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Communities Also Named Eatonville ...

We found nine communities that are also named Eatonville.

Within Quebec, the name Eatonville is unique.

Beyond Quebec, we know of nine communities that are located in Canada and the United States. Of these nine communities, three are located in Canada and seven are in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Orange County
      • This Eatonville is located in Orange County and lies 1,437 miles [2,312.6 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Eatonville.
    • Kansas
      • Cowley 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 Eatonville [Cowley County].
      • Ottawa County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Eatonville [Ottawa County].
    • Mississippi
      • Forrest County
      • This Eatonville is located in Forrest County and lies 1,510 miles [2,430.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forrest County community of Eatonville.
    • New York
      • Herkimer County
      • This Eatonville is located in Herkimer County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Herkimer County community of Eatonville.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Eatonville lies 265 miles [426.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
    • Ontario
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Wyoming County
      • This Eatonville is located in Wyoming County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Eatonville.
    • Washington
      • Pierce County
      • This Eatonville is located in Pierce County and lies 2,423 miles [3,899.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Eatonville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Eatonville ...

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.

  • Boat Landing Camp
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Boat Landing Camp is located in Aroostook County (ME)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boat Landing Camp
  • Grand Bras
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Holliday
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
  • Monk
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monk
  • Picard
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picard
  • Tourville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 315 miles [506.9 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Eatonville to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,260 miles [8,465.1 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 5,985 miles [9,631.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,862 miles [6,215.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Eatonville) 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 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 Eatonville 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 Eatonville 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 Eatonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.3386, Longitude: -69.6875    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 302.229 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 298.488 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 297.128 degrees.