Hayward’s United States Gazetteer (1853) page 854

Hayward’s United States Gazetteer (1853) page 854

Click on the image for a larger version suitable for printing.

HOME PAGE ... REFERENCE PAGE ...THIS GAZETTEER’S PAGE

Page 853 ...Page 855

Note: Ctrl and + increases the font size of the text below, Ctrl and - decreases it, and Ctrl and 0 resets it to default size.

LENGTH AND BREADTH OE THE UNITED STATES.

854 GRAND DISTANCE TABLE.

The extent of the Atlantic coast of the United States, in round numbers, and measuring
from headland to headland, from Calais, at the head of Passamaquoddy Bay, to Key West, is
1600 miles. If the bay coasts and minor sinuosities were included, the distance would be twice as
great. The coast of the Gulf of Mexico, measured in the same way, from Key West to the
mouth of the Rio del Norte, is 1300 miles. The Pacific coast is 1200 miles, and the lake coast of
the north 1200 miles; making, in the whole, 5300 miles of coast bounding on navigable waters.
The land boundary between Mexico and the United States is upwards of 1300 miles in extent:
that between the British possessions and the United States upwards of 1600 miles. Both these
land frontiers, throughout almost their entire extent, are a complete wilderness. The greatest
extent of the United States, from north to south, is from the forty-ninth degree of north latitude
to the mouth of the Rio del Norte, 1600 miles in an air line. The breadth, from Passamaquoddy
Bay to the mouth of the Columbia River, is 2000 miles, and from Charleston to San Diego, 1750.
Area, as estimated by the superintendent of the census, 3,200,000 square miles.

Pkincipal Elevations. — Lake Superior, 641 feet above the level of the sea ; Council Bluffs,
912; Sources of the Mississippi, 1400 ; Blue Ridge, 1500 ; Alleghany Mountains, (main ridge,) 2500 ;
Green Mountain range, 3000 ; Catskill Mountains, 3800 ; Peaks of Otter, 4260 ; Ft. Laramie, 4079 ;
Adirondack Mountains, 5000 ; Mt. Washington, (White Mountains,) 6234 ; Santa Fe, 6800 ; South
Pass, 7085 ; Passes of the Sierra Nevada, 7200 ; highest peaks of the Rocky Mountains, 15,009.

DIRECTIONS.

To find the distance between any two places, look on the

PLACE.

		ci	s. 3		£			_ at the top and the other on the side; and in the
		ci	X w		0				angle		where their lines meet the						distance
		p	£		fcC G	a>				is given.
Erie,	Pa.	0	£	O P		1	0	O							(See next naae.l
Pittsburg,	“	132	0			+2	p. c3	P^D	e
Dover, Wilmington	De.	520	388	0		d W	£	2	G O
Dover, Wilmington	“	472	340	48		d W		d	a
Baltimore, Annapolis,	Md.	417	285	120	T2	0			Xi 0	%		fcb
Baltimore, Annapolis,	“	436	304	157	109	37	0		S	09	2	£
Washington,D.C		439	337	160	112	40	43	0		0		X	£	<4
Richmond,	Va.	569	437	290	242	170	173	130	0		&	G	To	<4	£	d
Wheeling,	“	188	56	429	381	309	328	331	461			p	'£	g	O
Norfolk,	it	617	485	320	272	290	237	240	150	599	, 0		rt Ph		s	a> be
Lynchburg,	n	716	584	437	389	317	320	277	147	698	297	0	rt Ph	"0 Q	nq rt		rt	s
Raleigh,	N.C.	744	612	465	417	345	348	305	175	6-36	273	322	0		xt Q		£	m
Columbia,	S. c.	1139	998	851	803	731	734	691	561	1022	553	708	253	0			rt	Xi
Charleston,	“	997	865	718	670	598	691	558	428	889	420	575	314	133	0		rt 02	A
Milledgeville, Ga.		1294	1162	1015	967	895	898	855	725	1186	717	872	611	240	297	0	rt 02	rf H
Savannah,	“	1107	975	828	789	708	711	668	538	999	530	685	424	243	110	187	0	rf H
Tallahassee,	Fa.	1513	1381	1234	1186	1114	1117	1074	944	1405	936	1091	830	649	516	253	406	0
St. Augustine,Fa.		1458	1326	1179	1131	1059	1062	1019	889	1350	881	1036	775	594	461	538	351	285
Pensacola,	ii	21-58	2096	1461	1413	1341	1344	1301	1171	2040	1163	1318	1057	748	743	461	614	247
Tuscaloosa,	Aa.	1633	1501	1354	1306	1234	1237	1194	1064	1525	1056	1211	950	641	636	354	507	533,
Mobile,		2101	2039	1404	1356	1284	1287	1244	1114	1983	1106	1261	1000	691	686	404	557	583
Huntsville,		1622	1490	1343	1295	1223	1226	1183	1053	1514	1045	1260	939	630	625	450	603	629
Vicksburg,	Mi.	1548	1486	1531	1483	1411	1414	1371	1241	1430	1233	1388	1127	818	813	531	684	710,
Natchez,		1651	1589	1854	1896	1734	1737	1694	1561	1533	1556	1711	1450	1141	1136	854	1007	1033
Jackson,	a	1594	1532	1485	1437	1365	1368	1325	1195	1476	1187	1342	1081	772	767	485	638	664
New Orleans	La.	1937	1875	1568	1529	1448	1451	1408	1278	1819	1270	1425jll64		855	850	568	721	747
Shreveport,		1921	1929	2068	2020	1948	1951	1908	1778	1873	1770	192511664		1355	1350	1068	1221	1247
Baton Rouge, “		1806	1744	1699	1651	1579	1582	1539	1409	1688	1491	15561295		986	981	699	852	878
Nashville,	Te.	692	630	1392	1254	1182	1185	1142	1012	574	1094	1159	898	589	584	409	562	588
Memphis,		1092	1030	1403	1355	1283	1392	1305	1299	974	1282	1437	1176	867	862	687	840	866
Frankfort,	Ky-	456	394	767	719	647	666	669	799	338	847	946	974	1369	1227	1524	1337	1743
Louisville,	Ky-	507	445	818	770	698	717	720	850	389	898	997	1025	1411	1278	1575	1388	1794
Cleveland,	0.	no	132	520	472	417	436	439	569	144	617	716	744	1130	997	1294	1007	1513
Columbus,		245	183	556	508	436	' 455	458	588	127	636	735	763	1149	1016	1313	1026	1532
Cincinnati,		365	393	676	628	556	575	578	708	247	756	855	883	1269	1136	1433	1146	1652
Indianapolis,	la.	426	364	737	689	617	636	639	769	308	817	916	944	1330	1197	1494	1307	1713
New Albany,		510	448	821	773	701	729	723	853	392	991	1000	1028	1414	1281	1578	1391	1797
Logansport,		486	435	838	760	688	707	710	840	379	888	987	1015	1401	1268	1565	1378	1784
Vandalia,	Is.	592	530	906	858	786	892	805	938	474	986	1085	1110	1496	1363	1660	1473	1879
Springfield,		638	576	949	901	829	848	851	981	520	1029	1128	1156	1542	1409	1706	1519	1925
Chicago,	n	488	510	1174	1126	1198	1235	1238	1368	583	1398	1515	1543	1929	1796	1093	1906	2312
JeffersonCity ,Mo.		•907	845	1218	1170	1098	1117	1120	1250	789	1298	1397	1425	1811	16781975		1788	2194
St. Louis,		776	714	1087	1039	967	986	989	1119	658	1167	1266	1294	1680	1547\|l 844		1657	2063
Detroit, Lansing,	Mn.	220	242	906	858	930	967	970	1100	315	1139	1247	1275	1661	152811825		1638	2044
Detroit, Lansing,		336	358	1022	974	1046	1083	1086	1216	431	1246	1363	1391	1777	16441941		1754	2160
Little Rock,	As.	1542	1480	1853	1895	1733	1752	1755	1740	1424	1732	1887	1626	1317	1312	1137	1290	1316
Austin,	Ts.	2608	2546	2239	2191	2119	2122	2079	1949	2490	1941	2996	1835	1526	1521	1239	1392	1418
Galveston,		2337	2275	1966	1920	1848	1851

This page is written in HTML using a program written in Python 3.2, and image-to-HTML-text by ABBYY FineReader 11 Professional Edition.