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Nearest Communities to Steelhead,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Steelhead, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Steelhead:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Steelhead.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.


Steelhead is located in 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 48 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Steelhead. Of these communities, 8 are located in counties other than Siskiyou County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Steelhead (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 Steelhead

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Siskiyou County   (where Steelhead resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.siskiyoucounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Siskiyou:   Yreka
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Steelhead   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Steelhead.
      • Hamburg
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • Hamburg is located in Siskiyou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
      • Scott Bar
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Horse Creek
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Horse Creek is located in Siskiyou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
      • Oakbar
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Oakbar is located in Siskiyou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakbar
      • Seiad Valley
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Klamath River
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Walker
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Walker is located in Siskiyou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
      • Quartz Valley Rancheria
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Hooperville
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Hooperville is located in Siskiyou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooperville
      • Fort Goff
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Fort Goff is located in Siskiyou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Goff
      • Eileen
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Eileen is located in Siskiyou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eileen
      • Mugginsville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Mugginsville is located in Siskiyou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mugginsville
      • Continue List   (28 more) ...
        • Gordons Ferry
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • Gordons Ferry is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordons Ferry
        • Cinnabar Springs ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Cinnabar Springs is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnabar Springs
        • Fort Jones
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Oro Fino
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Oro Fino is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro Fino
        • Gottsville
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Gottsville is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gottsville
        • Swiss Bar
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Swiss Bar is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiss Bar
        • Greenview
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Happy Camp
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Hoskin
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Hoskin is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskin
        • Cheeseville
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Cheeseville is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeseville
        • Hawkinsville
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Hawkinsville is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
        • Yreka
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Yreka is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yreka
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,503 people
          • Yreka has also been known as:
          • Yreka City
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yreka <3>
        • Deacon Lee Place
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Deacon Lee Place is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon Lee Place
        • Clear Creek
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Clear Creek is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
        • Ferry Point ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Ferry Point is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Point
        • Jims Camp
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Jims Camp is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jims Camp
        • Etna
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Etna is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Etna <3>
        • Henley
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Henley is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henley
        • Cole
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Cole is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole
        • Hornbrook
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Montague
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Hilt
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Hilt is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilt
        • Cottage Grove
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Cottage Grove is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
        • Grenada
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Snowden
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Snowden is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowden
        • Patsiluvra ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Patsiluvra is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patsiluvra
        • Ager
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Ager is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ager
        • Logan
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Logan is located in Siskiyou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
  • Jackson County
    • County Website:   https://jacksoncountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Jackson:   Medford (OR)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Steelhead   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Steelhead.
      • Copper ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Copper is located in Jackson County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper
      • Steamboat
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Steamboat is located in Jackson County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat
      • McKee Bridge
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • McKee Bridge is located in Jackson County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKee Bridge
      • Buncom
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Buncom is located in Jackson County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncom
      • Colestin
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Colestin is located in Jackson County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colestin
      • Gregory
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Gregory is located in Jackson County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
      • Cameron ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Cameron is located in Jackson County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
      • Siskiyou
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Siskiyou is located in Jackson County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siskiyou

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- Steelhead) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.