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Communities Also Named Otto ...

We found 25 communities that share the name Otto.

Within Manitoba, the name Otto is unique.

Beyond Manitoba, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Faulkner County
      • This Otto is located in Faulkner County and lies 1,115 miles [1,794.4 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faulkner County community of Otto.
    • Colorado
      • Chaffee 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 Colorado community of Otto [Chaffee County].
    • Georgia
      • Union 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 Georgia community of Otto [Union County].
    • Illinois
      • Fulton 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 Illinois community of Otto [Fulton County].
      • Kankakee County
      • This Otto is located in Kankakee County and lies 815 miles [1,311.6 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kankakee County community of Otto.
    • Indiana
      • Clark County
      • This Otto is located in Clark County and lies 1,029 miles [1,656 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Otto.
    • Kansas
      • Cowley 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 Kansas community of Otto [Cowley County].
      • Marshall 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 Kansas community of Otto [Marshall County].
      • Nemaha 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 Kansas community of Otto [Nemaha County].
    • Minnesota
      • Beltrami County
      • This Otto is located in Beltrami County and lies 228 miles [366.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beltrami County community of Otto.
    • Missouri
      • Jefferson County
      • This Otto is located in Jefferson County and lies 920 miles [1,480.6 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Otto.
    • Nebraska
      • Webster County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Webster County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Otto.
    • New Mexico
      • Torrance County
      • This Otto is located in Torrance County and lies 1,151 miles [1,852.4 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Torrance County community of Otto.
      • Union County
      • This community is historic<3> 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 Otto.
    • New York
      • Cattaraugus County
      • This Otto is located in Cattaraugus County and lies 1,064 miles [1,712.3 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cattaraugus County community of Otto.
    • North Carolina
      • Macon County
      • This Otto is located in Macon County and lies 1,296 miles [2,085.7 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Otto.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Otto is located in Allegheny County and lies 1,117 miles [1,797.6 km]<1> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Otto.
      • Northumberland County
      • This Otto is located in Northumberland County and lies 1,217 miles [1,958.6 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northumberland County community of Otto.
    • South Carolina
      • Abbeville 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 South Carolina community of Otto [Abbeville County].
    • Tennessee
      • Pickett 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 Tennessee community of Otto [Pickett County].
    • Texas
      • Falls County
      • This Otto is located in Falls County and lies 1,327 miles [2,135.6 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Falls County community of Otto.
      • Hardin 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 Texas community of Otto [Hardin County].
    • West Virginia
      • Roane County
      • This Otto is located in Roane County and lies 1,152 miles [1,854 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Otto.
    • Wyoming
      • Big Horn County
      • This Otto is located in Big Horn County and lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Big Horn County community of Otto.
      • Laramie County
      • This Otto is located in Laramie County and lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Laramie County community of Otto.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Otto ...

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.

  • Deerhorn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deerhorn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerhorn
  • Dennis Lake
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dennis Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Lake
  • Erinview
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erinview
  • Harperville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harperville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harperville
  • Ideal
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ideal came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ideal
  • Lake Francis
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Francis came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Francis
  • Markland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Markland came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markland
  • Sandridge
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandridge came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandridge
  • Sharpewood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sharpewood came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpewood
  • Skylake
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skylake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skylake

How Far From Otto 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 Otto to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • Winnipeg, which is the Provincial Capital of Manitoba, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<1> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Otto to Winnipeg, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,078 miles [1,734.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,058 miles [9,749.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,824 miles [10,982.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,786 miles [7,702.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Province of Manitoba: https://www.gov.mb.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Otto) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Otto. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 50.6581, Longitude: -97.8158    
<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 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 Otto 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.
<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 Otto, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Otto 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 321.561 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 320.599 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.733 degrees.




 

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