Nearest Communities to Elk City,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Elk City, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Elk City:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Elk City.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Elk City 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 25 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Elk City.
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 Elk City (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 Elk City
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Idaho County (where Elk City resides)
- County Website: www.idahocounty.org/
- County Seat for Idaho: Grangeville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Idaho
- Idaho County
- From Family Search:
- State of Idaho
- Idaho County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Idaho
- Idaho County
- Nearest Communities to Elk City ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Elk City.
- Gold Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Point
- Gold Point is located in Idaho County
- York
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Gibler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Leprouse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Mud Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mud Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Springs
- Mud Springs is located in Idaho County
- Lightfoot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Orogrande
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Newsome
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Fall Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fall Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
- Fall Creek is located in Idaho County
- Old Golden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Golden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Golden
- Old Golden is located in Idaho County
- Red River Hot Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red River Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River Hot Springs
- Red River Hot Springs is located in Idaho County
- Golden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Continue List (13 more) ...
- Calendar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Dixie
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Dixie is located in Idaho County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixie <4>
- Midasville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midasville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midasville
- Midasville is located in Idaho County
- Concord
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest) - Lowell
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Lowell is located in Idaho County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lowell <4>
- Jim Moore Place
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jim Moore Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Moore Place
- Jim Moore Place is located in Idaho County
- Asbestos Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Asbestos Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbestos Point
- Asbestos Point is located in Idaho County
- Big Cedar
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cedar
- Big Cedar is located in Idaho County
- Clearwater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearwater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Clearwater is located in Idaho County
- Tahoe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest) - Syringa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syringa
- Syringa is located in Idaho County
- Harpster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest) - Cross Trails
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Trails have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Trails
- Cross Trails is located in Idaho County
- Calendar
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- Elk City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elk City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.8269, Longitude: -115.4368 In this case, the coordinates for Elk City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |