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Communities Also Named Otterville ...

We found six communities that share the name Otterville.

Within Ontario, the name Otterville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Jersey County
      • This Otterville is located in Jersey County and lies 575 miles [925.4 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jersey County community of Otterville.
    • Iowa
      • Buchanan County
      • This Otterville is located in Buchanan County and lies 575 miles [925.4 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buchanan County community of Otterville.
    • Kansas
      • Greenwood 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 Kansas community of Otterville [Greenwood County].
    • Missouri
      • Cooper County
      • This Otterville is located in Cooper County and lies 709 miles [1,141 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cooper County community of Otterville.
    • New Hampshire
      • Merrimack County
      • This Otterville is located in Merrimack County and lies 432 miles [695.2 km]<1> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merrimack County community of Otterville.
    • Virginia
      • Bedford County
      • This Otterville is located in Bedford County and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<1> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Otterville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Otterville ...

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.

  • Eden
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Four Ponds Corners
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Ponds Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Ponds Corners
  • Gilbertville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Harley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harley
  • Hinks Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • 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
  • Kelvin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelvin
  • Lynnville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Mabee's Corners
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • 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
  • Nixon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nixon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
  • Rattlesnake Harbour
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rattlesnake Harbour came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rattlesnake Harbour
  • Rocks Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • 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
  • Teeterville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)

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

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

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 297 miles [478 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Otterville to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<4>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 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,868 miles [9,443.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,596 miles [10,615.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,474 miles [7,200.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Otterville. 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Otterville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Otterville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9253, Longitude: -80.6031    
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Otterville 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 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 Otterville 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 309.821 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.25 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.774 degrees.









 

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