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We found 46 communities that share the name Preston.
There is one other community in Oklahoma which is also named Preston.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of another 45 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 45 communities, 43 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Located In Oklahoma ...
Beaver County
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 Oklahoma community of Preston [Beaver County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Marshall County
This Preston is located in Marshall County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<2> to the east of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Preston.
Arkansas
Faulkner County
This Preston is located in Faulkner County and lies 206 miles [331.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faulkner County community of Preston.
California
Sonoma County
This Preston is located in Sonoma County and lies 1,495 miles [2,406 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of Preston.
Connecticut
New London County
This Preston is located in New London County and lies 1,351 miles [2,174.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Preston.
Georgia
Webster County
This Preston is located in Webster County and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Preston.
Idaho
Franklin County
This Preston is located in Franklin County and lies 958 miles [1,541.8 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Preston.
Illinois
Randolph County
This Preston is located in Randolph County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of Preston.
Indiana
Vigo County
This Preston is located in Vigo County and lies 539 miles [867.4 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vigo County community of Preston.
Iowa
Jackson County
This Preston is located in Jackson County and lies 530 miles [853 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Preston.
Kansas
Finney County
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 Kansas community of Preston [Finney County].
Pratt County
This Preston is located in Pratt County and lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<2> to the northwest of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pratt County community of Preston.
Kentucky
Bath County
This Preston is located in Bath County and lies 694 miles [1,116.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bath County community of Preston.
Louisiana
Caddo Parish
This Preston is located in Caddo Parish and lies 267 miles [429.7 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caddo Parish community of Preston.
De Soto Parish
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 Louisiana community of Preston [De Soto Parish].
Manitoba
This community is historic<1> and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Preston.
Maryland
Caroline County
This Preston is located in Caroline County and lies 1,121 miles [1,804.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Preston.
Minnesota
Fillmore County
This Preston is located in Fillmore County and lies 587 miles [944.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fillmore County community of Preston.
Mississippi
Kemper County
This Preston is located in Kemper County and lies 452 miles [727.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kemper County community of Preston.
Missouri
Hickory County
This Preston is located in Hickory County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hickory County community of Preston.
Jasper County
This Preston is located in Jasper County and lies 140 miles [225.3 km] to the northeast of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Preston.
Montana
Meagher County
This Preston is located in Meagher County and lies 1,099 miles [1,768.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meagher County community of Preston.
Nebraska
Richardson County
This Preston is located in Richardson County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<2> to the north of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richardson County community of Preston.
Nevada
White Pine 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 Nevada community of Preston [White Pine County].
New Mexico
Curry County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Curry County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Curry County community of Preston.
New York
Chenango County
This Preston is located in Chenango County and lies 1,184 miles [1,905.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chenango County community of Preston.
North Carolina
Wake County
This Preston is located in Wake County and lies 960 miles [1,545 km]<2> to the east of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wake County community of Preston.
North Dakota
Traill County
This Preston is located in Traill County and lies 803 miles [1,292.3 km]<2> to the north of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Traill County community of Preston.
Nova Scotia
We haven't found the location of this community yet.
Ohio
Hamilton County
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 Ohio community of Preston [Hamilton County].
Muskingum County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Muskingum County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskingum County community of Preston.
Ontario
This Preston lies 985 miles [1,585.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
Pennsylvania
Luzerne County
This Preston is located in Luzerne County and lies 1,147 miles [1,845.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Preston.
McKean County
This Preston is located in McKean County and lies 1,009 miles [1,623.8 km] to the east northeast of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKean County community of Preston.
Wayne County
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 Pennsylvania community of Preston [Wayne County].
South Dakota
Lawrence County
This Preston is located in Lawrence County and lies 727 miles [1,170 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Preston.
Tennessee
Hardin County
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 Tennessee community of Preston [Hardin County].
Knox 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 Tennessee community of Preston [Knox County].
Texas
Dallas County
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 Texas community of Preston [Dallas County].
Grayson County
This Preston is located in Grayson County and lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Preston.
Wharton County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Wharton County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wharton County community of Preston.
Virginia
Henry County
This Preston is located in Henry County and lies 893 miles [1,437.1 km]<2> to the east of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Preston.
Washington County
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 Virginia community of Preston [Washington County].
Washington
King County
This Preston is located in King County and lies 1,556 miles [2,504.1 km]<2> to the northwest of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Preston.
West Virginia
Preston County
This Preston is located in Preston County and lies 927 miles [1,491.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Preston County community of Preston.
Wisconsin
Grant County
This Preston is located in Grant County and lies 579 miles [931.8 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Preston that is located in Okmulgee County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Preston.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Preston ...
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 & 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 Preston to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Preston and extending to:
Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 87 miles [140 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Preston to Oklahoma City, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,061 miles [1,707.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,800 miles [10,943.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,540 miles [12,134.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,423 miles [8,727.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Preston 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.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Preston) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Preston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7117, Longitude: -95.9905
<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 Preston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Preston 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 319.726 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.606 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.912 degrees.