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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Mingo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mingo and the surrounding area.

  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Mingo:
    • 33.246785, -97.060844
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Mingo
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Denton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Denton County
    • Since Mingo is near Comanche County and also Cooke County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Comanche County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cooke County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Mingo

Communities Also Named Mingo ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Mingo.

Within Texas, the name Mingo is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Jasper County
      • This Mingo is located in Jasper County and lies 623 miles [1,002.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Mingo that is located in Denton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Mingo.
    • Kansas
      • Thomas County
      • This Mingo is located in Thomas County and lies 469 miles [754.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Mingo that is located in Denton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Thomas County community of Mingo.
    • Mississippi
      • Tishomingo County
      • This Mingo is located in Tishomingo County and lies 519 miles [835.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mingo that is located in Denton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tishomingo County community of Mingo.
    • Missouri
      • Stoddard County
      • This Mingo is located in Stoddard County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mingo that is located in Denton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stoddard County community of Mingo.
    • North Carolina
      • Johnston 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 North Carolina community of Mingo [Johnston County].
      • Sampson County
      • This Mingo is located in Sampson County and lies 1,062 miles [1,709.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mingo that is located in Denton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sampson County community of Mingo.
    • Ohio
      • Champaign County
      • This Mingo is located in Champaign County and lies 883 miles [1,421.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Mingo that is located in Denton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Champaign County community of Mingo.
      • Vinton County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Vinton County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vinton County community of Mingo.
    • Oklahoma
      • Tulsa County
      • This Mingo is located in Tulsa County and lies 216 miles [347.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Mingo that is located in Denton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tulsa County community of Mingo.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Montgomery County
      • This Mingo is located in Montgomery County and lies 1,280 miles [2,060 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mingo that is located in Denton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Mingo.
    • Virginia
      • Franklin 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 Mingo [Franklin County].
    • West Virginia
      • Randolph County
      • This Mingo is located in Randolph County and lies 1,016 miles [1,635.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Mingo that is located in Denton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Mingo.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mingo ...

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.

  • Carter
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Carter is located in Denton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
  • Cross Roads
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cross Roads is located in Comanche County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
  • Green Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Green Valley is located in Denton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Lincoln Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Denton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 567 people
  • Mayhill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mayhill is located in Denton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhill
  • Providence Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Providence Village is located in Denton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Village
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,564 people
  • Quakertown ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Quakertown is located in Denton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quakertown
  • Shady Shores
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Shady Shores is located in Denton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Shores
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,958 people

How Far From Mingo to ...

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 Mingo to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mingo and extending to:

  • Denton, which is the Seat of Denton County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Mingo to Austin, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,180 miles [1,899 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,969 miles [11,215.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,705 miles [12,400 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,585 miles [8,988.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mingo) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Mingo 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>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 Mingo, 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 Mingo 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 Mingo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2468, Longitude: -97.0608       In this case, the coordinates for Mingo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.176 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.822 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.726 degrees.