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34.592966, -81.463032
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We found 36 communities that are also named Carlisle.
There are two communities within South Carolina that are also named Carlisle.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of 34 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 34 communities, 34 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Located In South Carolina ...
Lexington 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 South Carolina community of Carlisle [Lexington County].
Spartanburg County
This Carlisle is located in Spartanburg County and lies 41 miles [66 km]<2> to the northwest of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Carlisle.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Etowah County
This Carlisle is located in Etowah County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<2> to the west of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Carlisle.
Monroe 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 Alabama community of Carlisle [Monroe County].
Arkansas
Lonoke County
This Carlisle is located in Lonoke County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<2> to the west of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lonoke County community of Carlisle.
Georgia
Gilmer 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 Georgia community of Carlisle [Gilmer County].
Indiana
Sullivan County
This Carlisle is located in Sullivan County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Carlisle.
Iowa
Warren County
This Carlisle is located in Warren County and lies 808 miles [1,300.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Carlisle.
Kansas
Atchison 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 Kansas community of Carlisle [Atchison County].
Hamilton 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 Carlisle [Hamilton County].
Kentucky
Nicholas County
This Carlisle is located in Nicholas County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicholas County community of Carlisle.
Louisiana
Plaquemines Parish
This Carlisle is located in Plaquemines Parish and lies 601 miles [967.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plaquemines Parish community of Carlisle.
Massachusetts
Middlesex County
This Carlisle is located in Middlesex County and lies 772 miles [1,242.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Carlisle.
Michigan
Eaton County
This Carlisle is located in Eaton County and lies 581 miles [935 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eaton County community of Carlisle.
Kent County
This Carlisle is located in Kent County and lies 612 miles [984.9 km] to the north northwest of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Carlisle.
Minnesota
Otter Tail County
This Carlisle is located in Otter Tail County and lies 1,118 miles [1,799.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otter Tail County community of Carlisle.
Mississippi
Claiborne County
This Carlisle is located in Claiborne County and lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Claiborne County community of Carlisle.
Nebraska
Fillmore County
This Carlisle is located in Fillmore County and lies 975 miles [1,569.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fillmore County community of Carlisle.
New Brunswick
This Carlisle lies 1,094 miles [1,760.6 km]<2> to the northeast of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
New Mexico
Grant County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Grant County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Carlisle.
New York
Schoharie County
This Carlisle is located in Schoharie County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schoharie County community of Carlisle.
North Carolina
Davidson 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 North Carolina community of Carlisle [Davidson County].
North Dakota
Pembina 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 North Dakota community of Carlisle [Pembina County].
Ohio
Lorain County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Lorain County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lorain County community of Carlisle.
Noble County
This Carlisle is located in Noble County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<2> to the north of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noble County community of Carlisle.
Warren County
This Carlisle is located in Warren County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km] to the north northwest of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Carlisle.
Oklahoma
Sequoyah County
This Carlisle is located in Sequoyah County and lies 768 miles [1,236 km]<2> to the west of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sequoyah County community of Carlisle.
Ontario
This Carlisle lies 613 miles [986.5 km]<2> to the north of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
Pennsylvania
Cumberland County
This Carlisle is located in Cumberland County and lies 452 miles [727.4 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Carlisle.
Tennessee
Stewart County
This Carlisle is located in Stewart County and lies 375 miles [603.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stewart County community of Carlisle.
Texas
Lubbock County
This Carlisle is located in Lubbock County and lies 1,173 miles [1,887.8 km]<2> to the west of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lubbock County community of Carlisle.
Rusk 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 Texas community of Carlisle [Rusk County].
Trinity County
This Carlisle is located in Trinity County and lies 837 miles [1,347 km] to the west southwest of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trinity County community of Carlisle.
Virginia
Henry County
This Carlisle is located in Henry County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Carlisle.
Washington
Grays Harbor County
This Carlisle is located in Grays Harbor County and lies 2,354 miles [3,788.4 km]<2> to the northwest of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grays Harbor County community of Carlisle.
West Virginia
Fayette County
This Carlisle is located in Fayette County and lies 233 miles [375 km]<2> to the north of the Carlisle that is located in Union County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Carlisle.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carlisle ...
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 & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a town such as Carlisle to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Carlisle and extending to:
Union, which is the Seat of Union County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Carlisle to Union, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 47 miles [75.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 385 miles [619.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,275 miles [10,098.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,973 miles [11,222 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,853 miles [7,810.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Carlisle 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.
<2>
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- Carlisle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Carlisle, 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 Carlisle 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 Carlisle. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5930, Longitude: -81.4630
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.575 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.867 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.928 degrees.