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We found eleven communities that are also named Caney.
Within Oklahoma, the name Caney is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Faulkner County
This Caney is located in Faulkner County and lies 224 miles [360.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Caney that is located in Atoka County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faulkner County community of Caney.
Hot Spring County
This Caney is located in Hot Spring County and lies 179 miles [288.1 km] to the east of the Caney that is located in Atoka County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hot Spring County community of Caney.
Marion County
This Caney is located in Marion County and lies 240 miles [386.2 km] to the east northeast of the Caney that is located in Atoka County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Caney.
Nevada 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 Arkansas community of Caney [Nevada County].
Kansas
Montgomery County
This Caney is located in Montgomery County and lies 192 miles [309 km]<1> to the north of the Caney that is located in Atoka County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Caney.
Kentucky
Morgan County
This Caney is located in Morgan County and lies 763 miles [1,227.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Caney that is located in Atoka County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Caney.
Louisiana
Vernon Parish
This Caney is located in Vernon Parish and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the southeast of the Caney that is located in Atoka County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vernon Parish community of Caney.
Texas
Hopkins 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 Caney [Hopkins County].
Matagorda County
This Caney is located in Matagorda County and lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<1> to the south of the Caney that is located in Atoka County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Matagorda County community of Caney.
Red River County
This Caney is located in Red River County and lies 85 miles [136.8 km] to the east southeast of the Caney that is located in Atoka County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Red River County community of Caney.
Virginia
Dickenson 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 Caney [Dickenson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Caney ...
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 town such as Caney to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Caney and extending to:
Atoka, which is the Seat of Atoka County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Caney to Atoka, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 112 miles [180.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,108 miles [1,783.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 63 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,886 miles [11,081.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,622 miles [12,266.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,503 miles [8,856.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 from Point A (ie- Caney) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Caney, 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 Caney 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.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Caney 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 Caney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2324, Longitude: -96.2143
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.724 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.415 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.22 degrees.