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36.097281, -86.654719
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We found seven communities that are also named Una.
Within Tennessee, the name Una is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Kern County
This Una is located in Kern County and lies 1,814 miles [2,919.4 km]<1> to the west of the Una that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kern County community of Una.
Colorado
Garfield County
This Una is located in Garfield County and lies 1,190 miles [1,915.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Una that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Garfield County community of Una.
Mississippi
Clay County
This Una is located in Clay County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Una that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Una.
South Carolina
Darlington County
This Una is located in Darlington County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Una that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darlington County community of Una.
Spartanburg County
This Una is located in Spartanburg County and lies 274 miles [441 km] to the east southeast of the Una that is located in Davidson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Una.
Texas
Robertson 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 Texas community of Una [Robertson County].
Virginia
Rockbridge 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 Virginia community of Una [Rockbridge County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Una ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Una to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Una and extending to:
Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies just to the west northwest (WNW).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 560 miles [901.2 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Una to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 32 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 22 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,422 miles [10,335.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,140 miles [11,490.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,016 miles [8,072.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Una) 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 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 Una 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 Una 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 Una. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0973, Longitude: -86.6547 In this case, the coordinates for Una have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.715 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.69 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.651 degrees.