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We found 39 communities that are also named Cameron.
There are two communities within Virginia that are also named Cameron.
Beyond Virginia, we know of 37 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 37 communities, 38 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Fairfax County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Cameron [Fairfax County].
Scott County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Cameron [Scott County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Walker County
This Cameron is located in Walker County and lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Cameron.
Arizona
Coconino County
This Cameron is located in Coconino County and lies 1,881 miles [3,027.2 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coconino County community of Cameron.
California
Kern County
This Cameron is located in Kern County and lies 2,266 miles [3,646.8 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kern County community of Cameron.
Mendocino County
This Cameron is located in Mendocino County and lies 2,461 miles [3,960.6 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mendocino County community of Cameron.
Colorado
Elbert County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Cameron [Elbert County].
Teller County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Teller County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Teller County community of Cameron.
Georgia
Screven County
This Cameron is located in Screven County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km]<2> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Screven County community of Cameron.
Idaho
Nez Perce County
This Cameron is located in Nez Perce County and lies 2,049 miles [3,297.5 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nez Perce County community of Cameron.
Illinois
Warren County
This Cameron is located in Warren County and lies 723 miles [1,163.6 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Cameron.
Iowa
Cerro Gordo County
This Cameron is located in Cerro Gordo County and lies 886 miles [1,425.9 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cerro Gordo County community of Cameron.
Dubuque County
This Cameron is located in Dubuque County and lies 765 miles [1,231.1 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dubuque County community of Cameron.
Kansas
Cowley County
This Cameron is located in Cowley County and lies 1,078 miles [1,734.9 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cowley County community of Cameron.
Pratt County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Cameron [Pratt County].
Stafford County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Stafford County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Cameron.
Louisiana
Cameron Parish
This Cameron is located in Cameron Parish and lies 1,110 miles [1,786.4 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cameron Parish community of Cameron.
Michigan
Antrim County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Cameron [Antrim County].
Otsego 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 Michigan community of Cameron [Otsego County].
Mississippi
Madison County
This Cameron is located in Madison County and lies 823 miles [1,324.5 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Cameron.
Missouri
Clinton County
This Cameron is located in Clinton County and lies 914 miles [1,470.9 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Cameron.
Montana
Judith Basin 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 Montana community of Cameron [Judith Basin County].
Madison County
This Cameron is located in Madison County and lies 1,811 miles [2,914.5 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Cameron.
Nebraska
Hall County
This Cameron is located in Hall County and lies 1,146 miles [1,844.3 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Cameron.
New Mexico
Quay County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Cameron [Quay County].
New York
Steuben County
This Cameron is located in Steuben County and lies 235 miles [378.2 km]<2> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steuben County community of Cameron.
North Carolina
Moore County
This Cameron is located in Moore County and lies 266 miles [428.1 km]<2> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moore County community of Cameron.
Ohio
Monroe County
This Cameron is located in Monroe County and lies 214 miles [344.4 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Cameron.
Oklahoma
Le Flore County
This Cameron is located in Le Flore County and lies 991 miles [1,594.9 km]<2> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Le Flore County community of Cameron.
Ontario
This Cameron lies 398 miles [640.5 km]<2> to the north.
Oregon
Jackson 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 Oregon community of Cameron [Jackson County].
Pennsylvania
Cameron County
This Cameron is located in Cameron County and lies 191 miles [307.4 km]<2> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cameron County community of Cameron.
Northumberland County
This Cameron is located in Northumberland County and lies 148 miles [238.2 km] to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northumberland County community of Cameron.
Union County
This Cameron is located in Union County and lies 150 miles [241.4 km] to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Cameron.
South Carolina
Calhoun County
This Cameron is located in Calhoun County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<2> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Cameron.
Tennessee
White County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Cameron [White County].
Texas
Milam County
This Cameron is located in Milam County and lies 1,247 miles [2,006.9 km]<2> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Milam County community of Cameron.
West Virginia
Marshall County
This Cameron is located in Marshall County and lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<2> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Cameron.
Wisconsin
Barron County
This Cameron is located in Barron County and lies 874 miles [1,406.6 km]<2> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barron County community of Cameron.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cameron ...
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 Cameron to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cameron and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 88 miles [141.6 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Cameron to Richmond, with an average speed<4>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 5 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,906 miles [9,504.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,610 miles [10,637.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,488 miles [7,222.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Cameron 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.
<2>
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- Cameron) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Cameron, 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 Cameron 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 Cameron. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.8015, Longitude: -77.1339 In this case, the coordinates for Cameron have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.953 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.496 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.792 degrees.