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36.500903, -93.710193
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We found nine communities that are also named Oakhill.
Within Missouri, the name Oakhill is unique.
Beyond Missouri, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Georgia
Cobb County
This Oakhill is located in Cobb County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Oakhill that is located in Barry County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Oakhill.
Hall County
This Oakhill is located in Hall County and lies 581 miles [935 km] to the east southeast of the Oakhill that is located in Barry County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Oakhill.
Henry County
This Oakhill is located in Henry County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km] to the east southeast of the Oakhill that is located in Barry County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Oakhill.
Louisiana
Natchitoches Parish
This Oakhill is located in Natchitoches Parish and lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<1> to the south of the Oakhill that is located in Barry County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Natchitoches Parish community of Oakhill.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Oakhill is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 950 miles [1,528.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Oakhill that is located in Barry County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Oakhill.
Michigan
Berrien 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 Michigan community of Oakhill [Berrien County].
Minnesota
Todd 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 Minnesota community of Oakhill [Todd County].
Ontario
This Oakhill lies 860 miles [1,384 km]<1> to the northeast of the Oakhill that is located in Barry County.
Virginia
Dinwiddie County
This Oakhill is located in Dinwiddie County and lies 898 miles [1,445.2 km]<1> to the east of the Oakhill that is located in Barry County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dinwiddie County community of Oakhill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oakhill ...
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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Oakhill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oakhill and extending to:
Cassville, which is the Seat of Barry County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Oakhill to Cassville, with an average speed<4> 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.
Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 166 miles [267.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 924 miles [1,487 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,675 miles [10,742.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,412 miles [11,928.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,293 miles [8,518.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oakhill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Oakhill 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.
<3>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>
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.
<5>
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 Oakhill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oakhill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5009, Longitude: -93.7102 In this case, the coordinates for Oakhill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.266 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.007 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.719 degrees.