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Nearest Communities to Crane,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Crane.<1>

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


Although our information shows that the community of Crane is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Washington County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington County: Adams, Gem, Payette, Baker (OR) & Malheur (OR).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 44 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Crane. Of these communities, 33 are located in counties other than Washington 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 Crane (which is Washington 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 Crane

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

  • Washington County   (where Crane resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.washington.id.us/
    • County Seat for Washington:   Weiser
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Crane   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Crane.
      • Midvale
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Salubria
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Salubria is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salubria
      • Diamond
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Diamond is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
      • Cambridge
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Barton
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Barton is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
      • Concrete
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Concrete is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concrete
      • Rebecca
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Rebecca is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca
      • Crystal
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Crystal is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
      • Feltham
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Feltham is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feltham
      • Weiser
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Weiser is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiser
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,463 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weiser <4>
      • Heath ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Heath is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
  • Adams County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.adams.id.us/
    • County Seat for Adams:   Council
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Crane   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Crane.
      • Hillsdale ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Hillsdale is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
      • Indian Valley
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Alpine
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Alpine is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
      • Mesa
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Bacon
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Bacon is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
      • Beer Bottle Crossing
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Beer Bottle Crossing is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beer Bottle Crossing
      • Goodrich
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Goodrich is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
      • Council
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Hoover
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Hoover is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
      • Fruitvale
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Boise County
    • County Website:   https://www.boisecounty.us/
    • County Seat for Boise:   Idaho City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Crane   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Crane.
      • Big Eddy
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Big Eddy is located in Boise County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Eddy
      • Banks
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Brownlee
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Brownlee is located in Boise County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
      • Crouch
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Crouch is located in Boise County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouch
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
      • Gardena
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Gardena is located in Boise County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardena
  • Gem County
  • Payette County
    • County Website:   https://www.payettecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Payette:   Payette
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Crane   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Crane.
      • French ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • French is located in Payette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French
      • French Corner
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • French Corner is located in Payette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Corner
      • Wood
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Wood is located in Payette County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood
  • Valley County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.valley.id.us/
    • County Seat for Valley:   Cascade
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Crane   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Crane.
      • Smiths Ferry
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Smiths Ferry is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Ferry
      • High Valley
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • High Valley is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Valley
      • Cabarton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Cabarton is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabarton
      • Alpha
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Alpha is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
      • Belvidere
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Belvidere is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
      • Cascade
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Arling
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Arling is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arling
      • MacGregor ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • MacGregor is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacGregor
      • Donnelly
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Eagle Nest
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Eagle Nest is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Nest
      • Roseberry
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Roseberry is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseberry
  • Malheur County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Crane) 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 Crane, 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.