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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 Rutledge:
38.364265, -81.540399
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We found fourteen communities that are also named Rutledge.
Within West Virginia, the name Rutledge is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Crenshaw County
This Rutledge is located in Crenshaw County and lies 530 miles [853 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Rutledge that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crenshaw County community of Rutledge.
Jefferson 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 Rutledge [Jefferson County].
Florida
Alachua County
This Rutledge is located in Alachua County and lies 601 miles [967.2 km]<1> to the south of the Rutledge that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alachua County community of Rutledge.
Orange 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 Florida community of Rutledge [Orange County].
Georgia
Morgan County
This Rutledge is located in Morgan County and lies 346 miles [556.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Rutledge that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Rutledge.
Iowa
Wapello County
This Rutledge is located in Wapello County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rutledge that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wapello County community of Rutledge.
Maryland
Harford County
This Rutledge is located in Harford County and lies 283 miles [455.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rutledge that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Rutledge.
Minnesota
Pine County
This Rutledge is located in Pine County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rutledge that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pine County community of Rutledge.
Missouri
Knox County
This Rutledge is located in Knox County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rutledge that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Rutledge.
McDonald 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 Missouri community of Rutledge [McDonald County].
Oregon
Sherman County
This Rutledge is located in Sherman County and lies 2,046 miles [3,292.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rutledge that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sherman County community of Rutledge.
Pennsylvania
Delaware County
This Rutledge is located in Delaware County and lies 349 miles [561.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Rutledge that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Rutledge.
Tennessee
Grainger County
This Rutledge is located in Grainger County and lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Rutledge that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grainger County community of Rutledge.
Wisconsin
Grant County
This Rutledge is located in Grant County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rutledge that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Rutledge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rutledge ...
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 Rutledge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rutledge and extending to:
Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies just to the west southwest (WSW).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 245 miles [394.3 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Rutledge to White House, with an average speed<3>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 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,109 miles [9,831.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,823 miles [10,980.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,698 miles [7,560.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rutledge) 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 Rutledge 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 Rutledge 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 Rutledge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3643, Longitude: -81.5404 In this case, the coordinates for Rutledge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.605 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.451 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.819 degrees.