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Communities Also Named Flanders ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Flanders.

Within Quebec, the name Flanders is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • DeKalb County
      • This Flanders is located in DeKalb County and lies 1,080 miles [1,738.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Flanders.
    • Connecticut
      • Litchfield County
      • This Flanders is located in Litchfield County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Litchfield County community of Flanders.
      • New Haven County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Flanders [New Haven County].
      • New London County
      • This Flanders is located in New London County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Flanders.
    • Georgia
      • Emanuel County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Flanders [Emanuel County].
    • Louisiana
      • Lafayette Parish
      • This Flanders is located in Lafayette Parish and lies 1,529 miles [2,460.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette Parish community of Flanders.
    • Michigan
      • Alpena County
      • This Flanders is located in Alpena County and lies 592 miles [952.7 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alpena County community of Flanders.
    • New Jersey
      • Morris County
      • This Flanders is located in Morris County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of Flanders.
    • New York
      • Suffolk County
      • This Flanders is located in Suffolk County and lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Flanders.
    • Ontario
      • This Flanders lies 989 miles [1,591.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • Texas
      • Val Verde County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Val Verde County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Val Verde County community of Flanders.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Flanders ...

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.

  • High Forest
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Forest came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Forest
  • Island Brook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • 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
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • 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
  • Low Forest
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Low Forest came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Forest
  • Maple Leaf
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Leaf came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Leaf
  • Martinville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinville
  • New Mexico
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • 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
  • Pleasant Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Slab City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slab City came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City

How Far From Flanders to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Flanders to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 201 miles [323.5 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Flanders to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,408 miles [8,703.3 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 6,129 miles [9,863.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,004 miles [6,443.8 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' (or 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- Flanders) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Flanders. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3778, Longitude: -71.5519    
<2>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 Flanders, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Flanders 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.
<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 Flanders 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 303.792 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.881 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.206 degrees.




 

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