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37.264026, -79.935315
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We found seventeen communities that share the name Cedar Bluff.
There are three communities within Virginia that are also named Cedar Bluff.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Stafford County
This Cedar Bluff is located in Stafford County and lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<1> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Cedar Bluff.
Tazewell County
This Cedar Bluff is located in Tazewell County and lies 101 miles [162.5 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tazewell County community of Cedar Bluff.
Washington County
This Cedar Bluff is located in Washington County and lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Cedar Bluff.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Cherokee County
This Cedar Bluff is located in Cherokee County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Cedar Bluff.
Georgia
Clarke County
This Cedar Bluff is located in Clarke County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Cedar Bluff.
Illinois
Pope County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Pope County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pope County community of Cedar Bluff.
Iowa
Cedar County
This Cedar Bluff is located in Cedar County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cedar County community of Cedar Bluff.
Kansas
Ellsworth 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 Cedar Bluff [Ellsworth County].
Rooks 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 Cedar Bluff [Rooks County].
Kentucky
Caldwell County
This Cedar Bluff is located in Caldwell County and lies 435 miles [700.1 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of Cedar Bluff.
Michigan
Allegan County
This Cedar Bluff is located in Allegan County and lies 491 miles [790.2 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegan County community of Cedar Bluff.
Mississippi
Clay County
This Cedar Bluff is located in Clay County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Cedar Bluff.
Missouri
Saint Louis County
This Cedar Bluff is located in Saint Louis County and lies 585 miles [941.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Cedar Bluff.
Texas County
This Cedar Bluff is located in Texas County and lies 668 miles [1,075 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Cedar Bluff.
Tennessee
Knox County
This Cedar Bluff is located in Knox County and lies 248 miles [399.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Cedar Bluff.
Macon County
This Cedar Bluff is located in Macon County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Cedar Bluff.
Sevier County
This Cedar Bluff is located in Sevier County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Cedar Bluff.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cedar Bluff ...
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.
Bluestone (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluestone have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cedar Bluff to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cedar Bluff and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Cedar Bluff to Richmond, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 193 miles [310.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,091 miles [9,802.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,796 miles [10,937.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,673 miles [7,520.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
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- Cedar Bluff) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cedar Bluff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2640, Longitude: -79.9353 In this case, the coordinates for Cedar Bluff 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 Cedar Bluff, 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 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 Cedar Bluff 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 Cedar Bluff 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 309.669 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.219 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.502 degrees.