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we pass this GPS location for Fairland:
37.302636, -79.970872
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We found fifteen communities that are also named Fairland.
There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Fairland.
Beyond Virginia, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Fairfax County
This Fairland is located in Fairfax County and lies 184 miles [296.1 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Fairland.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Miller County
This Fairland is located in Miller County and lies 830 miles [1,335.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miller County community of Fairland.
Illinois
Douglas County
This Fairland is located in Douglas County and lies 473 miles [761.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Fairland.
Indiana
Shelby County
This Fairland is located in Shelby County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Fairland.
Kansas
Marshall 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 Kansas community of Fairland [Marshall County].
Thomas 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 Fairland [Thomas County].
Wabaunsee 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 Fairland [Wabaunsee County].
Kentucky
Clinton 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 Kentucky community of Fairland [Clinton County].
Maryland
Montgomery County
This Fairland is located in Montgomery County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Fairland.
Michigan
Berrien County
This Fairland is located in Berrien County and lies 461 miles [741.9 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berrien County community of Fairland.
Minnesota
Koochiching County
This Fairland is located in Koochiching County and lies 1,049 miles [1,688.2 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Koochiching County community of Fairland.
Ohio
Lawrence County
This Fairland is located in Lawrence County and lies 152 miles [244.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Fairland.
Oklahoma
Ottawa County
This Fairland is located in Ottawa County and lies 820 miles [1,319.7 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Fairland.
Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
This Fairland is located in Lancaster County and lies 276 miles [444.2 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Fairland.
Texas
Burnet County
This Fairland is located in Burnet County and lies 1,142 miles [1,837.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burnet County community of Fairland.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fairland ...
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 Fairland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fairland and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Fairland to Richmond, with an average speed<3>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<4> 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).<5>
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).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,673 miles [7,520.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fairland) 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 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 Fairland 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 Fairland 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 Fairland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3026, Longitude: -79.9709 In this case, the coordinates for Fairland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.689 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.248 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.504 degrees.