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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 English:
37.337891, -81.715110
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.
We found sixteen communities that are also named English.
Within West Virginia, the name English is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Jefferson County
This English is located in Jefferson County and lies 597 miles [960.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the English that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of English.
Georgia
Colquitt 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 Georgia community of English [Colquitt County].
Indiana
Crawford County
This English is located in Crawford County and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the English that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of English.
Kentucky
Carroll County
This English is located in Carroll County and lies 205 miles [329.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the English that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of English.
Louisiana
Bienville Parish
This English is located in Bienville Parish and lies 718 miles [1,155.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the English that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bienville Parish community of English.
Maine
Aroostook 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 Maine community of English [Aroostook County].
Michigan
Menominee County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Menominee County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menominee County community of English.
Missouri
Oregon County
Although located in Oregon County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oregon County community of English.
North Carolina
Madison County
This English is located in Madison County and lies 105 miles [169 km]<1> to the south southwest of the English that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of English.
Oregon
Wasco County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of English [Wasco County].
South Carolina
Richland County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of English [Richland County].
Tennessee
Cocke 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 Tennessee community of English [Cocke County].
Texas
Brazoria County
This English is located in Brazoria County and lies 966 miles [1,554.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the English that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazoria County community of English.
Fannin County
This English is located in Fannin County and lies 851 miles [1,369.6 km] to the west southwest of the English that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fannin County community of English.
Red River County
This English is located in Red River County and lies 781 miles [1,256.9 km] to the west southwest of the English that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Red River County community of English.
Washington
Snohomish County
This English is located in Snohomish County and lies 2,155 miles [3,468.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the English that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Snohomish County community of English.
Curious and Interesting Names Near English ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as English to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in English and extending to:
Welch, which is the Seat of McDowell County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from English to Welch, with an average speed<4> 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 69 miles [111 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 275 miles [442.6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,162 miles [9,916.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,872 miles [11,059.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,748 miles [7,641.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- English) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 English 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.
<3>
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 English, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 English 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 English. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3379, Longitude: -81.7151 In this case, the coordinates for English have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.726 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.438 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.218 degrees.