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Communities Also Named Oliver ...

We found 27 communities that share the name Oliver.

There are two communities within Ontario that are also named Oliver.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 25 communities, four are located in Canada and 23 are in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Oliver #1
      • This Oliver lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • The profile page for Oliver #2
      • 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 Ontario community of Oliver.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Oliver is located in Lauderdale County and lies 663 miles [1,067 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Oliver.
    • Arkansas
      • Scott County
      • This Oliver is located in Scott County and lies 904 miles [1,454.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Oliver.
    • British Columbia
      • This Oliver lies 1,864 miles [2,999.8 km]<1> to the west northwest.
    • California
      • Yuba 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 California community of Oliver [Yuba County].
    • Colorado
      • Gunnison County
      • 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 Colorado community of Oliver [Gunnison County].
    • Georgia
      • Screven County
      • This Oliver is located in Screven County and lies 734 miles [1,181.3 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Screven County community of Oliver.
    • Illinois
      • Edgar County
      • This Oliver is located in Edgar County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edgar County community of Oliver.
      • Whiteside County
      • This Oliver is located in Whiteside County and lies 466 miles [750 km] to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whiteside County community of Oliver.
    • Indiana
      • Posey County
      • This Oliver is located in Posey County and lies 499 miles [803.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Posey County community of Oliver.
    • Kansas
      • Haskell County
      • 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 Kansas community of Oliver [Haskell County].
    • Kentucky
      • Greenup County
      • 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 Kentucky community of Oliver [Greenup County].
    • Louisiana
      • Iberia 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 Oliver [Iberia Parish].
      • Ouachita Parish
      • This Oliver is located in Ouachita Parish and lies 941 miles [1,514.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ouachita Parish community of Oliver.
      • Saint Bernard Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Oliver [Saint Bernard Parish].
      • Tangipahoa Parish
      • This Oliver is located in Tangipahoa Parish and lies 1,014 miles [1,631.9 km] to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tangipahoa Parish community of Oliver.
    • Michigan
      • Huron County
      • 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 Michigan community of Oliver [Huron County].
    • Missouri
      • Macon County
      • 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 Missouri community of Oliver [Macon County].
    • Nebraska
      • Kimball County
      • This Oliver is located in Kimball County and lies 1,165 miles [1,874.9 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kimball County community of Oliver.
    • North Carolina
      • Johnston County
      • This Oliver is located in Johnston County and lies 549 miles [883.5 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnston County community of Oliver.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Oliver lies 891 miles [1,433.9 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • 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 Pennsylvania community of Oliver [Allegheny County].
      • Fayette County
      • This Oliver is located in Fayette County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Oliver.
    • South Carolina
      • Charleston County
      • 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 South Carolina community of Oliver [Charleston County].
    • Virginia
      • Hanover County
      • This Oliver is located in Hanover County and lies 410 miles [659.8 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Oliver.
    • Wisconsin
      • Douglas County
      • This Oliver is located in Douglas County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Oliver.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oliver ...

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.

  • Cobble Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cobble Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobble Hill
  • Codys Corners
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Dicksons Corners
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dicksons Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicksons Corners
  • Evelyn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evelyn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
  • Friendly Corners
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendly Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Corners
  • Holiday
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday
  • Maple Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Grove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
  • Plover Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plover Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover Mills
  • Pottersburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pottersburg came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersburg
  • Salmonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Science Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Science Hill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Science Hill
  • Stoneybrook
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoneybrook came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneybrook
  • Three Bridges
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

How Far From Oliver to ...

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 309 miles [497.3 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Oliver to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,877 miles [9,458.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,607 miles [10,632.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,485 miles [7,217.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

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

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oliver) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oliver. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1508, Longitude: -81.0906    
<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 Oliver 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.
<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 Oliver, 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 Oliver 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 310.119 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.621 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.925 degrees.




 

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