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Communities Also Named Oakfield ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Oakfield.

There is one other community in Nova Scotia which is also named Oakfield.

Beyond Nova Scotia, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these ten communities, one is located in Canada and the other ten communities are located in  the United States.

  • Communities Located In Nova Scotia ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Oakfield #1
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Oakfield.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Worth County
      • This Oakfield is located in Worth County and lies 1,602 miles [2,578.2 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worth County community of Oakfield.
    • Iowa
      • Audubon County
      • This Oakfield is located in Audubon County and lies 1,745 miles [2,808.3 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Audubon County community of Oakfield.
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • This Oakfield is located in Aroostook County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aroostook County community of Oakfield.
    • Missouri
      • Franklin County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Franklin County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Oakfield.
    • New York
      • Erie County
      • This Oakfield is located in Erie County and lies 947 miles [1,524 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Oakfield.
      • Genesee County
      • This Oakfield is located in Genesee County and lies 912 miles [1,467.7 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Genesee County community of Oakfield.
    • Ohio
      • Perry County
      • This Oakfield is located in Perry County and lies 1,190 miles [1,915.1 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Oakfield.
      • Trumbull County
      • This Oakfield is located in Trumbull County and lies 1,077 miles [1,733.3 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Oakfield.
    • Tennessee
      • Madison County
      • This Oakfield is located in Madison County and lies 1,643 miles [2,644.2 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Oakfield.
    • Wisconsin
      • Fond du Lac County
      • This Oakfield is located in Fond du Lac County and lies 1,391 miles [2,238.6 km]<2> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fond du Lac County community of Oakfield.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oakfield ...

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.

  • Brickyard Road
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brickyard Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickyard Road
  • Caribou Marsh
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caribou Marsh came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou Marsh
  • Dutch Brook
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dutch Brook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Brook
  • French Road
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Road
  • Front Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Front Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Front Lake
  • Hills Road
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hills Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Road
  • Juniper Mountain
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Juniper Mountain came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Mountain
  • Marion Bridge Road
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marion Bridge Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Bridge Road
  • Meadows Road
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadows Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows Road
  • Prime Brook
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prime Brook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prime Brook
  • Trout Brook
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trout Brook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Brook

How Far From Oakfield to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Oakfield to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 749 miles [1,205.4 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Oakfield to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 43 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,911 miles [7,903.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,616 miles [9,038.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,492 miles [5,619.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

The official website for Province of Nova Scotia: https://novascotia.ca

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Oakfield 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oakfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oakfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0054, Longitude: -60.1540    
<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 Oakfield, 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 Oakfield 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 296.568 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 291.964 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 293.161 degrees.




 

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