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we pass this GPS location for Durham:
47.338158, -121.890944
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We found 31 communities that share the name Durham.
Within Washington, the name Durham is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 29 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Washington County
This Durham is located in Washington County and lies 1,628 miles [2,620 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Durham that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Durham.
California
Butte County
This Durham is located in Butte County and lies 531 miles [854.6 km]<1> to the south of the Durham that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butte County community of Durham.
Colorado
Mesa County
This Durham is located in Mesa County and lies 876 miles [1,409.8 km]<1> to the southeast of the Durham that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mesa County community of Durham.
Connecticut
Middlesex County
This Durham is located in Middlesex County and lies 2,419 miles [3,893 km]<1> to the east of the Durham that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Durham.
Florida
Calhoun County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Durham [Calhoun County].
Georgia
Walker County
This Durham is located in Walker County and lies 2,059 miles [3,313.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Durham that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Durham.
Illinois
Hancock County
This Durham is located in Hancock County and lies 1,588 miles [2,555.6 km]<1> to the east of the Durham that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Durham.
Indiana
Gibson County
This Durham is located in Gibson County and lies 1,830 miles [2,945.1 km]<1> to the east of the Durham that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gibson County community of Durham.
LaPorte County
This Durham is located in LaPorte County and lies 1,756 miles [2,826 km] to the east of the Durham that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaPorte County community of Durham.
Iowa
Marion County
This Durham is located in Marion County and lies 1,478 miles [2,378.6 km]<1> to the east of the Durham that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Durham.
Kansas
Marion County
This Durham is located in Marion County and lies 1,380 miles [2,220.9 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Durham that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Durham.
Maine
Androscoggin County
This Durham is located in Androscoggin County and lies 2,463 miles [3,963.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Durham that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Androscoggin County community of Durham.
Michigan
Charlevoix 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 Durham [Charlevoix County].
Mississippi
Coahoma County
This Durham is located in Coahoma County and lies 1,857 miles [2,988.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Durham that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coahoma County community of Durham.
Missouri
Lewis County
This Durham is located in Lewis County and lies 1,581 miles [2,544.4 km]<1> to the east of the Durham that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Durham.
Montana
Glacier County
This Durham is located in Glacier County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Durham that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glacier County community of Durham.
New Hampshire
Strafford County
This Durham is located in Strafford County and lies 2,450 miles [3,942.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Durham that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Strafford County community of Durham.
New Jersey
Hunterdon 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 New Jersey community of Durham [Hunterdon County].
Middlesex 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 New Jersey community of Durham [Middlesex County].
New York
Greene County
This Durham is located in Greene County and lies 2,322 miles [3,736.9 km]<1> to the east of the Durham that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Durham.
North Carolina
Durham County
This Durham is located in Durham County and lies 2,317 miles [3,728.9 km]<1> to the east of the Durham that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Durham County community of Durham.
Nova Scotia
This Durham lies 2,743 miles [4,414.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Durham that is located in King County.
Oklahoma
Roger Mills County
This Durham is located in Roger Mills County and lies 1,376 miles [2,214.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Durham that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roger Mills County community of Durham.
Ontario
This Durham lies 1,967 miles [3,165.6 km]<1> to the east of the Durham that is located in King County.
Oregon
Washington County
This Durham is located in Washington County and lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Durham that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Durham.
Pennsylvania
Bucks County
This Durham is located in Bucks County and lies 2,329 miles [3,748.2 km]<1> to the east of the Durham that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bucks County community of Durham.
Texas
Borden 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 Texas community of Durham [Borden County].
Gregg 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 Texas community of Durham [Gregg County].
Hunt County
This Durham is located in Hunt County and lies 1,658 miles [2,668.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Durham that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunt County community of Durham.
Wisconsin
Waukesha County
This Durham is located in Waukesha County and lies 1,663 miles [2,676.3 km]<1> to the east of the Durham that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waukesha County community of Durham.
Wyoming
Laramie County
This Durham is located in Laramie County and lies 951 miles [1,530.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Durham that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laramie County community of Durham.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Durham ...
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 Durham to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Durham and extending to:
Seattle, which is the Seat of King County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Durham to Seattle, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,300 miles [3,701.5 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 90 days and walking would take 131 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,784 miles [10,917.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,546 miles [12,144.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,664 miles [9,115.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
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- Durham) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Durham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.3382, Longitude: -121.8909 In this case, the coordinates for Durham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Durham, 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 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 Durham 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 county. 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>
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.
<6>
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.
<7>
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 Durham to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.495 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.976 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.489 degrees.