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35.798762, -78.653059
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We found nine communities that are also named Oberlin.
Within North Carolina, the name Oberlin is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, 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 ...
Alberta
This Oberlin lies 2,017 miles [3,246 km]<1> to the northwest of the Oberlin that is located in Wake County.
Kansas
Decatur County
This Oberlin is located in Decatur County and lies 1,222 miles [1,966.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Oberlin that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Oberlin.
Louisiana
Allen Parish
This Oberlin is located in Allen Parish and lies 889 miles [1,430.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Oberlin that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen Parish community of Oberlin.
Calcasieu Parish
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 Louisiana community of Oberlin [Calcasieu Parish].
Michigan
Benzie 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 Michigan community of Oberlin [Benzie County].
Gladwin County
This Oberlin is located in Gladwin County and lies 649 miles [1,044.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Oberlin that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gladwin County community of Oberlin.
Ohio
Lorain County
This Oberlin is located in Lorain County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Oberlin that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lorain County community of Oberlin.
Oklahoma
Bryan County
This Oberlin is located in Bryan County and lies 982 miles [1,580.4 km]<1> to the west of the Oberlin that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bryan County community of Oberlin.
Pennsylvania
Dauphin County
This Oberlin is located in Dauphin County and lies 322 miles [518.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Oberlin that is located in Wake County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dauphin County community of Oberlin.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oberlin ...
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 & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Oberlin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oberlin and extending to:
Raleigh, which is the Seat of Wake County, lies just to the South Southeast.
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies just to the south southeast (SSE).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 231 miles [371.8 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Oberlin to White House, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,100 miles [9,817 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,795 miles [10,935.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,676 miles [7,525.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oberlin) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Oberlin 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>
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 Oberlin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Oberlin 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 Oberlin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7988, Longitude: -78.6531 In this case, the coordinates for Oberlin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.959 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.191 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.473 degrees.