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we pass this GPS location for Burnside:
37.213206, -77.433039
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We found 28 communities that share the name Burnside.
There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Burnside.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 23 are located in the United States and seven are in Canada.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Stafford County
This Burnside is located in Stafford County and lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Burnside.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alberta
This Burnside lies 1,864 miles [2,999.8 km]<1> to the northwest.
Arizona
Apache County
This Burnside is located in Apache County and lies 1,781 miles [2,866.2 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Apache County community of Burnside.
Connecticut
Hartford County
This Burnside is located in Hartford County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hartford County community of Burnside.
Georgia
Chatham County
This Burnside is located in Chatham County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Burnside.
Illinois
Cook County
This Burnside is located in Cook County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Burnside.
Hancock County
This Burnside is located in Hancock County and lies 768 miles [1,236 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Burnside.
Knox County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Burnside [Knox County].
Indiana
Clinton County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Burnside [Clinton County].
Shelby County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Burnside [Shelby County].
Iowa
Webster County
This Burnside is located in Webster County and lies 951 miles [1,530.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Burnside.
Kansas
Atchison County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Burnside [Atchison County].
Brown County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Burnside [Brown County].
Kentucky
Pulaski County
This Burnside is located in Pulaski County and lies 394 miles [634.1 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Burnside.
Louisiana
Ascension Parish
This Burnside is located in Ascension Parish and lies 914 miles [1,470.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ascension Parish community of Burnside.
Manitoba
This Burnside lies 1,363 miles [2,193.5 km]<1> to the northwest.
Michigan
Lapeer County
This Burnside is located in Lapeer County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lapeer County community of Burnside.
Mississippi
Neshoba County
This Burnside is located in Neshoba County and lies 724 miles [1,165.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Neshoba County community of Burnside.
New York
Orange County
This Burnside is located in Orange County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Burnside.
Newfoundland and Labrador
This Burnside lies 1,424 miles [2,291.7 km]<1> to the northeast.
Nova Scotia
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Burnside.
Ontario
We haven't found the location of this community yet.
Oregon
Clatsop County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Burnside [Clatsop County].
Pennsylvania
Clearfield County
This Burnside is located in Clearfield County and lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearfield County community of Burnside.
Delaware County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Burnside [Delaware County].
Northumberland County
This Burnside is located in Northumberland County and lies 249 miles [400.7 km] to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northumberland County community of Burnside.
South Carolina
Richland County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Burnside [Richland County].
South Dakota
Charles Mix County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Burnside [Charles Mix County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Burnside ...
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.
Camelot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camelot have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Burnside to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Burnside and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Burnside to Richmond, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 118 miles [189.9 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,986 miles [9,633.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,685 miles [10,758.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,564 miles [7,345 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
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- Burnside) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Burnside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2132, Longitude: -77.4330 In this case, the coordinates for Burnside have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Burnside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Burnside 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.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
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.
<6>
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 Burnside to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.212 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.549 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.505 degrees.