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Communities Also Named Hereford ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Hereford.

Within Quebec, the name Hereford is unique.

Beyond Quebec, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Cochise County
      • This Hereford is located in Cochise County and lies 2,270 miles [3,653.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cochise County community of Hereford.
    • Colorado
      • Weld County
      • This Hereford is located in Weld County and lies 1,665 miles [2,679.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weld County community of Hereford.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Hereford is located in Baltimore County and lies 456 miles [733.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Hereford.
    • Minnesota
      • Grant County
      • This Hereford is located in Grant County and lies 1,186 miles [1,908.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Hereford.
    • Missouri
      • Callaway County
      • This Hereford is located in Callaway County and lies 1,128 miles [1,815.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Callaway County community of Hereford.
    • Oregon
      • Baker County
      • This Hereford is located in Baker County and lies 2,247 miles [3,616.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baker County community of Hereford.
      • Clackamas County
      • This Hereford is located in Clackamas County and lies 2,440 miles [3,926.8 km] to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Hereford.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Berks County
      • This Hereford is located in Berks County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Hereford.
    • South Dakota
      • Meade County
      • This Hereford is located in Meade County and lies 1,528 miles [2,459.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meade County community of Hereford.
    • Texas
      • Deaf Smith County
      • This Hereford is located in Deaf Smith County and lies 1,764 miles [2,838.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Deaf Smith County community of Hereford.
    • Virginia
      • Tazewell County
      • This Hereford is located in Tazewell County and lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Hereford.
    • West Virginia
      • Jackson County
      • This Hereford is located in Jackson County and lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Hereford.
    • Wyoming
      • Laramie 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 Wyoming community of Hereford [Laramie County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hereford ...

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.

  • Clarksville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Clarksville is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
  • Cones
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Cones is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cones
  • Happy Corner
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Happy Corner is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Corner
  • Kidderville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Kidderville is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidderville
  • Ladd's Mills
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Stewartstown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Stewartstown is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartstown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
  • Stewartstown Hollow
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Stewartstown Hollow is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartstown Hollow
  • Upper Kidderville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Upper Kidderville is located in Coos County (NH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Kidderville

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Hereford to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<3>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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,422 miles [8,725.9 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 6,141 miles [9,883 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,017 miles [6,464.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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 from Point A (ie- Hereford) 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 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 Hereford 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 Hereford 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 Hereford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0139, Longitude: -71.5622    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.86 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.894 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.409 degrees.