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

Communities Also Named Lawn ...

We found nine communities that share the name Lawn.

Within Quebec, the name Lawn is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Anderson County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Anderson County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Lawn.
    • Nebraska
      • Box Butte County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Box Butte County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Box Butte County community of Lawn.
      • Douglas 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 Nebraska community of Lawn [Douglas County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Lawn lies 1,002 miles [1,612.6 km]<3> to the east northeast.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lebanon County
      • This Lawn is located in Lebanon County and lies 377 miles [606.7 km]<3> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lebanon County community of Lawn.
    • South Carolina
      • Cherokee County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Lawn [Cherokee County].
      • Union 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 South Carolina community of Lawn [Union County].
    • Texas
      • Taylor County
      • This Lawn is located in Taylor County and lies 1,548 miles [2,491.3 km]<3> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Lawn.
    • West Virginia
      • Greenbrier County
      • This Lawn is located in Greenbrier County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<3> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Lawn.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lawn ...

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.

  • Dunraven
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunraven
  • Elmside
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmside came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmside
  • Freshwater
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freshwater came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freshwater
  • Garden of Eden
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden of Eden came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden of Eden
  • Iron Gate
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron Gate came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
  • Leach Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leach Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach Lake
  • Maryland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maryland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland
  • Morehead
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morehead came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehead
  • Pine Lodge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Lodge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lodge
  • Queens Line
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queens Line came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Line
  • Ruthledge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruthledge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge
  • Sand Bay
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Bay came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Bay
  • Starks Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starks Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks Corners

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 44 miles [70.8 km]<3> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Lawn to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,593 miles [9,001.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,323 miles [10,175.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,202 miles [6,762.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

The official website for Province of Quebec: https://www.quebec.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Lawn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 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 Lawn 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>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 from Point A (ie- Lawn) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lawn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6833, Longitude: -76.5500    
<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 Lawn 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 306.945 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.455 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.572 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