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36.849870, -76.346610
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We found 38 communities that are also named Greenbriar.
There are two communities within Virginia that are also named Greenbriar.
Beyond Virginia, we know of 36 communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Chesterfield County
This Greenbriar is located in Chesterfield County and lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Greenbriar.
Fairfax County
This Greenbriar is located in Fairfax County and lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Greenbriar.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Madison County
This Greenbriar is located in Madison County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Greenbriar.
Tallapoosa County
This Greenbriar is located in Tallapoosa County and lies 604 miles [972 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tallapoosa County community of Greenbriar.
Tuscaloosa County
This Greenbriar is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 681 miles [1,096 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Greenbriar.
Arizona
Maricopa County
This Greenbriar is located in Maricopa County and lies 2,021 miles [3,252.5 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maricopa County community of Greenbriar.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Greenbriar is located in Hillsborough County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<1> to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Greenbriar.
Seminole County
This Greenbriar is located in Seminole County and lies 627 miles [1,009.1 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seminole County community of Greenbriar.
Georgia
Bartow County
This Greenbriar is located in Bartow County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartow County community of Greenbriar.
Bibb County
This Greenbriar is located in Bibb County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Greenbriar.
Bulloch County
This Greenbriar is located in Bulloch County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bulloch County community of Greenbriar.
Fulton 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 Georgia community of Greenbriar [Fulton County].
Illinois
McLean County
This Greenbriar is located in McLean County and lies 724 miles [1,165.2 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McLean County community of Greenbriar.
Will 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 Illinois community of Greenbriar [Will County].
Indiana
Marion County
This Greenbriar is located in Marion County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Greenbriar.
Putnam 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 Greenbriar [Putnam County].
Kentucky
Daviess 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 Greenbriar [Daviess County].
Estill County
This Greenbriar is located in Estill County and lies 421 miles [677.5 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Estill County community of Greenbriar.
Marion County
This Greenbriar is located in Marion County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Greenbriar.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Greenbriar is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Greenbriar.
Mississippi
Oktibbeha County
This Greenbriar is located in Oktibbeha County and lies 741 miles [1,192.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oktibbeha County community of Greenbriar.
Warren County
This Greenbriar is located in Warren County and lies 881 miles [1,417.8 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Greenbriar.
New Jersey
Ocean County
This Greenbriar is located in Ocean County and lies 253 miles [407.2 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Greenbriar.
North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
This Greenbriar is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 269 miles [432.9 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Greenbriar.
New Hanover County
This Greenbriar is located in New Hanover County and lies 205 miles [329.9 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Hanover County community of Greenbriar.
Onslow County
This Greenbriar is located in Onslow County and lies 153 miles [246.2 km] to the south southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onslow County community of Greenbriar.
Orange County
This Greenbriar is located in Orange County and lies 158 miles [254.3 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Greenbriar.
Pennsylvania
Berks County
This Greenbriar is located in Berks County and lies 239 miles [384.6 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Greenbriar.
Dauphin County
This Greenbriar is located in Dauphin County and lies 238 miles [383 km] to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Greenbriar.
York County
This Greenbriar is located in York County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km] to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Greenbriar.
South Carolina
Anderson County
This Greenbriar is located in Anderson County and lies 391 miles [629.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Greenbriar.
Florence County
This Greenbriar is located in Florence County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Florence County community of Greenbriar.
Horry County
This Greenbriar is located in Horry County and lies 257 miles [413.6 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Greenbriar.
Lancaster County
This Greenbriar is located in Lancaster County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Greenbriar.
Oconee County
This Greenbriar is located in Oconee County and lies 398 miles [640.5 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Greenbriar.
Orangeburg County
This Greenbriar is located in Orangeburg County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orangeburg County community of Greenbriar.
Tennessee
Rutherford County
This Greenbriar is located in Rutherford County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Greenbriar.
Texas
Galveston County
This Greenbriar is located in Galveston County and lies 1,199 miles [1,929.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Galveston County community of Greenbriar.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenbriar ...
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 & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Greenbriar to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greenbriar and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Greenbriar to Richmond, with an average speed<3>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 146 miles [235 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,954 miles [9,582 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,648 miles [10,698.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,530 miles [7,290.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 from Point A (ie- Greenbriar) 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 Greenbriar 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 Greenbriar 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 Greenbriar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8499, Longitude: -76.3466 In this case, the coordinates for Greenbriar have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.608 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.805 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.208 degrees.