RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> Province of Quebec >> Kingsbury >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Communities Also Named Kingsbury ...

We found ten communities that share the name Kingsbury.

Within Quebec, the name Kingsbury is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • LaPorte County
      • This Kingsbury is located in LaPorte County and lies 778 miles [1,252.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaPorte County community of Kingsbury.
    • Maine
      • Piscataquis County
      • This Kingsbury is located in Piscataquis County and lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Piscataquis County community of Kingsbury.
    • Nevada
      • Douglas County
      • This Kingsbury is located in Douglas County and lies 2,445 miles [3,934.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Kingsbury.
    • New York
      • Washington County
      • This Kingsbury is located in Washington County and lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Kingsbury.
    • Ohio
      • Meigs County
      • This Kingsbury is located in Meigs County and lies 671 miles [1,079.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of Kingsbury.
      • Trumbull County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Trumbull County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Kingsbury.
    • South Carolina
      • Lancaster 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 South Carolina community of Kingsbury [Lancaster County].
    • Tennessee
      • Montgomery County
      • This Kingsbury is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,007 miles [1,620.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Kingsbury.
    • Texas
      • Guadalupe County
      • This Kingsbury is located in Guadalupe County and lies 1,770 miles [2,848.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guadalupe County community of Kingsbury.
    • West Virginia
      • Wood 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 West Virginia community of Kingsbury [Wood County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kingsbury ...

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.

  • Gore
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gore came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore
  • Greenlay
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenlay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlay
  • Greenshields
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenshields came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenshields
  • Hardwood Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hardwood Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwood Hill
  • Lower Flodden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Flodden came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Flodden
  • Melbourne Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melbourne Ridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne Ridge
  • Morse
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morse came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
  • Rockland
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 172 miles [276.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Kingsbury to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,424 miles [8,729.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,146 miles [9,891 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,022 miles [6,472.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kingsbury) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kingsbury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5728, Longitude: -72.1365    
<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 Kingsbury, 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 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 Kingsbury 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 Kingsbury 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 304.129 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.29 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.393 degrees.




 

Copyright 2024
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 07 Apr 2024