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we pass this GPS location for Brookville:
38.821224, -77.118312
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We found twenty communities that are also named Brookville.
There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Brookville.
Beyond Virginia, we know of nineteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and six are in Canada.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Lynchburg City
This Brookville is located in Lynchburg City and lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lynchburg City community of Brookville.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Jasper County
This Brookville is located in Jasper County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Brookville.
Ogle County
This Brookville is located in Ogle County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ogle County community of Brookville.
Vermilion County
This Brookville is located in Vermilion County and lies 565 miles [909.3 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermilion County community of Brookville.
Indiana
Franklin County
This Brookville is located in Franklin County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Brookville.
Iowa
Jefferson County
This Brookville is located in Jefferson County and lies 806 miles [1,297.1 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Brookville.
Kansas
Saline County
This Brookville is located in Saline County and lies 1,114 miles [1,792.8 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Brookville.
Massachusetts
Norfolk County
This Brookville is located in Norfolk County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk County community of Brookville.
Michigan
Washtenaw County
This Brookville is located in Washtenaw County and lies 418 miles [672.7 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washtenaw County community of Brookville.
New Brunswick
This Brookville lies 791 miles [1,273 km]<1> to the northeast.
New Jersey
Hunterdon County
This Brookville is located in Hunterdon County and lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunterdon County community of Brookville.
Ocean County
This Brookville is located in Ocean County and lies 164 miles [263.9 km] to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Brookville.
New York
Genesee County
This Brookville is located in Genesee County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Genesee County community of Brookville.
Nassau County
This Brookville is located in Nassau County and lies 233 miles [375 km] to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Brookville.
Nova Scotia
This Brookville lies 872 miles [1,403.3 km]<1> to the northeast.
Ohio
Athens County
This Brookville is located in Athens County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Athens County community of Brookville.
Montgomery County
This Brookville is located in Montgomery County and lies 395 miles [635.7 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Brookville.
Ontario
This Brookville lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<1> to the north northwest.
Pennsylvania
Jefferson County
This Brookville is located in Jefferson County and lies 191 miles [307.4 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Brookville.
Wisconsin
Saint Croix 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 Wisconsin community of Brookville [Saint Croix County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brookville ...
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 & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Brookville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brookville and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Brookville to Richmond, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is just to the northeast (NE).
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,904 miles [9,501.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,609 miles [10,636.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,486 miles [7,219.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (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- Brookville) 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 Brookville 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 . 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 Brookville 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 Brookville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8212, Longitude: -77.1183 In this case, the coordinates for Brookville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.942 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.487 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.778 degrees.