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Communities Also Named Olive ...

We found 27 communities that share the name Olive.

Within Ontario, the name Olive is unique.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Pima County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Pima County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pima County community of Olive.
    • California
      • Orange County
      • This Olive is located in Orange County and lies 1,648 miles [2,652.2 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Olive.
    • Florida
      • Escambia County
      • This Olive is located in Escambia County and lies 1,293 miles [2,080.9 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Olive.
    • Indiana
      • Saint Joseph County
      • This Olive is located in Saint Joseph County and lies 575 miles [925.4 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Joseph County community of Olive.
    • Kentucky
      • Marshall County
      • This Olive is located in Marshall County and lies 856 miles [1,377.6 km]<2> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Olive.
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Olive is located in Frederick County and lies 991 miles [1,594.9 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Olive.
    • Michigan
      • Ottawa 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 Michigan community of Olive [Ottawa County].
    • Missouri
      • Dallas County
      • This Olive is located in Dallas County and lies 781 miles [1,256.9 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Olive.
      • Saint Louis City
      • 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 Missouri community of Olive [Saint Louis City].
    • Montana
      • Missoula 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 Montana community of Olive [Missoula County].
      • Powder River County
      • This Olive is located in Powder River County and lies 640 miles [1,030 km]<2> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Powder River County community of Olive.
    • Nebraska
      • Nance County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Nance County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nance County community of Olive.
    • New Mexico
      • Chaves County
      • This Olive is located in Chaves County and lies 1,176 miles [1,892.6 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chaves County community of Olive.
    • New York
      • Ulster 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 New York community of Olive [Ulster County].
    • Ohio
      • Lawrence 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 Ohio community of Olive [Lawrence County].
      • Noble County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Olive [Noble County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Bryan County
      • This Olive is located in Bryan County and lies 1,043 miles [1,678.5 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bryan County community of Olive.
      • Creek County
      • This Olive is located in Creek County and lies 900 miles [1,448.4 km] to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Creek County community of Olive.
    • South Carolina
      • Chester 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 South Carolina community of Olive [Chester County].
    • Texas
      • Hardin County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Hardin County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Olive.
    • Virginia
      • Caroline County
      • This Olive is located in Caroline County and lies 1,052 miles [1,693 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Olive.
      • Culpeper 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 Olive [Culpeper County].
      • Portsmouth City
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Olive [Portsmouth City].
      • Spotsylvania County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Olive [Spotsylvania County].
    • West Virginia
      • Harrison County
      • This Olive is located in Harrison County and lies 888 miles [1,429.1 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Olive.
      • Pocahontas County
      • This Olive is located in Pocahontas County and lies 952 miles [1,532.1 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pocahontas County community of Olive.
    • Wisconsin
      • Chippewa 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 Olive [Chippewa County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Olive ...

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.

  • Bear Pass
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear Pass came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Pass
  • Calm Lake
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calm Lake came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calm Lake
  • Horse Collar Junction
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horse Collar Junction came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Collar Junction
  • Island View
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island View have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
    • Island View is located in Koochiching County (MN)
  • Kettle Falls
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kettle Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Falls
    • Kettle Falls is located in Saint Louis County (MN)
  • Leatherdale Landing
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leatherdale Landing came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherdale Landing
  • Nickel Lake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Turtle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turtle came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle
  • Windy Point
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)

How Far From Olive to ...

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 Olive to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 830 miles [1,335.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Olive to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<6>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 48 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 33 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,010 miles [9,672.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,771 miles [10,896.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,698 miles [7,560.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Olive, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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- Olive) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Olive. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.7686, Longitude: -92.7206    
<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 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 Olive 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 Olive 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 317.842 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.158 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.24 degrees.




 

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