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Communities Also Named Oliver ...

We found 25 communities that share the name Oliver.

Within British Columbia, the name Oliver is unique.

Beyond British Columbia, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 25 communities, four are located in Canada and 23 are in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Oliver is located in Lauderdale County and lies 1,910 miles [3,073.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Oliver.
    • Arkansas
      • Scott County
      • This Oliver is located in Scott County and lies 1,614 miles [2,597.5 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Oliver.
    • California
      • Yuba County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Oliver [Yuba County].
    • Colorado
      • Gunnison 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 Colorado community of Oliver [Gunnison County].
    • Georgia
      • Screven County
      • This Oliver is located in Screven County and lies 2,261 miles [3,638.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Screven County community of Oliver.
    • Illinois
      • Edgar County
      • This Oliver is located in Edgar County and lies 1,694 miles [2,726.2 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edgar County community of Oliver.
      • Whiteside County
      • This Oliver is located in Whiteside County and lies 1,503 miles [2,418.8 km] to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whiteside County community of Oliver.
    • Indiana
      • Posey County
      • This Oliver is located in Posey County and lies 1,744 miles [2,806.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Posey County community of Oliver.
    • Kansas
      • Haskell 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 Kansas community of Oliver [Haskell County].
    • Kentucky
      • Greenup 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 Kentucky community of Oliver [Greenup County].
    • Louisiana
      • Iberia Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Oliver [Iberia Parish].
      • Ouachita Parish
      • This Oliver is located in Ouachita Parish and lies 1,819 miles [2,927.4 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita Parish community of Oliver.
      • Saint Bernard Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Oliver [Saint Bernard Parish].
      • Tangipahoa Parish
      • This Oliver is located in Tangipahoa Parish and lies 1,989 miles [3,201 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tangipahoa Parish community of Oliver.
    • Michigan
      • Huron 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 Michigan community of Oliver [Huron County].
    • Missouri
      • Macon 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 Missouri community of Oliver [Macon County].
    • Nebraska
      • Kimball County
      • This Oliver is located in Kimball County and lies 940 miles [1,512.8 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kimball County community of Oliver.
    • North Carolina
      • Johnston County
      • This Oliver is located in Johnston County and lies 2,274 miles [3,659.6 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnston County community of Oliver.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Oliver lies 2,577 miles [4,147.3 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • Ontario
      • This Oliver lies 1,806 miles [2,906.5 km]<1> to the east.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Oliver [Allegheny County].
      • Fayette County
      • This Oliver is located in Fayette County and lies 2,034 miles [3,273.4 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Oliver.
    • South Carolina
      • Charleston 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 South Carolina community of Oliver [Charleston County].
    • Virginia
      • Hanover County
      • This Oliver is located in Hanover County and lies 2,210 miles [3,556.7 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Oliver.
    • Wisconsin
      • Douglas County
      • This Oliver is located in Douglas County and lies 1,271 miles [2,045.5 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Oliver.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oliver ...

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.

  • Bridesville
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridesville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridesville
  • Eagle Bluff
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Bluff came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Bluff
  • Molson ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molson
    • Molson is located in Okanogan County (WA)
  • Mount Baldy
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Nighthawk ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nighthawk have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nighthawk
    • Nighthawk is located in Okanogan County (WA)
  • Poplar Grove
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Poplar Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
  • Rock Creek
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Shingle Creek
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shingle Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingle Creek
  • Trout Creek
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)

How Far From Oliver to ...

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 town such as Oliver to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • Victoria, which is the Provincial Capital of British Columbia, lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Oliver to Victoria, with an average speed<8>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,040 miles [3,283.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 116 days.
  • The shortest distance<9> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,627 miles [10,665.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,391 miles [11,894.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<11>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,498 miles [8,848.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<12>

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The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/

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- Oliver) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oliver. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.1833, Longitude: -119.5500    
<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 Oliver, 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 Oliver 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>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<8>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.
<9>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 Oliver to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 338.646 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 339.943 degrees.
<12>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.788 degrees.




 

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