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37.635381, -82.215971
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We found twelve communities that are also named Merrimac.
Within West Virginia, the name Merrimac is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Butte County
This Merrimac is located in Butte County and lies 2,094 miles [3,370 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Merrimac that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butte County community of Merrimac.
Florida
Orange County
This Merrimac is located in Orange County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km]<1> to the south of the Merrimac that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Merrimac.
Illinois
Monroe County
This Merrimac is located in Monroe County and lies 444 miles [714.5 km]<1> to the west of the Merrimac that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Merrimac.
Iowa
Jefferson County
This Merrimac is located in Jefferson County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Merrimac that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Merrimac.
Kansas
Marshall County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Marshall County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Merrimac.
Kentucky
Taylor County
This Merrimac is located in Taylor County and lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<1> to the west of the Merrimac that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taylor County community of Merrimac.
Massachusetts
Essex County
This Merrimac is located in Essex County and lies 690 miles [1,110.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Merrimac that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Merrimac.
Nevada
Carson City
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Merrimac [Carson City].
Ormsby County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Ormsby County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ormsby County community of Merrimac.
Virginia
Culpeper County
This Merrimac is located in Culpeper County and lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Merrimac that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Culpeper County community of Merrimac.
Montgomery County
This Merrimac is located in Montgomery County and lies 102 miles [164.2 km] to the east southeast of the Merrimac that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Merrimac.
Wisconsin
Sauk County
This Merrimac is located in Sauk County and lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Merrimac that is located in Mingo County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sauk County community of Merrimac.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Merrimac ...
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.
Blackberry City (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
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 Merrimac to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Merrimac and extending to:
Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Merrimac to Charleston, with an average speed<4> 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 over two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 293 miles [471.5 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 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,170 miles [9,929.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,882 miles [11,075.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,758 miles [7,657.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Merrimac) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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 Merrimac, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>
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 Merrimac 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.
<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 Merrimac 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 Merrimac. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6354, Longitude: -82.2160 In this case, the coordinates for Merrimac have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.025 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.824 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.338 degrees.