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33.989869, -81.252600
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We found 30 communities that are also named Lakeland.
Within South Carolina, the name Lakeland is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of 30 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 30 communities, 27 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Florida
Polk County
This Lakeland is located in Polk County and lies 412 miles [663 km]<1> to the south of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Lakeland.
Georgia
Lanier County
This Lakeland is located in Lanier County and lies 229 miles [368.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lanier County community of Lakeland.
Indiana
LaPorte 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 Lakeland [LaPorte County].
Kansas
Meade 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 Lakeland [Meade County].
Kentucky
Jefferson County
This Lakeland is located in Jefferson County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Lakeland.
Louisiana
Pointe Coupee Parish
This Lakeland is located in Pointe Coupee Parish and lies 636 miles [1,023.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pointe Coupee Parish community of Lakeland.
Manitoba
This Lakeland lies 1,423 miles [2,290.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Lakeland is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Lakeland.
Baltimore City
This Lakeland is located in Baltimore City and lies 444 miles [714.5 km] to the north northeast of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of Lakeland.
Prince George's County
This Lakeland is located in Prince George's County and lies 420 miles [675.9 km] to the north northeast of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Lakeland.
Michigan
Livingston County
This Lakeland is located in Livingston County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Lakeland.
Minnesota
Washington County
This Lakeland is located in Washington County and lies 973 miles [1,565.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Lakeland.
Mississippi
Rankin County
This Lakeland is located in Rankin County and lies 529 miles [851.3 km]<1> to the west of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Lakeland.
Missouri
Miller County
This Lakeland is located in Miller County and lies 698 miles [1,123.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miller County community of Lakeland.
Shelby County
This Lakeland is located in Shelby County and lies 731 miles [1,176.4 km] to the northwest of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Lakeland.
New Brunswick
This Lakeland lies 1,208 miles [1,944.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
New Jersey
Camden County
This Lakeland is located in Camden County and lies 525 miles [844.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Lakeland.
New York
Onondaga County
This Lakeland is located in Onondaga County and lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Lakeland.
Suffolk County
This Lakeland is located in Suffolk County and lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km] to the northeast of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Lakeland.
Nova Scotia
We haven't found the location of this community yet.
Ohio
Lawrence County
This Lakeland is located in Lawrence County and lies 314 miles [505.3 km]<1> to the north of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Lakeland.
Lucas County
This Lakeland is located in Lucas County and lies 540 miles [869 km] to the north of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Lakeland.
Noble County
This Lakeland is located in Noble County and lies 407 miles [655 km] to the north of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noble County community of Lakeland.
Tennessee
Shelby County
This Lakeland is located in Shelby County and lies 489 miles [787 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Lakeland.
Texas
Liberty County
This Lakeland is located in Liberty County and lies 831 miles [1,337.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Liberty County community of Lakeland.
Montgomery County
Although located in Montgomery County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Lakeland.
Utah
Davis County
This Lakeland is located in Davis County and lies 1,742 miles [2,803.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Lakeland.
Virginia
Fauquier County
This Lakeland is located in Fauquier County and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fauquier County community of Lakeland.
Norfolk City
This Lakeland is located in Norfolk City and lies 347 miles [558.4 km] to the northeast of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk City community of Lakeland.
Washington
King County
This Lakeland is located in King County and lies 2,304 miles [3,707.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lakeland that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Lakeland.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lakeland ...
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 Lakeland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lakeland and extending to:
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Lakeland to Columbia, with an average speed<3> 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.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 411 miles [661.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,293 miles [10,127.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,987 miles [11,244.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,869 miles [7,835.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Lakeland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Lakeland 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>
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 Lakeland 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 Lakeland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9899, Longitude: -81.2526 In this case, the coordinates for Lakeland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.447 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.633 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.017 degrees.