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37.365953, -80.978141
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We found seven communities that are also named Hatcher.
There is one other community in West Virginia that is also named Hatcher.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In West Virginia ...
Wyoming County
This Hatcher is located in Wyoming County and lies 41 miles [66 km]<1> to the northwest of the Hatcher that is located in Mercer County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Hatcher.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Dale 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 Alabama community of Hatcher [Dale County].
Georgia
Quitman County
This Hatcher is located in Quitman County and lies 446 miles [717.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Hatcher that is located in Mercer County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Quitman County community of Hatcher.
Kentucky
Taylor County
This Hatcher is located in Taylor County and lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<1> to the west of the Hatcher that is located in Mercer County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Hatcher.
Louisiana
Sabine 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 Hatcher [Sabine Parish].
North Carolina
Sampson County
This Hatcher is located in Sampson County and lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hatcher that is located in Mercer County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sampson County community of Hatcher.
Virginia
Cumberland County
This Hatcher is located in Cumberland County and lies 147 miles [236.6 km]<1> to the east of the Hatcher that is located in Mercer County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Hatcher.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hatcher ...
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.
Blake ‑ Historic (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hatcher to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hatcher and extending to:
Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 76 miles [122.3 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Hatcher to Charleston, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 238 miles [383 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,130 miles [9,865.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,839 miles [11,006.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,715 miles [7,588.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Hatcher) 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 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 Hatcher 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>
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.
<4>
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 Hatcher 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 Hatcher. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3660, Longitude: -80.9781 In this case, the coordinates for Hatcher have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.285 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.938 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.901 degrees.