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To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Village Green:
37.109167, -76.485556
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We found seventeen communities that share the name Village Green.
Within Virginia, the name Village Green is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Colorado
Arapahoe County
This Village Green is located in Arapahoe County and lies 1,536 miles [2,472 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arapahoe County community of Village Green.
Florida
Alachua 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 Florida community of Village Green [Alachua County].
Brevard 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 Florida community of Village Green [Brevard County].
Georgia
Bibb County
This Village Green is located in Bibb County and lies 506 miles [814.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bibb County community of Village Green.
Chatham County
This Village Green is located in Chatham County and lies 443 miles [712.9 km] to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Village Green.
Cherokee County
This Village Green is located in Cherokee County and lies 500 miles [804.7 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Village Green.
Fulton County
This Village Green is located in Fulton County and lies 485 miles [780.5 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Village Green.
Newton County
This Village Green is located in Newton County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Village Green.
New York
Onondaga County
This Village Green is located in Onondaga County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Village Green.
North Carolina
Cumberland County
This Village Green is located in Cumberland County and lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Village Green.
Pennsylvania
Delaware County
This Village Green is located in Delaware County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Village Green.
Prince Edward Island
This Village Green lies 937 miles [1,508 km]<1> to the northeast.
South Carolina
Florence County
This Village Green is located in Florence County and lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Florence County community of Village Green.
Tennessee
Knox County
This Village Green is located in Knox County and lies 434 miles [698.5 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Village Green.
Putnam County
This Village Green is located in Putnam County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Village Green.
Texas
Galveston County
This Village Green is located in Galveston County and lies 1,197 miles [1,926.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Galveston County community of Village Green.
Utah
Davis County
This Village Green is located in Davis County and lies 1,906 miles [3,067.4 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Village Green.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Village Green ...
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.
College Park (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Village Green to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Village Green and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Village Green to Richmond, with an average speed<4> 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 about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 127 miles [204.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,949 miles [9,574 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,645 miles [10,694.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,526 miles [7,283.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Village Green) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Village Green. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1092, Longitude: -76.4856 In this case, the coordinates for Village Green have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Village Green 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>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Village Green to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.674 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.919 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.167 degrees.