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We found seven communities that are also named Stickney.
Within South Dakota, the name Stickney is unique.
Beyond South Dakota, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Cook County
This Stickney is located in Cook County and lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<1> to the east of the Stickney that is located in Aurora County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Stickney.
Kansas
Barton County
This Stickney is located in Barton County and lies 342 miles [550.4 km]<1> to the south of the Stickney that is located in Aurora County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barton County community of Stickney.
Missouri
Maries County
This Stickney is located in Maries County and lies 510 miles [820.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Stickney that is located in Aurora County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maries County community of Stickney.
New Brunswick
This Stickney lies 1,510 miles [2,430.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Stickney that is located in Aurora County.
Ohio
Lucas 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 Stickney [Lucas County].
Pennsylvania
McKean County
This Stickney is located in McKean County and lies 999 miles [1,607.7 km]<1> to the east of the Stickney that is located in Aurora County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKean County community of Stickney.
West Virginia
Raleigh County
This Stickney is located in Raleigh County and lies 965 miles [1,553 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Stickney that is located in Aurora County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Raleigh County community of Stickney.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stickney ...
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 town such as Stickney to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stickney and extending to:
Plankinton, which is the Seat of Aurora County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stickney to Plankinton, with an average speed<4> 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.
Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 109 miles [175.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,153 miles [1,855.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 66 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,460 miles [10,396.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,219 miles [11,617.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,140 miles [8,272 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Stickney) 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 Stickney 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Stickney 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 Stickney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5894, Longitude: -98.4379 In this case, the coordinates for Stickney have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.972 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.189 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.796 degrees.