RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of West Virginia >> Logan County >> Crown >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Crown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crown and the surrounding area.

  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • 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 Crown:
    • 37.758441, -81.844007
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Crown
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Logan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Logan County
    • Since Crown is near Mingo County and also Wyoming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Mingo County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Crown

Communities Also Named Crown ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Crown.

There is one other community in West Virginia that is also named Crown.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In West Virginia ...
    • Monongalia County
      • This Crown is located in Monongalia County and lies 157 miles [252.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Crown that is located in Logan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monongalia County community of Crown.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Benton 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 Arkansas community of Crown [Benton County].
    • California
      • Sonoma County
      • This Crown is located in Sonoma County and lies 2,202 miles [3,543.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Crown that is located in Logan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of Crown.
    • Illinois
      • Saint Clair 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 Illinois community of Crown [Saint Clair County].
    • Iowa
      • Decatur 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 Iowa community of Crown [Decatur County].
    • Kentucky
      • Letcher County
      • This Crown is located in Letcher County and lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Crown that is located in Logan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Letcher County community of Crown.
    • Minnesota
      • Isanti County
      • This Crown is located in Isanti County and lies 799 miles [1,285.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Crown that is located in Logan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Isanti County community of Crown.
    • Missouri
      • Webster County
      • This Crown is located in Webster County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<1> to the west of the Crown that is located in Logan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Crown.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clarion County
      • This Crown is located in Clarion County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Crown that is located in Logan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarion County community of Crown.
    • Texas
      • Atascosa County
      • This Crown is located in Atascosa County and lies 1,146 miles [1,844.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Crown that is located in Logan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atascosa County community of Crown.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Crown is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,616 miles [2,600.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Crown that is located in Logan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Crown.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crown ...

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.

  • Argyle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Argyle is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
  • Chambers
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Chambers is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
  • Christian
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Christian is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian
  • Claypool
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Claypool is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
  • Don
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Don is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Don
  • Emmett
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Emmett is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
  • Greenville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenville is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Huff Junction
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Huff Junction is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff Junction
  • Landville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Landville is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landville
  • Mallory
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Mallory is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory
  • Man
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Man is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Man
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Man <4>
  • Mineral City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Mineral City is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City

How Far From Crown to ...

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 Crown to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Crown and extending to:

  • Logan, which is the Seat of Logan County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Crown to Logan, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 42 miles [67.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 271 miles [436.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,149 miles [9,895.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,861 miles [11,041.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,736 miles [7,621.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 from Point A (ie- Crown) 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 Crown, 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 Crown 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>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.
<6>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 Crown 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 Crown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7584, Longitude: -81.8440       In this case, the coordinates for Crown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.799 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.583 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.142 degrees.