Waco (Quebec) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Communities Also Named Waco ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Waco.

Within Quebec, the name Waco is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Franklin County
  - This Waco is located in Franklin County and lies 1,603 miles [2,579.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Waco.
- Arkansas
  - Cleburne 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 Arkansas community of Waco [Cleburne County].
  - Craighead 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 Arkansas community of Waco [Craighead County].
- Florida
  - Hillsborough County
  - This Waco is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,839 miles [2,959.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Waco.
- Georgia
  - Haralson County
  - This Waco is located in Haralson County and lies 1,568 miles [2,523.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haralson County community of Waco.
- Indiana
  - Davies's County
  - This Waco is located in Davies's County and lies 1,365 miles [2,196.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davies's County community of Waco.
- Kansas
  - Sedgwick County
  - This Waco is located in Sedgwick County and lies 1,812 miles [2,916.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sedgwick County community of Waco.
- Kentucky
  - Madison County
  - This Waco is located in Madison County and lies 1,306 miles [2,101.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Waco.
- Mississippi
  - Sunflower 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 Mississippi community of Waco [Sunflower County].
- Missouri
  - Jasper County
  - This Waco is located in Jasper County and lies 1,716 miles [2,761.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Waco.
- Montana
  - Yellowstone County
  - This Waco is located in Yellowstone County and lies 1,923 miles [3,094.8 km]<1> to the west.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yellowstone County community of Waco.
- Nebraska
  - York County
  - This Waco is located in York County and lies 1,670 miles [2,687.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Waco.
- North Carolina
  - Cleveland County
  - This Waco is located in Cleveland County and lies 1,358 miles [2,185.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cleveland County community of Waco.
- Ohio
  - Stark County
  - This Waco is located in Stark County and lies 1,049 miles [1,688.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Waco.
- South Carolina
  - Anderson 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 Waco [Anderson County].
- Tennessee
  - Giles County
  - This Waco is located in Giles County and lies 1,533 miles [2,467.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Giles County community of Waco.
- Texas
  - McLennan County
  - This Waco is located in McLennan County and lies 2,104 miles [3,386.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLennan County community of Waco.
- Virginia
  - 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 Virginia community of Waco [Orange County].

How Far From Waco to ...

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 community such as Waco to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 620 miles [997.8 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Waco to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 36 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 25 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,958 miles [7,979.1 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 5,694 miles [9,163.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,577 miles [5,756.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

Off-the-Road Links ...

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Waco) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Waco. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 51.4500, Longitude: -65.6167
<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 Waco 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 Waco, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Waco 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 298.503 degrees.
<7>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 295.16 degrees.
<8>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 292.113 degrees.