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Communities Also Named Morehead ...

We found four communities that share the name Morehead.

Within Quebec, the name Morehead is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Labette County
      • This Morehead is located in Labette County and lies 1,130 miles [1,818.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Labette County community of Morehead.
    • Kentucky
      • Muhlenberg County
      • This Morehead is located in Muhlenberg County and lies 797 miles [1,282.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muhlenberg County community of Morehead.
      • Rowan County
      • This Morehead is located in Rowan County and lies 625 miles [1,005.8 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rowan County community of Morehead.
    • North Carolina
      • Guilford 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 North Carolina community of Morehead [Guilford County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Morehead ...

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
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunraven
  • Freshwater
    (6 miles [9.7 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:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freshwater
  • 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:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
  • Lawn
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawn
  • Leach Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leach Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach Lake
  • Queens Line
    (10 miles [16.1 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:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Line
  • 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:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Bay
  • Starks Corners
    (5 miles [8 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:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks Corners

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 45 miles [72.4 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Morehead to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4> 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<5> 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).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,324 miles [10,177.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,203 miles [6,764.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

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

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Morehead) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Morehead. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.6833, Longitude: -76.5667    
<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Morehead 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>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Morehead to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.956 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.467 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.581 degrees.




 

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