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Communities Also Named Wentworth ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Wentworth.

Within Quebec, the name Wentworth is unique.

Beyond Quebec, we know of eleven communities that are located in Canada and the United States. Of these eleven communities, one is located in Canada and the other ten communities are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Wentworth [Cook County].
    • Iowa
      • Mitchell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Wentworth [Mitchell County].
    • Kentucky
      • Letcher County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Wentworth [Letcher County].
    • Michigan
      • Kent County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wentworth [Kent County].
    • Missouri
      • Newton County
      • This Wentworth is located in Newton County and lies 1,183 miles [1,903.9 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Wentworth.
    • New Hampshire
      • Grafton County
      • This Wentworth is located in Grafton County and lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grafton County community of Wentworth.
    • North Carolina
      • Rockingham County
      • This Wentworth is located in Rockingham County and lies 707 miles [1,137.8 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Wentworth.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Wentworth lies 521 miles [838.5 km]<2> to the east.
    • South Dakota
      • Lake County
      • This Wentworth is located in Lake County and lies 1,108 miles [1,783.2 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Wentworth.
    • Texas
      • Van Zandt County
      • This Wentworth is located in Van Zandt County and lies 1,458 miles [2,346.4 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Zandt County community of Wentworth.
    • Wisconsin
      • Douglas County
      • This Wentworth is located in Douglas County and lies 835 miles [1,343.8 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Wentworth.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wentworth ...

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.

  • Christieville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Dalesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Edina
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edina
  • Grace Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hill Head
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Laurel Station
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Lost River
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Mount Maple
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Sir John Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Spring Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

How Far From Wentworth to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Wentworth to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 69 miles [111 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could walk a straight line from Wentworth to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,503 miles [8,856.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,230 miles [10,026.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,108 miles [6,611.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Wentworth 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.
<2>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 from Point A (ie- Wentworth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Wentworth to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wentworth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.8000, Longitude: -74.3667    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.518 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.88 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.401 degrees.