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we pass this GPS location for Osborne:
38.499264, -81.348452
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We found ten communities that are also named Osborne.
Within West Virginia, the name Osborne is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, eight are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Shasta County
This Osborne is located in Shasta County and lies 2,150 miles [3,460.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Osborne that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Osborne.
Iowa
Clayton County
This Osborne is located in Clayton County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Osborne that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Osborne.
Kansas
Osborne County
This Osborne is located in Osborne County and lies 932 miles [1,499.9 km]<1> to the west of the Osborne that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Osborne County community of Osborne.
Manitoba
This Osborne lies 1,097 miles [1,765.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Osborne that is located in Kanawha County.
Maryland
Harford County
This Osborne is located in Harford County and lies 289 miles [465.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Osborne that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Osborne.
North Carolina
Richmond County
This Osborne is located in Richmond County and lies 269 miles [432.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Osborne that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of Osborne.
Ontario
This Osborne lies 308 miles [495.7 km]<1> to the north of the Osborne that is located in Kanawha County.
Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
This Osborne is located in Allegheny County and lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Osborne that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Osborne.
Texas
Wilbarger 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 Texas community of Osborne [Wilbarger County].
Washington
Grant County
This Osborne is located in Grant County and lies 1,983 miles [3,191.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Osborne that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Osborne.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Osborne ...
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.
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 Osborne to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Osborne and extending to:
Charleston, which is the Seat of Kanawha County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Osborne to Charleston, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 18 miles [29 km] to the southwest (SW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 233 miles [375 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,095 miles [9,809 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,809 miles [10,958 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,684 miles [7,538.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 from Point A (ie- Osborne) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 Osborne 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>
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.
<4>
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 Osborne to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Osborne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4993, Longitude: -81.3485 In this case, the coordinates for Osborne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.486 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.335 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.692 degrees.