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Nearest Communities to Archabal,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.<1>

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


Archabal is located in Valley County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Valley County: Adams, Boise, Custer, Gem & Idaho.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 46 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Archabal. Of these communities, 23 are located in counties other than Valley 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 Archabal (which is Valley 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 Archabal

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

  • Valley County   (where Archabal resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.valley.id.us/
    • County Seat for Valley:   Cascade
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Archabal   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Archabal.
      • Norwood
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
        • Norwood is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
      • Lake Fork
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Old Fort
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Old Fort is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort
      • Elo ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Elo is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elo
      • Lardo ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Lardo is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lardo
      • McCall
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Spink
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Spink is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spink
      • Donnelly
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Roseberry
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Roseberry is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseberry
      • MacGregor ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • MacGregor is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacGregor
      • Arling
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Arling is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arling
      • Dale ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Dale is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Eagle Nest
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Eagle Nest is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Nest
        • Cascade
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Paradise Valley Summer Home Area
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Shoreline Drive Summer Home Area
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Warm Lake
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Warm Lake is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Lake
        • Belvidere
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Belvidere is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
        • Kinney Point Summer Home Area
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Lakeshore Summer Home Area
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Cabarton
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Cabarton is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabarton
        • Fritser Ford
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Fritser Ford is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritser Ford
        • Lawman Ford
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Lawman Ford is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawman Ford
  • Adams County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.adams.id.us/
    • County Seat for Adams:   Council
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Archabal   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Archabal.
      • Meadows
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Meadows is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
      • New Meadows
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Stevens
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Stevens is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens
      • Woodland
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Woodland is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
      • Evergreen
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Evergreen is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
      • Glendale
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Glendale is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
      • Pine Ridge
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Pine Ridge is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
      • Rubicon
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Rubicon is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubicon
      • Tamarack
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Fruitvale
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Starkey
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Starkey is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkey
      • Hoover
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Hoover is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Beer Bottle Crossing
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Beer Bottle Crossing is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beer Bottle Crossing
        • Council
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Mesa
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Alpine
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Alpine is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
        • Bacon
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Bacon is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
        • Goodrich
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Goodrich is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
        • Indian Valley
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Devils Ladder
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Devils Ladder is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Ladder
        • Hillsdale ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Hillsdale is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
        • Pinehurst
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Pinehurst is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
        • Bear
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Bear is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear

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- Archabal) 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.