Nearest Communities to Cougar,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Cougar, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Cougar:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Cougar is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Siskiyou County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Siskiyou County: Del Norte, Humboldt, Modoc, Shasta, Trinity, Jackson (OR), Josephine (OR) & Klamath (OR).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 69 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Cougar. Of these communities, 2 are located in counties other than Siskiyou County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Cougar (which is Siskiyou County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Cougar
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Siskiyou County (where Cougar resides)
- County Website: https://www.siskiyoucounty.gov/
- County Seat for Siskiyou: Yreka
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cougar ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cougar.
- Pomeroy ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pomeroy is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomeroy
- Grass Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Grass Lake is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Lake
- Andesite
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Andesite is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andesite
- Erickson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Erickson is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erickson
- Bolam
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bolam is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolam
- Graham ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Penoyar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Penoyar is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penoyar
- Leaf
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leaf is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf
- Hotlum
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hotlum is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hotlum
- Bray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bray is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bray
- Big Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kegg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kegg is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kegg
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- Little Shasta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Carrick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Carrick is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrick
- Tennant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jerome
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jerome is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Edgewood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Weed
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Hebron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Hebron is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hebron
- Black Butte
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Black Butte is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Butte
- Igerna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Igerna is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igerna
- Metcalf ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Metcalf is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf
- Logan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Logan is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Gazelle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Deetz
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Deetz is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deetz
- Upton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Upton is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
- Grenada
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Macdoel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Howard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Howard is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Mount Shasta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Upper Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Upper Crossing is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Crossing
- Montague
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Snowden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Snowden is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowden
- Signal Butte
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Signal Butte is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Butte
- Somerset
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Azalea
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Azalea is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azalea
- Hooper
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hooper is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooper
- Pierce
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pierce is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
- Pioneer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pioneer is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Ash Creek Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ash Creek Junction is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Creek Junction
- Cantara ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cantara is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantara
- McCloud
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mott is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mott
- Esperanza ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Esperanza is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esperanza
- Shasta Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ager
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shasta Retreat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Shasta Retreat is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shasta Retreat
- Bogus ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hawkinsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hawkinsville is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
- Yreka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ash Creek Station ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ash Creek Station is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Creek Station
- Swobe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Swobe is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swobe
- Beswick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Beswick is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beswick
- Gillis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gillis is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillis
- Jims Camp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jims Camp is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jims Camp
- Dunsmuir
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kinyon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kinyon is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinyon
- Houston ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Houston is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Wyntoon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wyntoon is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyntoon
- Algoma ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Copco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Copco is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copco
- Dorris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Henley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Henley is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henley
- Hornbrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bartle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bartle is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartle
- Slagger ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hambone ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shasta County
- County Website: https://www.shastacounty.gov/
- County Seat for Shasta: Redding
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cougar ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cougar.
- Castle Crags ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dirigo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dirigo is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dirigo
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- Cougar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Cougar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.
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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.
Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
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