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We found seven communities that are also named Edgemoor.
Within Virginia, the name Edgemoor is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Delaware
New Castle County
This Edgemoor is located in New Castle County and lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Edgemoor.
Georgia
Gwinnett County
This Edgemoor is located in Gwinnett County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gwinnett County community of Edgemoor.
Indiana
Lake 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 Indiana community of Edgemoor [Lake County].
Maryland
Montgomery County
This Edgemoor is located in Montgomery County and lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Edgemoor.
South Carolina
Chester County
This Edgemoor is located in Chester County and lies 297 miles [478 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Edgemoor.
Tennessee
Anderson County
This Edgemoor is located in Anderson County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Edgemoor.
Washington
Whatcom County
This Edgemoor is located in Whatcom County and lies 2,411 miles [3,880.1 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whatcom County community of Edgemoor.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Edgemoor ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Edgemoor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Edgemoor and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Edgemoor to Richmond, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 120 miles [193.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,950 miles [9,575.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,646 miles [10,695.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,526 miles [7,283.9 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 from Point A (ie- Edgemoor) 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 Edgemoor 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 Edgemoor 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 Edgemoor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1967, Longitude: -76.5778 In this case, the coordinates for Edgemoor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.722 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.987 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.171 degrees.