We found 40 communities that share the name Laurel.
Within Quebec, the name Laurel is unique.
Beyond Quebec, we know of another 40 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 40 communities, one is located in Canada and the other 39 communities are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
DeKalb 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 Laurel [DeKalb County].
Arkansas
Pope 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 Arkansas community of Laurel [Pope County].
California
Alameda County
This Laurel is located in Alameda County and lies 2,480 miles [3,991.2 km]<3> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alameda County community of Laurel.
San Mateo County
This Laurel is located in San Mateo County and lies 2,494 miles [4,013.7 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Mateo County community of Laurel.
Santa Cruz County
This Laurel is located in Santa Cruz County and lies 2,491 miles [4,008.9 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Cruz County community of Laurel.
Delaware
Sussex County
This Laurel is located in Sussex County and lies 506 miles [814.3 km]<3> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Laurel.
Florida
Sarasota County
This Laurel is located in Sarasota County and lies 1,364 miles [2,195.1 km]<3> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sarasota County community of Laurel.
Indiana
Franklin County
This Laurel is located in Franklin County and lies 698 miles [1,123.3 km]<3> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Laurel.
Iowa
Marshall County
This Laurel is located in Marshall County and lies 956 miles [1,538.5 km]<3> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Laurel.
Kansas
Hodgeman 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 Kansas community of Laurel [Hodgeman County].
Kentucky
Greenup 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 Kentucky community of Laurel [Greenup County].
Lawrence County
This Laurel is located in Lawrence County and lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km]<3> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Laurel.
Maryland
Prince George's County
This Laurel is located in Prince George's County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<3> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Laurel.
Michigan
Sanilac 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 Michigan community of Laurel [Sanilac County].
Minnesota
Koochiching County
This Laurel is located in Koochiching County and lies 917 miles [1,475.8 km]<3> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Koochiching County community of Laurel.
Mississippi
Jones County
This Laurel is located in Jones County and lies 1,252 miles [2,014.9 km]<3> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Laurel.
Montana
Yellowstone County
This Laurel is located in Yellowstone County and lies 1,640 miles [2,639.3 km]<3> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yellowstone County community of Laurel.
Nebraska
Cedar County
This Laurel is located in Cedar County and lies 1,142 miles [1,837.9 km]<3> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cedar County community of Laurel.
Nevada
Humboldt 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 Nevada community of Laurel [Humboldt County].
New York
Suffolk County
This Laurel is located in Suffolk County and lies 350 miles [563.3 km]<3> to the south southeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Laurel.
North Carolina
Franklin County
This Laurel is located in Franklin County and lies 695 miles [1,118.5 km]<3> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Laurel.
Madison 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 North Carolina community of Laurel [Madison County].
Ohio
Clermont County
This Laurel is located in Clermont County and lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km]<3> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clermont County community of Laurel.
Ontario
This Laurel lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<3> to the west southwest.
Oregon
Washington County
This Laurel is located in Washington County and lies 2,306 miles [3,711.1 km]<3> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Laurel.
Pennsylvania
Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Laurel [Allegheny County].
Chester County
This Laurel is located in Chester County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<3> to the south.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Laurel.
Cumberland 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 Pennsylvania community of Laurel [Cumberland County].
York County
This Laurel is located in York County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Laurel.
South Carolina
Georgetown 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 South Carolina community of Laurel [Georgetown County].
South Dakota
Sully 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 South Dakota community of Laurel [Sully County].
Tennessee
Anderson County
This Laurel is located in Anderson County and lies 842 miles [1,355.1 km]<3> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Laurel.
Sevier County
This Laurel is located in Sevier County and lies 836 miles [1,345.4 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Laurel.
Texas
Newton County
Although located in Newton County, we don't know the location within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Laurel.
Virginia
Henrico County
This Laurel is located in Henrico County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km]<3> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henrico County community of Laurel.
Russell 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 Virginia community of Laurel [Russell County].
Wise County
This Laurel is located in Wise County and lies 753 miles [1,211.8 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wise County community of Laurel.
Washington
Klickitat County
This Laurel is located in Klickitat County and lies 2,221 miles [3,574.4 km]<3> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Klickitat County community of Laurel.
Whatcom County
This Laurel is located in Whatcom County and lies 2,218 miles [3,569.5 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whatcom County community of Laurel.
West Virginia
Barbour 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 West Virginia community of Laurel [Barbour County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Laurel ...
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.
Christieville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christieville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
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 Laurel to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Laurel and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 66 miles [106.2 km]<3> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Laurel to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,505 miles [8,859.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,232 miles [10,029.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,110 miles [6,614.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Laurel 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>
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 Laurel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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- Laurel) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Laurel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.8494, Longitude: -74.4572
<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 Laurel 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 305.569 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.945 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.422 degrees.