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we pass this GPS location for Wedgewood:
36.821667, -76.404444
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We found seventeen communities that are also named Wedgewood.
There are four communities within Virginia that are also named Wedgewood.
Beyond Virginia, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Chesterfield County
This Wedgewood is located in Chesterfield County and lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chesterfield County community of Wedgewood.
Danville City
This Wedgewood is located in Danville City and lies 169 miles [272 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Danville City community of Wedgewood.
Henrico County
This Wedgewood is located in Henrico County and lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<1> to the northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henrico County community of Wedgewood.
Norfolk City
This Wedgewood is located in Norfolk City and lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Norfolk City community of Wedgewood.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alberta
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 Alberta community of Wedgewood.
Delaware
Kent County
This Wedgewood is located in Kent County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<1> to the north northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Wedgewood.
New Castle County
This Wedgewood is located in New Castle County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km] to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Wedgewood.
Georgia
Coweta County
This Wedgewood is located in Coweta County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coweta County community of Wedgewood.
Fayette County
This Wedgewood is located in Fayette County and lies 517 miles [832 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Wedgewood.
Illinois
Will County
This Wedgewood is located in Will County and lies 710 miles [1,142.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Wedgewood.
Louisiana
East Baton Rouge Parish
This Wedgewood is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 946 miles [1,522.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Wedgewood.
Missouri
Saint Louis 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 Missouri community of Wedgewood [Saint Louis County].
New York
Schuyler County
This Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuyler County community of Wedgewood.
North Carolina
Wake County
This Wedgewood is located in Wake County and lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Wedgewood.
Nova Scotia
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 Nova Scotia community of Wedgewood.
South Carolina
Richland County
This Wedgewood is located in Richland County and lies 317 miles [510.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Wedgewood.
Texas
Tarrant 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 Texas community of Wedgewood [Tarrant County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wedgewood ...
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 Wedgewood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wedgewood and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Wedgewood 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 147 miles [236.6 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 5,958 miles [9,588.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,652 miles [10,705.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,533 miles [7,295.2 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wedgewood) 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 Wedgewood 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 Wedgewood 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 Wedgewood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8217, Longitude: -76.4044 In this case, the coordinates for Wedgewood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.642 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.84 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.241 degrees.