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Communities Also Named Sanford ...

We found 26 communities that share the name Sanford.

Within Quebec, the name Sanford is unique.

Beyond Quebec, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 26 communities, one is located in Canada and the other 25 communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Covington County
      • This Sanford is located in Covington County and lies 1,344 miles [2,163 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington County community of Sanford.
    • California
      • Los Angeles 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 California community of Sanford [Los Angeles County].
    • Colorado
      • Conejos County
      • This Sanford is located in Conejos County and lies 1,840 miles [2,961.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Conejos County community of Sanford.
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield 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 Connecticut community of Sanford [Fairfield County].
    • Florida
      • Orange 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 Florida community of Sanford [Orange County].
      • Seminole County
      • This Sanford is located in Seminole County and lies 1,378 miles [2,217.7 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seminole County community of Sanford.
    • Georgia
      • Madison County
      • This Sanford is located in Madison County and lies 1,091 miles [1,755.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Sanford.
      • Stewart County
      • This Sanford is located in Stewart County and lies 1,262 miles [2,031 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stewart County community of Sanford.
    • Kansas
      • Pawnee County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Sanford [Pawnee County].
      • Phillips County
      • This community is historic and although located in Phillips County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Sanford.
      • Shawnee 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 Kansas community of Sanford [Shawnee County].
    • Maine
      • York County
      • This Sanford is located in York County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Sanford.
    • Manitoba
      • This Sanford lies 1,158 miles [1,863.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • This Sanford is located in Montgomery County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Sanford.
    • Michigan
      • Midland County
      • This Sanford is located in Midland County and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Midland County community of Sanford.
    • Mississippi
      • Covington County
      • This Sanford is located in Covington County and lies 1,429 miles [2,299.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Covington County community of Sanford.
    • New York
      • Allegany County
      • This Sanford is located in Allegany County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Sanford.
      • Broome County
      • This Sanford is located in Broome County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broome County community of Sanford.
    • North Carolina
      • Lee County
      • This Sanford is located in Lee County and lies 902 miles [1,451.6 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Sanford.
      • Moore 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 Sanford [Moore County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Warren County
      • This Sanford is located in Warren County and lies 533 miles [857.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Sanford.
    • South Carolina
      • Horry 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 Sanford [Horry County].
    • Tennessee
      • McMinn County
      • This Sanford is located in McMinn County and lies 1,056 miles [1,699.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McMinn County community of Sanford.
    • Texas
      • Hutchinson County
      • This Sanford is located in Hutchinson County and lies 1,704 miles [2,742.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hutchinson County community of Sanford.
    • Virginia
      • Accomack County
      • This Sanford is located in Accomack County and lies 682 miles [1,097.6 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Accomack County community of Sanford.
    • West Virginia
      • Marion County
      • This Sanford is located in Marion County and lies 677 miles [1,089.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Sanford.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sanford ...

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.

  • Caribou
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caribou came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
  • Falrie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falrie came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falrie
  • Orleans Club
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orleans Club came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans Club
  • Starvation Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starvation Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starvation Point

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 218 miles [350.8 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Sanford to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,353 miles [8,614.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,083 miles [9,789.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,962 miles [6,376.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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' (or 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- Sanford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sanford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.4828, Longitude: -72.2097    
<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 Sanford 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>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 Sanford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Sanford 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 303.841 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.301 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.378 degrees.




 

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