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we pass this GPS location for Ward:
38.246492, -81.388170
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Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 35 communities, 33 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Chambers County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Ward [Chambers County].
Sumter County
This Ward is located in Sumter County and lies 561 miles [902.8 km]<2> to the southwest of the Ward that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Ward.
Arkansas
Lonoke County
This Ward is located in Lonoke County and lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Ward that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lonoke County community of Ward.
Pulaski County
This Ward is located in Pulaski County and lies 653 miles [1,050.9 km] to the west southwest of the Ward that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Ward.
Colorado
Boulder County
This Ward is located in Boulder County and lies 1,293 miles [2,080.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Ward that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boulder County community of Ward.
Delaware
Sussex County
This Ward is located in Sussex County and lies 320 miles [515 km]<2> to the east of the Ward that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Ward.
Florida
Leon County
This Ward is located in Leon County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Ward that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Leon County community of Ward.
Illinois
Jackson County
This Ward is located in Jackson County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<2> to the west of the Ward that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Ward.
Kankakee County
This Ward is located in Kankakee County and lies 387 miles [622.8 km] to the northwest of the Ward that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kankakee County community of Ward.
Indiana
Boone County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Ward [Boone County].
Iowa
Monroe County
This Ward is located in Monroe County and lies 640 miles [1,030 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Ward that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Ward.
Kansas
Wilson County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Ward [Wilson County].
Louisiana
Allen Parish
This Ward is located in Allen Parish and lies 825 miles [1,327.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Ward that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen Parish community of Ward.
Maryland
Somerset County
This Ward is located in Somerset County and lies 303 miles [487.6 km]<2> to the east of the Ward that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Ward.
Michigan
Dickinson County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Ward [Dickinson County].
Saginaw County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Ward [Saginaw County].
Minnesota
Pipestone County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Ward [Pipestone County].
Mississippi
George County
This Ward is located in George County and lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Ward that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the George County community of Ward.
Missouri
Bates County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Ward [Bates County].
Montana
Ravalli County
This Ward is located in Ravalli County and lies 1,749 miles [2,814.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Ward that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ravalli County community of Ward.
Nevada
White Pine 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 Nevada community of Ward [White Pine County].
New Brunswick
This Ward lies 1,021 miles [1,643.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Ward that is located in Kanawha County.
Ohio
Washington 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 Ohio community of Ward [Washington County].
Oklahoma
Le Flore County
This Ward is located in Le Flore County and lies 765 miles [1,231.1 km]<2> to the west of the Ward that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Le Flore County community of Ward.
Ontario
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Ward.
Oregon
Multnomah County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Ward [Multnomah County].
Pennsylvania
Delaware County
This Ward is located in Delaware County and lies 334 miles [537.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Ward that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Ward.
South Carolina
Saluda County
This Ward is located in Saluda County and lies 303 miles [487.6 km]<2> to the south of the Ward that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saluda County community of Ward.
South Dakota
Moody County
This Ward is located in Moody County and lies 881 miles [1,417.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Ward that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moody County community of Ward.
Tennessee
Overton 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 Tennessee community of Ward [Overton County].
Texas
Anderson County
This Ward is located in Anderson County and lies 923 miles [1,485.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Ward that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Ward.
Ellis County
This Ward is located in Ellis County and lies 965 miles [1,553 km] to the west southwest of the Ward that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ellis County community of Ward.
Virginia
Buchanan County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Ward [Buchanan County].
Washington
Stevens County
This Ward is located in Stevens County and lies 1,948 miles [3,135 km]<2> to the northwest of the Ward that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stevens County community of Ward.
Wyoming
Crook County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Ward [Crook County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ward ...
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 & 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 Ward to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ward and extending to:
Charleston, which is the Seat of Kanawha County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ward to Charleston, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 14 miles [22.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 239 miles [384.6 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,108 miles [9,829.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,821 miles [10,977.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,696 miles [7,557.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Ward 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.
<2>
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 from Point A (ie- Ward) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ward. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2465, Longitude: -81.3882 In this case, the coordinates for Ward have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Ward, 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>
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.
<7>
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 Ward to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.515 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.331 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.792 degrees.