We found seven communities that share the name Martinville.
Within Quebec, the name Martinville is unique.
Beyond Quebec, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these seven communities, .
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Escambia County
This Martinville is located in Escambia County and lies 1,299 miles [2,090.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Martinville.
Arkansas
Ashley County
This Martinville is located in Ashley County and lies 1,354 miles [2,179.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashley County community of Martinville.
Faulkner County
This Martinville is located in Faulkner County and lies 1,289 miles [2,074.4 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faulkner County community of Martinville.
Louisiana
Saint Tammany Parish
This Martinville is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 1,425 miles [2,293.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Martinville.
Manitoba
We haven't found the location of this community yet.
Mississippi
Simpson County
This Martinville is located in Simpson County and lies 1,336 miles [2,150.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Simpson County community of Martinville.
Ontario
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 Ontario community of Martinville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Martinville ...
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.
Booth's Beach (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Booth's Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
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 village such as Martinville to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Martinville and extending to:
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Martinville to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,414 miles [8,713 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,135 miles [9,873.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,010 miles [6,453.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Martinville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Martinville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3139, Longitude: -71.6478
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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 Martinville 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.
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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.
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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.
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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 Martinville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.863 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.949 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.289 degrees.