Dubois County and lies 769 miles [1,237.6 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dubois County community of Dubois.
    • Maryland
      • Charles County
      • This Dubois is located in Charles County and lies 667 miles [1,073.4 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Dubois.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clearfield County
      • This Dubois is located in Clearfield County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Dubois.
    • Wyoming
      • Fremont County
      • This Dubois is located in Fremont County and lies 1,499 miles [2,412.4 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fremont County community of Dubois.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dubois ...

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.

  • Amulet
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amulet
  • Boom Camp
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boom Camp came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boom Camp
  • Cadillac
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cadillac came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadillac
  • Granada
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granada came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granada
  • Grassy Narrow
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grassy Narrow came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Narrow
  • Joannes
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joannes came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joannes
  • Landing Place
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Landing Place came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landing Place

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 235 miles [378.2 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Dubois to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>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 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,584 miles [8,986.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,325 miles [10,179.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,213 miles [6,780.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dubois. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Dubois 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.
<2>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- Dubois) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dubois. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.0167, Longitude: -78.9333    
<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 Dubois 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 308.231 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.274 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.733 degrees.




 

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