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Communities Also Named Harrington ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Harrington.

Within Ontario, the name Harrington is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these sixteen communities, three are located in Canada and thirteen are in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Colusa County
      • This Harrington is located in Colusa County and lies 2,133 miles [3,432.7 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colusa County community of Harrington.
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Harrington is located in Kent County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Harrington.
    • Georgia
      • Glynn County
      • This Harrington is located in Glynn County and lies 831 miles [1,337.4 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glynn County community of Harrington.
    • Maine
      • Washington County
      • This Harrington is located in Washington County and lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km]<1> to the east northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Harrington.
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • This Harrington is located in Carroll County and lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Harrington.
    • Nebraska
      • Wheeler County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Wheeler County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wheeler County community of Harrington.
    • New Jersey
      • Bergen County
      • 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 New Jersey community of Harrington [Bergen County].
    • New Mexico
      • Union County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Union County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Harrington.
    • New York
      • Harrington #
      • 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 New York community of Harrington.
    • North Carolina
      • Harnett County
      • 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 North Carolina community of Harrington [Harnett County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Harrington lies 746 miles [1,200.6 km]<1> to the east.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Harrington lies 897 miles [1,443.6 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • Quebec
      • This Harrington lies 358 miles [576.1 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • South Dakota
      • Bennett County
      • This Harrington is located in Bennett County and lies 1,017 miles [1,636.7 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bennett County community of Harrington.
    • Virginia
      • Alleghany County
      • This Harrington is located in Alleghany County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alleghany County community of Harrington.
    • Washington
      • Lincoln County
      • This Harrington is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,813 miles [2,917.7 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Harrington.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Harrington ...

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.

  • Cobble Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cobble Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobble Hill
  • Codys Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Friendly Corners
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendly Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Corners
  • Harmony
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Holiday
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday
  • Huntingford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntingford came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingford
  • Maplewood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplewood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
  • Oliver
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
  • Science Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Science Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Science Hill
  • Willow Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Lake

How Far From Harrington to ...

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 Harrington to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Harrington and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Harrington to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,869 miles [9,445.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,599 miles [10,620.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,477 miles [7,205 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Harrington. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Harrington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harrington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2422, Longitude: -80.9900    
<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 Harrington, 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 Harrington 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 . 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>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<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 Harrington 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 310.049 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.555 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.841 degrees.




 

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