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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 Poe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Poe 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 Poe:
    • 31.457961, -94.605208
    • 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 Poe
  • 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 Nacogdoches County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nacogdoches County
    • Since Poe is near Angelina County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Angelina County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby 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 Poe

Communities Also Named Poe ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Poe.

Within Texas, the name Poe is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of fifteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Poe lies 1,745 miles [2,808.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Poe that is located in Nacogdoches County.
    • Arkansas
      • Grant 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 Arkansas community of Poe [Grant County].
      • Van Buren County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Poe [Van Buren County].
    • California
      • Butte County
      • This Poe is located in Butte County and lies 1,605 miles [2,583 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Poe that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butte County community of Poe.
      • San Bernardino County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Poe [San Bernardino County].
    • Illinois
      • Monroe 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 Illinois community of Poe [Monroe County].
    • Indiana
      • Allen County
      • This Poe is located in Allen County and lies 841 miles [1,353.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Poe that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Poe.
    • Kansas
      • Logan 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 Poe [Logan County].
    • New Mexico
      • Chaves 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 New Mexico community of Poe [Chaves County].
    • Ohio
      • Medina County
      • This Poe is located in Medina County and lies 971 miles [1,562.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Poe that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Poe.
    • Oklahoma
      • Poe #
      • 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 Oklahoma community of Poe.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Beaver 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 Pennsylvania community of Poe [Beaver County].
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville County
      • Although located in Greenville County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Poe.
    • Virginia
      • Prince George 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 Poe [Prince George County].
    • West Virginia
      • Nicholas County
      • This Poe is located in Nicholas County and lies 902 miles [1,451.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Poe that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicholas County community of Poe.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Poe ...

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.

  • Bonita Junction
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Bonita Junction is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita Junction
  • Cedar Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Central
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Central is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Climax
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Climax is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
  • Harmony
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Harmony is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Homer
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Homer is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
  • Lacyville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Lacyville is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacyville
  • Plainview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Plainview is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
  • Rocky Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Rocky Springs is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
  • Shady Grove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Shady Grove is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Swift
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Swift is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
  • Woodlawn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodlawn is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

How Far From Poe 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 Poe to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Nacogdoches, which is the Seat of Nacogdoches County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Poe to Nacogdoches, 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.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 203 miles [326.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,114 miles [1,792.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 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 7,693 miles [12,380.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,569 miles [8,962.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Poe) 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 Poe 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 Poe, 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 Poe 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 Poe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4580, Longitude: -94.6052       In this case, the coordinates for Poe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.333 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.43 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.855 degrees.