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Communities Also Named Oak ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Oak.

There is one other community in New Brunswick which is also named Oak.

Beyond New Brunswick, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these seventeen communities, one is located in Canada and the other seventeen communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Located In New Brunswick ...
    • Unknown
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Baldwin County
      • This Oak is located in Baldwin County and lies 1,527 miles [2,457.5 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baldwin County community of Oak.
    • Florida
      • Marion County
      • This Oak is located in Marion County and lies 1,397 miles [2,248.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Oak.
    • Georgia
      • Lowndes County
      • This Oak is located in Lowndes County and lies 1,338 miles [2,153.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lowndes County community of Oak.
    • Illinois
      • Pope County
      • This Oak is located in Pope County and lies 1,216 miles [1,957 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pope County community of Oak.
    • Kansas
      • Jefferson County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Jefferson County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Oak.
      • Seward County
      • This community is historic and although located in Seward County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seward County community of Oak.
    • Michigan
      • Wayne County
      • This Oak is located in Wayne County and lies 809 miles [1,302 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Oak.
    • Missouri
      • DeKalb County
      • This Oak is located in DeKalb County and lies 1,414 miles [2,275.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Oak.
    • Nebraska
      • Nuckolls County
      • This Oak is located in Nuckolls County and lies 1,565 miles [2,518.6 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nuckolls County community of Oak.
    • Nevada
      • Eureka County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Eureka County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eureka County community of Oak.
    • Ohio
      • Highland County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Highland County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Highland County community of Oak.
      • Monroe County
      • This Oak is located in Monroe County and lies 798 miles [1,284.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Oak.
    • Oregon
      • Coos 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 Oregon community of Oak [Coos County].
    • Texas
      • Ellis 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 Texas community of Oak [Ellis County].
    • Virginia
      • New Kent 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 Virginia community of Oak [New Kent County].
    • West Virginia
      • Wood 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 West Virginia community of Oak [Wood County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Price 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 Wisconsin community of Oak [Price County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oak ...

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.

  • Blowdown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blowdown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowdown
  • Bulls Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bulls Creek came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Creek
  • Dibblee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dibblee came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dibblee
  • Green Road
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Road
  • Hillman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillman came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
  • Indian Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Village came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
  • Jackins Settlement
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jackins Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackins Settlement
    • Jackins Settlement is located in Aroostook County (ME)
  • Limestone
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Limestone came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
  • Mapledale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mapledale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapledale
  • Maxwell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxwell came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
  • Monument
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monument came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument
  • Union Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Corner
  • Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 390 miles [627.6 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Oak to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,225 miles [8,408.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,942 miles [9,562.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,817 miles [6,142.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

The official website for Province of New Brunswick: https://www.gnb.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- Oak) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oak. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0167, Longitude: -67.6500    
<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 Oak, 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 Oak 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>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.
<7>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 Oak to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 301.213 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 297.121 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 296.886 degrees.




 

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