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38.406207, -81.661514
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We found eighteen communities that are also named Guthrie.
Within West Virginia, the name Guthrie is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of eighteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arizona
Greenlee County
This Guthrie is located in Greenlee County and lies 1,586 miles [2,552.4 km]<1> to the west of the Guthrie that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenlee County community of Guthrie.
Illinois
Ford County
This Guthrie is located in Ford County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Guthrie that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ford County community of Guthrie.
Indiana
Lawrence County
This Guthrie is located in Lawrence County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km]<1> to the west of the Guthrie that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Guthrie.
Kentucky
Todd County
This Guthrie is located in Todd County and lies 325 miles [523 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Guthrie that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Todd County community of Guthrie.
Louisiana
Ouachita Parish
This Guthrie is located in Ouachita Parish and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Guthrie that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita Parish community of Guthrie.
Saint Tammany Parish
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 Louisiana community of Guthrie [Saint Tammany Parish].
Michigan
Washtenaw County
This Guthrie is located in Washtenaw County and lies 297 miles [478 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Guthrie that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washtenaw County community of Guthrie.
Minnesota
Hubbard County
This Guthrie is located in Hubbard County and lies 902 miles [1,451.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Guthrie that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hubbard County community of Guthrie.
Missouri
Callaway County
This Guthrie is located in Callaway County and lies 563 miles [906.1 km]<1> to the west of the Guthrie that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Callaway County community of Guthrie.
North Carolina
Forsyth County
This Guthrie is located in Forsyth County and lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Guthrie that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forsyth County community of Guthrie.
North Dakota
McHenry County
This Guthrie is located in McHenry County and lies 1,146 miles [1,844.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Guthrie that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McHenry County community of Guthrie.
Ohio
Franklin County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Franklin County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Guthrie.
Lawrence County
This Guthrie is located in Lawrence County and lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the west of the Guthrie that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Guthrie.
Oklahoma
Logan County
This Guthrie is located in Logan County and lies 883 miles [1,421.1 km]<1> to the west of the Guthrie that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Guthrie.
Ontario
We haven't found the location of this community yet.
Quebec
This Guthrie lies 642 miles [1,033.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Guthrie that is located in Kanawha County.
Texas
King County
This Guthrie is located in King County and lies 1,091 miles [1,755.8 km]<1> to the west of the Guthrie that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Guthrie.
Wisconsin
Waukesha County
This Guthrie is located in Waukesha County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Guthrie that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waukesha County community of Guthrie.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Guthrie ...
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 Guthrie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Guthrie and extending to:
Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies just to the south southeast (SSE).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 251 miles [403.9 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Guthrie to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,112 miles [9,836.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,826 miles [10,985.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,702 miles [7,567.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Guthrie) 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 Guthrie 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 Guthrie, 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 Guthrie 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 Guthrie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4062, Longitude: -81.6615 In this case, the coordinates for Guthrie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.678 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.54 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.858 degrees.