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Nearest Communities to Cross Trails,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.<1>

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


Cross Trails is located in Idaho County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Idaho County: Adams, Clearwater, Lemhi, Lewis, Nez Perce, Valley, Missoula (MT), Ravalli (MT) & Wallowa (OR).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 37 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Cross Trails. Of these communities, 4 are located in counties other than Idaho 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 Cross Trails (which is Idaho 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 Cross Trails

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

  • Idaho County   (where Cross Trails resides)
    • County Website:   https://idahocounty.org/planb/
    • County Seat for Idaho:   Grangeville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cross Trails   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cross Trails.
      • Concord
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Concord is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
      • Calendar
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Calendar is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calendar
      • Mackay Bar
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Mackay Bar is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackay Bar
      • Turner
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Turner is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
      • Dixie
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Midasville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Midasville is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midasville
      • Cable Car Crossing
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Cable Car Crossing is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable Car Crossing
      • Green
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Green is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
      • Warren
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Sampson
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Sampson is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
      • Florence
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Florence is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
      • French Creek
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • French Creek is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Creek
      • Continue List   (21 more) ...
        • Seaburg
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Seaburg is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaburg
        • Jim Moore Place
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Jim Moore Place is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Moore Place
        • Orogrande
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Orogrande is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orogrande
        • Burgdorf
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Fourway Junction
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Fourway Junction is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourway Junction
        • Old Golden
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Old Golden is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Golden
        • Fall Creek
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Fall Creek is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
        • Golden
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Golden is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
        • Gibler
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Gibler is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibler
        • Leprouse
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Leprouse is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leprouse
        • Lightfoot
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Lightfoot is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightfoot
        • Riggins Hot Springs
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Riggins Hot Springs is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggins Hot Springs
        • Gold Point
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Gold Point is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
        • Asbestos Point
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Asbestos Point is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbestos Point
        • Shells Lick
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Shells Lick is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shells Lick
        • Mud Springs
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Mud Springs is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Springs
        • Elk City
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Newsome
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Newsome is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsome
        • Lucile
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Riggins
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Slate Creek
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Slate Creek is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Creek
  • Valley County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.valley.id.us/
    • County Seat for Valley:   Cascade
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cross Trails   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cross Trails.
      • Lawman Ford
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Lawman Ford is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawman Ford
      • Fritser Ford
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Fritser Ford is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritser Ford
      • Big Creek
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Big Creek is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
      • Edwardsburg
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Edwardsburg is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsburg

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- Cross Trails) 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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