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Communities Also Named Oscar ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Oscar.

Within Ontario, the name Oscar is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Clay County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Oscar [Clay County].
    • Kentucky
      • Ballard County
      • This Oscar is located in Ballard County and lies 843 miles [1,356.7 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ballard County community of Oscar.
    • Louisiana
      • Pointe Coupee Parish
      • This Oscar is located in Pointe Coupee Parish and lies 1,290 miles [2,076.1 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pointe Coupee Parish community of Oscar.
    • Minnesota
      • Otter Tail 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 Minnesota community of Oscar [Otter Tail County].
    • Missouri
      • Texas County
      • This Oscar is located in Texas County and lies 822 miles [1,322.9 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Oscar.
    • Montana
      • Hill County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Oscar [Hill County].
    • North Carolina
      • Jackson 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 North Carolina community of Oscar [Jackson County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Jefferson County
      • This Oscar is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,116 miles [1,796 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Oscar.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong County
      • This Oscar is located in Armstrong County and lies 802 miles [1,290.7 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Oscar.
    • Texas
      • Bell County
      • This Oscar is located in Bell County and lies 1,305 miles [2,100.2 km]<2> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bell County community of Oscar.
    • West Virginia
      • Greenbrier County
      • This Oscar is located in Greenbrier County and lies 930 miles [1,496.7 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Oscar.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Oscar ...

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.

  • Biota
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Biota came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biota
  • English River
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • George
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for George came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
  • Graham
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graham came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
  • Kelly
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelly came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
  • Martin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martin came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin

How Far From Oscar 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 Oscar to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 749 miles [1,205.4 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Oscar 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 43 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 30 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,922 miles [9,530.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,681 miles [10,752 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,604 miles [7,409.4 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 Oscar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oscar) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oscar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.2947, Longitude: -90.7103    
<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 Oscar 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Oscar 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 316.362 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.566 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.893 degrees.




 

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