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41.951432, -71.454425
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We found 36 communities that share the name Albion.
Within Rhode Island, the name Albion is unique.
Beyond Rhode Island, we know of another 36 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 36 communities, 33 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
White County
This Albion is located in White County and lies 1,184 miles [1,905.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Albion.
British Columbia
This Albion lies 2,471 miles [3,976.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
California
Mendocino County
This Albion is located in Mendocino County and lies 2,706 miles [4,354.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mendocino County community of Albion.
Delaware
New Castle County
This Albion is located in New Castle County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Albion.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Albion is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,146 miles [1,844.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Albion.
Levy 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 Albion [Levy County].
Idaho
Cassia County
This Albion is located in Cassia County and lies 2,133 miles [3,432.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cassia County community of Albion.
Illinois
Edwards County
This Albion is located in Edwards County and lies 908 miles [1,461.3 km]<1> to the west of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edwards County community of Albion.
Indiana
Noble County
This Albion is located in Noble County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<1> to the west of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noble County community of Albion.
Scott County
This Albion is located in Scott County and lies 782 miles [1,258.5 km] to the west of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Albion.
Iowa
Marshall County
This Albion is located in Marshall County and lies 1,101 miles [1,771.9 km]<1> to the west of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Albion.
Kansas
Harper County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Harper County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harper County community of Albion.
Republic 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 Albion [Republic County].
Maine
Kennebec County
This Albion is located in Kennebec County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kennebec County community of Albion.
Michigan
Calhoun County
This Albion is located in Calhoun County and lies 681 miles [1,096 km]<1> to the west of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Albion.
Houghton 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 Albion [Houghton County].
Minnesota
Wright 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 Minnesota community of Albion [Wright County].
Montana
Carter County
This Albion is located in Carter County and lies 1,645 miles [2,647.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Albion.
Nebraska
Boone County
This Albion is located in Boone County and lies 1,360 miles [2,188.7 km]<1> to the west of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Albion.
New Jersey
Camden County
This Albion is located in Camden County and lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Albion.
New York
Orleans County
This Albion is located in Orleans County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orleans County community of Albion.
North Carolina
Surry County
This Albion is located in Surry County and lies 609 miles [980.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Surry County community of Albion.
North Dakota
Stutsman 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 Dakota community of Albion [Stutsman County].
Ohio
Ashland County
This Albion is located in Ashland County and lies 557 miles [896.4 km]<1> to the west of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashland County community of Albion.
Licking County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Licking County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Licking County community of Albion.
Oklahoma
Pushmataha County
This Albion is located in Pushmataha County and lies 1,370 miles [2,204.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pushmataha County community of Albion.
Ontario
This Albion lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
Pennsylvania
Erie County
This Albion is located in Erie County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<1> to the west of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Albion.
Jefferson County
This Albion is located in Jefferson County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km] to the west of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Albion.
Prince Edward Island
This Albion lies 527 miles [848.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
South Carolina
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 South Carolina community of Albion [Fairfield County].
South Dakota
Edmunds 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 Dakota community of Albion [Edmunds County].
Texas
Red River County
This Albion is located in Red River County and lies 1,394 miles [2,243.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Red River County community of Albion.
Washington
Whitman County
This Albion is located in Whitman County and lies 2,252 miles [3,624.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitman County community of Albion.
West Virginia
Nicholas 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 West Virginia community of Albion [Nicholas County].
Wisconsin
Dane County
This Albion is located in Dane County and lies 898 miles [1,445.2 km]<1> to the west of the Albion that is located in Providence County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dane County community of Albion.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Albion ...
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.
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 Albion to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Albion and extending to:
Providence, which is the Seat of Providence County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Albion to Providence, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Providence, which is the State Capital of Rhode Island, lies 9 miles [14.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). The buggy would take a little over three hours and walking would take four to five hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 361 miles [581 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,536 miles [8,909.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,242 miles [10,045.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,119 miles [6,628.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Albion) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Albion. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9514, Longitude: -71.4544
<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 Albion 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 county. 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 Albion, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>
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.
<7>
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 Albion to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.271 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.835 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.955 degrees.