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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Fourmile Bridge. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Fourmile Bridge to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fourmile Bridge, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Fourmile Bridge (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Fourmile Bridge. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Fourmile Bridge ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Fourmile Bridge: Fourmile Brg. (or less commonly used: Fourmile Brdg. or Fourmile Brdge.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Fourmile Bridge is historic, it would have been located within present day Monroe County.
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Monroe County: Cherokee (NC), Graham (NC), Blount, Loudon, McMinn & Polk.
Below are the counties that are near Fourmile Bridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fourmile Bridge:
- Monroe County (The home county of Fourmile Bridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmile Bridge, with the one closest to Fourmile Bridge listed first.
- Vonore
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Tuskeegee ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Tuskeegee is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskeegee
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,663 people
- Toqua ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Toqua is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toqua
- Acorn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Acorn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Halfway Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Halfway Town is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town
- Ballplay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ballplay is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Madisonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Belltown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Belltown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Ipe ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ipe is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipe
- Sweetwater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jacktown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jacktown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 67,319 people
- Tellico Plains
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jalapa
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Jalapa is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmile Bridge, with the one closest to Fourmile Bridge listed first.
- Oak Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Scarboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Scarboro is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Robertsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Robertsville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
- Spring Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmile Bridge, with the one closest to Fourmile Bridge listed first.
- Brick Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brick Mill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Mill
- McMullens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- McMullens is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullens
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,620 people
- Cloyd Creek ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cloyd Creek is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyd Creek
- Kiser
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Kiser is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser
- Chilhowee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Chilhowee is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilhowee
- Big Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Big Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Big Springs has also been known as:
- Cliff
- Binfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Binfield is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binfield
- Friendsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Hill Estates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Hill Estates is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,394 people
- Happy Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Happy Valley is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Sixmile
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sixmile is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Fairway Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairway Estates is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,224 people
- Chelsey Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Chelsey Village is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsey Village
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmile Bridge, with the one closest to Fourmile Bridge listed first.
- Boyd
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Boyd is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Virtue
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Virtue is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virtue
- Estimated population in 2014: 131 people
- Belle Aire
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Belle Aire is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Aire
- Estimated population in 2014: 512 people
- Concord
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Farragut
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ebenezer
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ebenezer is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Aldenwood Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Aldenwood Park is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenwood Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,753 people
- Kingston Woods
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston Woods is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Woods
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,790 people
- Topside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Topside is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside
- Estimated population in 2014: 346 people
- Middlebrook Acres
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Middlebrook Acres is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebrook Acres
- Estimated population in 2014: 593 people
- Arrowhead
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Arrowhead is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Hunting Hills West
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hunting Hills West is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills West
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,970 people
- Bonny Kate
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bonny Kate is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Kate
- Loudon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmile Bridge, with the one closest to Fourmile Bridge listed first.
- Trigonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Trigonia is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia
- Morganton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Morganton is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Alleghany ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Alleghany is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghany
- Estimated population in 2014: 630 people
- Greenback
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jena is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
- Centersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Centersville is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Philadelphia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Loudon City Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Loudon City Park is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon City Park
- Loudon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lenoir City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sharp Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sharp Estates is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 919 people
- Eaton Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Eaton Crossroads is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Crossroads
- Luttrell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- McMinn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmile Bridge, with the one closest to Fourmile Bridge listed first.
- Bell Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bell Spring is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Spring
- Manila
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Manila is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Nonaburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nonaburg is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonaburg
- Englewood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Niota
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mecca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mecca is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Prigmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Prigmore is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prigmore
- Athens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grady
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grady is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Etowah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Goodsprings
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goodsprings is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
- Riceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Claxton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Claxton is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmile Bridge, with the one closest to Fourmile Bridge listed first.
- Surprise
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Sewee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sewee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee
- Cute ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cute is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute
- Akeman Crossroad
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad
- Morgan County
- Harriman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmile Bridge, with the one closest to Fourmile Bridge listed first.
- Servilla
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Servilla is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilla
- Delano
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmile Bridge, with the one closest to Fourmile Bridge listed first.
- Cave Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cave Creek is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
- Bradbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bradbury is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury
- Morrisgap ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisgap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisgap
- Iron Divide ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Iron Divide is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Divide
- Population from the 2010 Census: 328 people
- Selkirk ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Selkirk is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Bear ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bear is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear
- Wheat ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wheat is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat
- Kingston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Laddie Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Laddie Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddie Village
- Kries
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kries is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kries
- Midtown Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Midtown Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
- Midtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Dyllis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dyllis is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyllis
- Cherokee County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmile Bridge, with the one closest to Fourmile Bridge listed first.
- Unaka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Unaka is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka
- Boiling Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Boiling Springs is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Pleasant Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Hiwassee Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hiwassee Village is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee Village
- Ogreeta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ogreeta is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogreeta
- Graham County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fourmile Bridge, with the one closest to Fourmile Bridge listed first.
- Fontana Dam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fontana Dam is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana Dam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
- Fontana Dam has also been known as:
- Fontana Village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fontana Dam <2>
- Lake Santeetlah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Santeetlah is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Santeetlah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Lake Santeetlah has also been known as:
- Santeetla
- Santeetlah
- Santultah
- Thunderbird Mountain
- Thunderbird
- Yellow Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Creek is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Robbinsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fourmile Bridge, see our County-by-County Page for Fourmile Bridge.
Cemeteries Near Fourmile Bridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fourmile Bridge.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Fourmile Bridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fourmile Bridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fourmile Bridge, with the one closest to Fourmile Bridge listed first.
- Toqua Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Toqua Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Niles - McGhee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Vonore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Vonore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- White Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wear Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- McGhee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- McGhee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stephens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mullins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hawkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (703 more) ...
- Montgomery Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rollins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Fourmile Bridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fourmile Bridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fourmile Bridge, with the one closest to Fourmile Bridge listed first.
- McGhee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- McGhee is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGhee
- Kincaid
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Kincaid is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
- Trigonia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Trigonia is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia
- Hopewell Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell Springs is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Springs
- Morganton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Morganton is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Brakebill ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brakebill is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brakebill
- Mountainville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mountainville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainville
- Griffitts ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Griffitts is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffitts
- Greenback
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hiwassee College
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hiwassee College is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee College
- Tevis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tevis is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tevis
- Acorn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Acorn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Citico ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Citico is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citico
- Madisonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ballplay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ballplay is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fourmile Bridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fourmile Bridge.
Newspapers Published in Fourmile Bridge ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fourmile Bridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fourmile Bridge, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fourmile Bridge.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Fourmile Bridge:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Blount County
- Knox County
- Loudon County
- McMinn County
- Meigs County
- Morgan County
- Polk County
- Roane County
- Cherokee County
- Graham County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Fourmile Bridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fourmile Bridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |