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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Dantown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Dantown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dantown, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Dantown (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Dantown. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Dantown is historic, it would have been located within present day Barbour County.
To see how the shape of West Virginia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Barbour County: Harrison, Preston, Randolph, Taylor, Tucker & Upshur.
Below are the counties that are near Dantown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dantown:
- Barbour County (The home county of Dantown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dantown, with the one closest to Dantown listed first.
- Vannoys Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Vannoys Mill is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannoys Mill
- Kalamazoo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kalamazoo is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamazoo
- Arden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Arden is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
- Meriden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Meriden is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Philippi
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Calhoun
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Calhoun is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Clemtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clemtown is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemtown
- Valley Furnace
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Furnace is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Furnace
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Wellington Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wellington Heights is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington Heights
- Adaland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adaland is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adaland
- Huffman ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Huffman is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Doddridge County
- Big Isaac
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Big Isaac is located in Doddridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Isaac
- Grant County
- Dobbin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dobbin is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbin
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dantown, with the one closest to Dantown listed first.
- Craigmoor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Craigmoor is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigmoor
- Bridgeport
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Anmoore
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Quiet Dell
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Quiet Dell is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiet Dell
- Stonewood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Stonewood is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,702 people
- Despard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Despard is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Despard
- Lost Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lost Creek is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
- Nutter Fort
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Nutter Fort is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutter Fort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,501 people
- Saltwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saltwell is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltwell
- Adamston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Adamston is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamston
- Clarksburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- McWhorter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- McWhorter is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWhorter
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dantown, with the one closest to Dantown listed first.
- Aberdeen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Aberdeen is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Berlin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Berlin is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Jane Lew
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Garton Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Garton Village is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garton Village
- Lightburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lightburn is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightburn
- Westfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Westfield is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Smith Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Smith Village is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Village
- Alkires Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alkires Mills is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkires Mills
- Cox Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cox Town is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Town
- Valley Chapel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Weston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dantown, with the one closest to Dantown listed first.
- Hebron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hebron is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Neel ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Neel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neel
- Hammond
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hammond is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Samaria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Samaria is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Colfax
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Colfax is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Canton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Canton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Eldora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eldora is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldora
- Pleasant Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,141 people
- Whitehall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehall is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Watson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Watson is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Fairmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Monongah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Monongalia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dantown, with the one closest to Dantown listed first.
- Smithtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Smithtown is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithtown
- Little Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Little Falls is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
- Arnettsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Arnettsville is located in Monongalia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnettsville
- Preston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dantown, with the one closest to Dantown listed first.
- Independence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Independence is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Newburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Macomber
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Macomber is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macomber
- Threefork Bridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Threefork Bridge is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threefork Bridge
- Rowlesburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tunnelton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sell is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sell
- Gladesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Gladesville is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladesville
- Arthurdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Aurora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Heathers Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Heathers Run is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathers Run
- Carmel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carmel is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dantown, with the one closest to Dantown listed first.
- Montrose
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Montrose is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
- Tigheville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tigheville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigheville
- Weaver
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Weaver is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Whyte
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Whyte is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whyte
- Gilman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gilman is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
- Leadsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leadsville is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadsville
- Pettit ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pettit is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
- Midvale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Midvale is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Elkins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Womelsdorf
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Womelsdorf is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womelsdorf
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Canfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Canfield is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
- Beverly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dantown, with the one closest to Dantown listed first.
- Sandy ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sandy is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Stone House ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stone House is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone House
- Knottsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Knottsville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knottsville
- Yates ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Yates is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates
- Brydon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brydon is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brydon
- Webster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Webster is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Astor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Astor is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor
- Flemington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flemington is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flemington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- West Grafton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- West Grafton is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Grafton
- Fetterman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fetterman is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fetterman
- Grafton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pruntytown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pruntytown is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruntytown
- Tucker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dantown, with the one closest to Dantown listed first.
- Parsons
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Porterwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Porterwood is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterwood
- Pleasant Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Run is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Run
- Hambleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hambleton is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Hendricks
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hendricks is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
- Coketon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Coketon is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coketon
- Elk
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Elk is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Pierce
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pierce is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
- Gladwin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gladwin is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladwin
- Thomas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Davis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Canaan Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Upshur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dantown, with the one closest to Dantown listed first.
- Swamp Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Swamp Run is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamp Run
- Teter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Teter is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teter
- Gormley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gormley is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gormley
- Excelsior
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Excelsior is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
- Overhill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Overhill is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overhill
- Reger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reger is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reger
- Buckhannon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Run is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Run
- Tallmansville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sago
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sago is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sago
- Queens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Queens is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens
- Sellers ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sellers is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellers
- Garrett County (MD)
- Red House
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Red House is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dantown, see our County-by-County Page for Dantown.
Cemeteries Near Dantown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dantown.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Dantown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dantown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dantown, with the one closest to Dantown listed first.
- Welch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Olive Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Silent Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Norris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Masonic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Masonic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Philippi.
- The Masonic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Philippi Masonic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188923 <3>
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Drain Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pitman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Booth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Barbour Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (327 more) ...
- Old Quaker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Holbert Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sayre Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Dantown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dantown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dantown, with the one closest to Dantown listed first.
- Vannoys Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Vannoys Mill is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannoys Mill
- Kalamazoo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kalamazoo is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalamazoo
- Arden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Arden is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
- Nestorville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nestorville is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nestorville
- Philippi
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Calhoun
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Calhoun is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Meadowville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowville is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Kirt
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kirt is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirt
- Valley Furnace
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Furnace is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Furnace
- Clemtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clemtown is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemtown
- Flora ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flora is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
- Huffman ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Huffman is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pleasant Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Creek is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Creek
- Kasson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kasson is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- Elk City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elk City is located in Barbour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dantown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dantown.
Newspapers Published in Dantown ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dantown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dantown, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dantown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Dantown:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Barbour County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Doddridge County
- Grant County
- Harrison County
- Lewis County
- Marion County
- Monongalia County
- Preston County
- Randolph County
- Taylor County
- Tucker County
- Upshur County
- Garrett County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Dantown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | 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- Dantown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |