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37.309302, -79.989206
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We found 21 communities that share the name Lone Oak.
There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Lone Oak.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Located In Virginia ...
Hanover County
This Lone Oak is located in Hanover County and lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<1> to the east northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hanover County community of Lone Oak.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Colorado
Las Animas County
This Lone Oak is located in Las Animas County and lies 1,297 miles [2,087.3 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Las Animas County community of Lone Oak.
Georgia
Meriwether County
This Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County and lies 394 miles [634.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meriwether County community of Lone Oak.
Kansas
Crawford County
This Lone Oak is located in Crawford County and lies 808 miles [1,300.3 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Lone Oak.
Kentucky
Grayson County
This Lone Oak is located in Grayson County and lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grayson County community of Lone Oak.
McCracken County
This Lone Oak is located in McCracken County and lies 477 miles [767.7 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCracken County community of Lone Oak.
Powell County
This Lone Oak is located in Powell County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km] to the west northwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Powell County community of Lone Oak.
Maryland
Montgomery County
This Lone Oak is located in Montgomery County and lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<1> to the northeast.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Lone Oak.
Oklahoma
Sequoyah County
This Lone Oak is located in Sequoyah County and lies 819 miles [1,318.1 km]<1> to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sequoyah County community of Lone Oak.
South Carolina
Spartanburg County
This Lone Oak is located in Spartanburg County and lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<1> to the southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Lone Oak.
Tennessee
Sequatchie County
This Lone Oak is located in Sequatchie County and lies 332 miles [534.3 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sequatchie County community of Lone Oak.
Williamson County
This Lone Oak is located in Williamson County and lies 403 miles [648.6 km] to the west.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Lone Oak.
Texas
Bexar County
This Lone Oak is located in Bexar County and lies 1,184 miles [1,905.5 km]<1> to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bexar County community of Lone Oak.
Cherokee County
This Lone Oak is located in Cherokee County and lies 945 miles [1,520.8 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Lone Oak.
Colorado County
This Lone Oak is located in Colorado County and lies 1,080 miles [1,738.1 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colorado County community of Lone Oak.
Erath County
Although located in Erath County, we don't know the location within the .
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erath County community of Lone Oak.
Hunt County
This Lone Oak is located in Hunt County and lies 947 miles [1,524 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hunt County community of Lone Oak.
Lamar County
This Lone Oak is located in Lamar County and lies 901 miles [1,450 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lamar County community of Lone Oak.
Navarro County
This Lone Oak is located in Navarro County and lies 1,015 miles [1,633.5 km] to the west southwest.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navarro County community of Lone Oak.
Washington
Cowlitz 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 Washington community of Lone Oak [Cowlitz County].
West Virginia
Marshall County
This Lone Oak is located in Marshall County and lies 181 miles [291.3 km]<1> to the north.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Lone Oak.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lone Oak ...
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.
Bowling Green (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bowling Green have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Lone Oak to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lone Oak and extending to:
Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Lone Oak to Richmond, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 194 miles [312.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,091 miles [9,802.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,797 miles [10,938.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,674 miles [7,522.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lone Oak) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lone Oak. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3093, Longitude: -79.9892 In this case, the coordinates for Lone Oak 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 Lone Oak 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>
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.
<4>
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.
<5>
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 Lone Oak to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.70 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.261 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.509 degrees.