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Nearest Communities to Davidson,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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.


Davidson 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 46 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Davidson. Of these communities, 24 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 Davidson (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 Davidson

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

  • Idaho County   (where Davidson resides)
    • County Website:   https://idahocounty.org/planb/
    • County Seat for Idaho:   Grangeville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Davidson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Davidson.
      • Mexican Place
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Mexican Place is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexican Place
      • Boles
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Boles is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
      • Joseph
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Joseph is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph
      • Canfield
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Canfield is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield
      • Whipsaw Saddle
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Whipsaw Saddle is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whipsaw Saddle
      • Copperville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Copperville is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperville
      • Taylor
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Taylor is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
      • White Bird
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Keuterville
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Cottonwood
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Fenn
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Westlake
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Westlake is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
      • Continue List   (10 more) ...
        • Denver
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Denver is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
        • Slate Creek
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Slate Creek is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Creek
        • Grangeville
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Ferdinand
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Shells Lick
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Shells Lick is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shells Lick
        • Greencreek
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Greencreek is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencreek
        • Mount Idaho
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Mount Idaho is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Idaho
        • Lucile
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Dryden
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Dryden is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
        • Winona
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Winona is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
  • Lewis County
    • County Website:   http://www.lewiscountyid.us/
    • County Seat for Lewis:   Nezperce
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Davidson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Davidson.
      • Morrow
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Morrow is located in Lewis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow
      • Forest
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Forest is located in Lewis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
      • Ilo ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Ilo is located in Lewis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ilo
      • Winchester
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Craigmont
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Vollmer
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Vollmer is located in Lewis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vollmer
      • Woodside ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Woodside is located in Lewis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
      • Clicks
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Clicks is located in Lewis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clicks
      • Craig Junction
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Craig Junction is located in Lewis County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Junction
  • Nez Perce County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.nezperce.id.us/
    • County Seat for Nez Perce:   Lewiston
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Davidson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Davidson.
      • Zaza
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Zaza is located in Nez Perce County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaza
      • Woodside
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Woodside is located in Nez Perce County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
      • Taplin
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Taplin is located in Nez Perce County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taplin
      • Waha
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Waha is located in Nez Perce County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waha
      • Fairburn ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Fairburn is located in Nez Perce County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairburn
  • Wallowa County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.wallowa.or.us/
    • County Seat for Wallowa:   Enterprise (OR)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Davidson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Davidson.
      • Copper ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Copper is located in Wallowa County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper
      • Parliament
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Parliament is located in Wallowa County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parliament
      • Imnaha
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Zumwalt
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Zumwalt is located in Wallowa County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zumwalt
      • Lewis
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Lewis is located in Wallowa County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
      • Chico ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Chico is located in Wallowa County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico
      • Paradise
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Paradise is located in Wallowa County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
  • Asotin County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Davidson) 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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