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37.308192, -79.932261
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We found 30 communities that are also named Northfield.
There is one other community in Virginia that is also named Northfield.
Beyond Virginia, we know of 29 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 29 communities, 26 are located in the United States and eight are in Canada.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Henrico County
This Northfield is located in Henrico County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the east.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henrico County community of Northfield.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
British Columbia
This Northfield lies 2,324 miles [3,740.1 km]<1> to the northwest.
Connecticut
Fairfield County
This Northfield is located in Fairfield County and lies 428 miles [688.8 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Northfield.
Litchfield County
This Northfield is located in Litchfield County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km] to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Litchfield County community of Northfield.
Illinois
Cook County
This Northfield is located in Cook County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Northfield.
Will County
This Northfield is located in Will County and lies 526 miles [846.5 km] to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Northfield.
Indiana
Boone County
This Northfield is located in Boone County and lies 390 miles [627.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Northfield.
Iowa
Des Moines County
This Northfield is located in Des Moines County and lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Des Moines County community of Northfield.
Kansas
Cheyenne County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Cheyenne County, we don't know where within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheyenne County community of Northfield.
Sherman 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 Northfield [Sherman County].
Sumner 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 Northfield [Sumner County].
Kentucky
Jefferson County
This Northfield is located in Jefferson County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Northfield.
Pulaski County
This Northfield is located in Pulaski County and lies 252 miles [405.6 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Northfield.
Maine
Washington County
This Northfield is located in Washington County and lies 825 miles [1,327.7 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Northfield.
Massachusetts
Franklin County
This Northfield is located in Franklin County and lies 542 miles [872.3 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Northfield.
Michigan
Monroe 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 Michigan community of Northfield [Monroe County].
Washtenaw County
This Northfield is located in Washtenaw County and lies 401 miles [645.3 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washtenaw County community of Northfield.
Minnesota
Rice County
This Northfield is located in Rice County and lies 847 miles [1,363.1 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rice County community of Northfield.
New Hampshire
Merrimack County
This Northfield is located in Merrimack County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merrimack County community of Northfield.
New Jersey
Atlantic County
This Northfield is located in Atlantic County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atlantic County community of Northfield.
Essex County
This Northfield is located in Essex County and lies 384 miles [618 km] to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Northfield.
New York
Delaware County
This Northfield is located in Delaware County and lies 423 miles [680.8 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Northfield.
Nova Scotia
This Northfield lies 1,002 miles [1,612.6 km]<1> to the northeast.
Ohio
Summit County
This Northfield is located in Summit County and lies 291 miles [468.3 km]<1> to the north northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Summit County community of Northfield.
Ontario
This Northfield lies 395 miles [635.7 km]<1> to the north.
Quebec
This Northfield lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<1> to the north northeast.
Texas
Harris County
This Northfield is located in Harris County and lies 1,039 miles [1,672.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harris County community of Northfield.
Motley County
This Northfield is located in Motley County and lies 1,173 miles [1,887.8 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Motley County community of Northfield.
Vermont
Washington County
This Northfield is located in Washington County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Northfield.
Wisconsin
Jackson County
This Northfield is located in Jackson County and lies 762 miles [1,226.3 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Northfield.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Northfield ...
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 Northfield to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Northfield and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Northfield to Richmond, with an average speed<4>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 191 miles [307.4 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,089 miles [9,799.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,794 miles [10,933.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,671 miles [7,517.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Northfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Northfield, 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 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 Northfield 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>
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.
<5>
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 Northfield 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 Northfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3082, Longitude: -79.9323 In this case, the coordinates for Northfield have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.666 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.222 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.486 degrees.