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We found nineteen communities that are also named Elwood.
Within Virginia, the name Elwood is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of nineteen communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Florida
Saint Johns County
This Elwood is located in Saint Johns County and lies 535 miles [861 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Johns County community of Elwood.
Illinois
Will County
This Elwood is located in Will County and lies 687 miles [1,105.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Elwood.
Indiana
Madison County
This Elwood is located in Madison County and lies 546 miles [878.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Elwood.
Iowa
Clinton County
This Elwood is located in Clinton County and lies 827 miles [1,330.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Elwood.
Kansas
Doniphan County
This Elwood is located in Doniphan County and lies 1,000 miles [1,609.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Doniphan County community of Elwood.
Maryland
Dorchester 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 Maryland community of Elwood [Dorchester County].
Mississippi
Clarke County
This Elwood is located in Clarke County and lies 754 miles [1,213.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Elwood.
Missouri
Greene County
This Elwood is located in Greene County and lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Elwood.
Nebraska
Gosper County
This Elwood is located in Gosper County and lies 1,267 miles [2,039 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gosper County community of Elwood.
New Jersey
Atlantic County
This Elwood is located in Atlantic County and lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atlantic County community of Elwood.
New Mexico
Otero County
This Elwood is located in Otero County and lies 1,688 miles [2,716.6 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otero County community of Elwood.
New York
Suffolk County
This Elwood is located in Suffolk County and lies 343 miles [552 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Elwood.
Oregon
Clackamas County
This Elwood is located in Clackamas County and lies 2,413 miles [3,883.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Elwood.
Texas
Fannin County
This Elwood is located in Fannin County and lies 1,101 miles [1,771.9 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fannin County community of Elwood.
Madison County
This Elwood is located in Madison County and lies 1,153 miles [1,855.6 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Elwood.
Van Zandt County
This Elwood is located in Van Zandt County and lies 1,117 miles [1,797.6 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Zandt County community of Elwood.
Utah
Box Elder County
This Elwood is located in Box Elder County and lies 1,907 miles [3,069 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Box Elder County community of Elwood.
Washington
Walla Walla County
This Elwood is located in Walla Walla County and lies 2,228 miles [3,585.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walla Walla County community of Elwood.
Wyoming
Carbon 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 Wyoming community of Elwood [Carbon County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Elwood ...
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 Elwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Elwood and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from Elwood to Richmond, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 153 miles [246.2 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,982 miles [9,627.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,677 miles [10,745.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,558 miles [7,335.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Elwood) 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 Elwood 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>
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 Elwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Elwood 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 Elwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6763, Longitude: -76.8238 In this case, the coordinates for Elwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.888 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.098 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.458 degrees.