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We found eighteen communities that are also named Monarch.
Within West Virginia, the name Monarch is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of eighteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alberta
This Monarch lies 1,746 miles [2,809.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Monarch that is located in Kanawha County.
Arkansas
Marion County
This Monarch is located in Marion County and lies 637 miles [1,025.2 km]<1> to the west of the Monarch that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Monarch.
Colorado
Chaffee County
This Monarch is located in Chaffee County and lies 1,341 miles [2,158.1 km]<1> to the west of the Monarch that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chaffee County community of Monarch.
Florida
Sumter County
This Monarch is located in Sumter County and lies 648 miles [1,042.9 km]<1> to the south of the Monarch that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Monarch.
Illinois
McLean 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 Illinois community of Monarch [McLean County].
Kansas
Cherokee 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 Kansas community of Monarch [Cherokee County].
Kentucky
Hopkins 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 Kentucky community of Monarch [Hopkins County].
Mississippi
Jones County
This Monarch is located in Jones County and lies 632 miles [1,017.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Monarch that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Monarch.
Missouri
Saint Louis County
This Monarch is located in Saint Louis County and lies 499 miles [803.1 km]<1> to the west of the Monarch that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Monarch.
Montana
Cascade County
This Monarch is located in Cascade County and lies 1,601 miles [2,576.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Monarch that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cascade County community of Monarch.
Nevada
Lincoln County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Lincoln County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Monarch.
Nye County
This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Monarch [Nye County].
Pennsylvania
Fayette County
This Monarch is located in Fayette County and lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Monarch that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Monarch.
Washington 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 Pennsylvania community of Monarch [Washington County].
South Carolina
Union County
This Monarch is located in Union County and lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<1> to the south of the Monarch that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Monarch.
Utah
Duchesne County
This Monarch is located in Duchesne County and lies 1,531 miles [2,463.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Monarch that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duchesne County community of Monarch.
Virginia
Lee County
This Monarch is located in Lee County and lies 128 miles [206 km]<1> to the southwest of the Monarch that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Monarch.
Wyoming
Sheridan 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 Wyoming community of Monarch [Sheridan County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Monarch ...
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 Monarch to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Monarch and extending to:
Charleston, which is the Seat of Kanawha County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Monarch to Charleston, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take 6 hours.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 243 miles [391.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
The shortest distance<6> 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).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,825 miles [10,983.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,701 miles [7,565.5 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 from Point A (ie- Monarch) 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 Monarch 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 Monarch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Monarch 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 Monarch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2151, Longitude: -81.4571 In this case, the coordinates for Monarch have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.558 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.375 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.831 degrees.