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Communities Also Named Ostrander ...

We found five communities that share the name Ostrander.

Within Ontario, the name Ostrander is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Minnesota
      • Fillmore County
      • This Ostrander is located in Fillmore County and lies 588 miles [946.3 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fillmore County community of Ostrander.
    • Ohio
      • Delaware County
      • This Ostrander is located in Delaware County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Ostrander.
    • Pennsylvania
      • McKean 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 Ostrander [McKean County].
    • Washington
      • Cowlitz County
      • This Ostrander is located in Cowlitz County and lies 2,061 miles [3,316.9 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cowlitz County community of Ostrander.
    • Wisconsin
      • Waupaca County
      • This Ostrander is located in Waupaca County and lies 416 miles [669.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waupaca County community of Ostrander.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ostrander ...

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.

  • Dicksons Corners
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dicksons Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicksons Corners
  • Eden
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Froggetts Corners
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Froggetts Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Froggetts Corners
  • Harrietsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrietsville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrietsville
  • Hinks Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hinks Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinks Corners
  • Lyons
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyons came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
  • Mabee's Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mabee's Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabee's Corners
  • Mile Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mile Corner came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Corner
  • Otterville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Rocks Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocks Mills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocks Mills
  • Summers Corners
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summers Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summers Corners

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Ostrander 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 5,875 miles [9,454.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,604 miles [10,628.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,481 miles [7,211.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ostrander. 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ostrander) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ostrander. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9044, Longitude: -80.7600    
<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 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 Ostrander 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>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.
<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 Ostrander 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 309.923 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.362 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.859 degrees.




 

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