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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 Hensley:
37.474001, -81.699833
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We found seven communities that share the name Hensley.
Within West Virginia, the name Hensley is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Pulaski County
This Hensley is located in Pulaski County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Hensley that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Hensley.
Saline 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 Arkansas community of Hensley [Saline County].
Kentucky
Breckinridge County
This Hensley is located in Breckinridge County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<1> to the west of the Hensley that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Breckinridge County community of Hensley.
Clay County
This Hensley is located in Clay County and lies 109 miles [175.4 km] to the west of the Hensley that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Hensley.
Missouri
Franklin County
This Hensley is located in Franklin County and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<1> to the west of the Hensley that is located in McDowell County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Hensley.
North Carolina
Yancey 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 North Carolina community of Hensley [Yancey County].
Texas
Parker 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 Texas community of Hensley [Parker County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hensley ...
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.
Antler (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Antler have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Hensley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hensley and extending to:
Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Hensley to Charleston, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 271 miles [436.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 6,155 miles [9,905.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,866 miles [11,049.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,742 miles [7,631.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hensley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hensley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4740, Longitude: -81.6998 In this case, the coordinates for Hensley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Hensley 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 Hensley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Hensley to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.715 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.446 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.169 degrees.