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Nearest Communities to Bear,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Bear is located in Adams County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Adams County: Gem, Idaho, Valley, Washington, Baker (OR) & Wallowa (OR).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bear. Of these communities, 27 are located in counties other than Adams 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 Bear (which is Adams 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 Bear

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

  • Adams County   (where Bear resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.adams.id.us/
    • County Seat for Adams:   Council
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bear   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bear.
      • Cuprum
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Cuprum is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuprum
      • Landore
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Landore is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landore
      • Helena
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Helena is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
      • Tamarack
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Wildhorse
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Wildhorse is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildhorse
      • Pine Ridge
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Pine Ridge is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
      • Rubicon
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Rubicon is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubicon
      • Devils Ladder
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Devils Ladder is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Ladder
      • Woodland
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Woodland is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
      • Evergreen
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Evergreen is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
      • Starkey
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Starkey is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkey
      • Rankin Mill
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Rankin Mill is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin Mill
      • Continue List   (12 more) ...
        • Fruitvale
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Glendale
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Glendale is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
        • Stevens
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Stevens is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens
        • New Meadows
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Meadows
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Meadows is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
        • Hoover
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Hoover is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
        • Pinehurst
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Pinehurst is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
        • Council
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Goodrich
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Goodrich is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
        • Bacon
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Bacon is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
        • Mesa
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Alpine
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Alpine is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
  • Idaho County
  • Valley County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.valley.id.us/
    • County Seat for Valley:   Cascade
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bear   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bear.
      • Dale ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Dale is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
      • Lardo ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Lardo is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lardo
      • McCall
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Archabal
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Archabal is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archabal
      • Old Fort
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Old Fort is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort
  • Washington County
  • Baker County
    • County Website:   https://www.bakercountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Baker:   Baker City (OR)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bear   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bear.
      • Homestead ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Homestead is located in Baker County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
      • Oxbow
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Pine Creek
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Pine Creek is located in Baker County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
      • Brownlee
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Brownlee is located in Baker County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
      • Sunset
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Sunset is located in Baker County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
      • Halfway
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Pine
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Pine is located in Baker County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
      • Jimtown
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Jimtown is located in Baker County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
      • Robinette ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Robinette is located in Baker County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinette
      • Carson
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Carson is located in Baker County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
      • Cornucopia ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Cornucopia is located in Baker County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
      • New Bridge
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • New Bridge is located in Baker County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
      • Richland
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Sturgill
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Sturgill is located in Baker County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgill
  • Wallowa County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bear) 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.
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