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34.021540, -81.137318
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We found eleven communities that share the name Oak Creek.
There are two communities within South Carolina that are also named Oak Creek.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In South Carolina ...
Greenville County
This Oak Creek is located in Greenville County and lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Oak Creek that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenville County community of Oak Creek.
Spartanburg County
This Oak Creek is located in Spartanburg County and lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Oak Creek that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Oak Creek.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arizona
Yavapai County
This Oak Creek is located in Yavapai County and lies 1,738 miles [2,797 km]<1> to the west of the Oak Creek that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yavapai County community of Oak Creek.
Colorado
Fremont 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 Oak Creek [Fremont County].
Routt County
This Oak Creek is located in Routt County and lies 1,479 miles [2,380.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Oak Creek that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Routt County community of Oak Creek.
Georgia
Paulding County
This Oak Creek is located in Paulding County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the west of the Oak Creek that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Oak Creek.
Mississippi
Hinds County
This Oak Creek is located in Hinds County and lies 543 miles [873.9 km]<1> to the west of the Oak Creek that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Oak Creek.
Oregon
Douglas 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 Oregon community of Oak Creek [Douglas County].
Texas
Bexar County
Although located in Bexar County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bexar County community of Oak Creek.
Utah
Sanpete County
This Oak Creek is located in Sanpete County and lies 1,710 miles [2,752 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Oak Creek that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sanpete County community of Oak Creek.
Wisconsin
Milwaukee County
This Oak Creek is located in Milwaukee County and lies 711 miles [1,144.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Oak Creek that is located in Lexington County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Milwaukee County community of Oak Creek.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oak Creek ...
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.
Apple Valley (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Apple Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Oak Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Oak Creek and extending to:
Columbia, which is the State Capital of South Carolina, lies just to the east southeast (ESE).
The White House (Washington, DC) is 406 miles [653.4 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Oak Creek to White House, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,287 miles [10,117.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,981 miles [11,234.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,862 miles [7,824.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oak Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oak Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0215, Longitude: -81.1373 In this case, the coordinates for Oak Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Oak Creek 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.
<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 Oak Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
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.
<5>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>
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.
<8>
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 Oak Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.381 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.562 degrees.
<11>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.965 degrees.