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Communities Also Named York ...

We found 40 communities that share the name York.

Within Quebec, the name York is unique.

Beyond Quebec, we know of another 40 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 40 communities, four are located in Canada and 38 are in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Sumter County
      • This York is located in Sumter County and lies 1,662 miles [2,674.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of York.
    • Alaska
      • This York lies 3,558 miles [5,726 km]<1> to the north northwest.
    • Arizona
      • Greenlee County
      • This York is located in Greenlee County and lies 2,530 miles [4,071.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenlee County community of York.
    • 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 York [Los Angeles County].
    • Florida
      • Marion County
      • This York is located in Marion County and lies 1,645 miles [2,647.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of York.
    • Georgia
      • Houston 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 Georgia community of York [Houston County].
      • Rabun County
      • This York is located in Rabun County and lies 1,351 miles [2,174.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rabun County community of York.
    • Idaho
      • Idaho County
      • This York is located in Idaho County and lies 2,345 miles [3,773.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Idaho County community of York.
    • Illinois
      • Clark County
      • This York is located in Clark County and lies 1,315 miles [2,116.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of York.
    • Indiana
      • Noble 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 Indiana community of York [Noble County].
      • Steuben County
      • This York is located in Steuben County and lies 1,093 miles [1,759 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steuben County community of York.
    • Iowa
      • Delaware County
      • This York is located in Delaware County and lies 1,354 miles [2,179.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of York.
    • Kansas
      • Ottawa 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 York [Ottawa County].
      • Sedgwick County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of York [Sedgwick County].
    • Kentucky
      • Greenup County
      • This York is located in Greenup County and lies 1,154 miles [1,857.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenup County community of York.
    • Maine
      • York County
      • This York is located in York County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of York.
    • Michigan
      • Shiawassee County
      • This York is located in Shiawassee County and lies 1,031 miles [1,659.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shiawassee County community of York.
      • Washtenaw 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 Michigan community of York [Washtenaw County].
    • Minnesota
      • Fillmore County
      • This York is located in Fillmore County and lies 1,364 miles [2,195.1 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fillmore County community of York.
      • Lake County
      • This York is located in Lake County and lies 1,252 miles [2,014.9 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of York.
    • Missouri
      • Atchison 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 Missouri community of York [Atchison County].
    • Montana
      • Lewis and Clark County
      • This York is located in Lewis and Clark County and lies 2,159 miles [3,474.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis and Clark County community of York.
      • Meagher 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 Montana community of York [Meagher County].
    • Nebraska
      • York County
      • This York is located in York County and lies 1,690 miles [2,719.8 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of York.
    • New York
      • Livingston County
      • This York is located in Livingston County and lies 756 miles [1,216.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of York.
      • Wayne County
      • This York is located in Wayne County and lies 704 miles [1,133 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of York.
    • North Carolina
      • Warren 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 York [Warren County].
    • North Dakota
      • Benson County
      • This York is located in Benson County and lies 1,586 miles [2,552.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benson County community of York.
    • Ohio
      • Jefferson County
      • This York is located in Jefferson County and lies 989 miles [1,591.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of York.
      • Sandusky County
      • This York is located in Sandusky County and lies 1,024 miles [1,648 km] to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sandusky County community of York.
      • Trumbull 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 Ohio community of York [Trumbull County].
      • Union 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 Ohio community of York [Union County].
    • Ontario
      • This York lies 833 miles [1,340.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
    • Pennsylvania
      • York County
      • This York is located in York County and lies 851 miles [1,369.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of York.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This York lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<1> to the south southeast.
    • South Carolina
      • York County
      • This York is located in York County and lies 1,273 miles [2,048.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of York.
    • Utah
      • York #
      • 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 Utah community of York.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This York is located in King County and lies 2,584 miles [4,158.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of York.
    • West Virginia
      • Mason County
      • This York is located in Mason County and lies 1,102 miles [1,773.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of York.
    • Wisconsin
      • Jackson County
      • This York is located in Jackson County and lies 1,287 miles [2,071.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of York.

Curious and Interesting Names Near York ...

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.

  • De Forceville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for De Forceville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Forceville
  • Farewell Cove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farewell Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farewell Cove
  • Fox River
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox River
  • Rose Bridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rose Bridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Bridge
  • Sandy Beach
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Beach came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Beach
  • Seal Cove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seal Cove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seal Cove
  • Shiphead
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shiphead came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiphead
  • Sunny Bank
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunny Bank came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Bank

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 570 miles [917.3 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from York to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>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 33 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 23 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,007 miles [8,058 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 5,731 miles [9,223.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,607 miles [5,804.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for York. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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 drawn from Point A (ie- York) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in York. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.7500, Longitude: -64.5833    
<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 York 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 York, 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 York 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 298.575 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 294.715 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 293.463 degrees.




 

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