Nearest Communities to Helena,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Helena, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Helena:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Helena 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 44 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Helena. Of these communities, 25 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 Helena (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 Helena
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Adams County (where Helena resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.adams.id.us/
- County Seat for Adams: Council
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Helena ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Helena.
- Landore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Landore is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landore
- Cuprum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cuprum is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuprum
- Rankin Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rankin Mill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin Mill
- Devils Ladder
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Devils Ladder is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Ladder
- Bear
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bear is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear
- Pinehurst
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pinehurst is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
- Rubicon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rubicon is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubicon
- Tamarack
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Ridge is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Woodland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- New Meadows
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wildhorse
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wildhorse is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildhorse
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Evergreen
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Meadows
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Meadows is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
- Starkey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Starkey is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkey
- Stevens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stevens is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens
- Fruitvale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Hoover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hoover is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Idaho County
- County Website: https://idahocounty.org/planb/
- County Seat for Idaho: Grangeville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Helena ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Helena.
- McCrea Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- McCrea Place is located in Idaho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCrea Place
- Potter Place
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Potter Place is located in Idaho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- De Veny Place
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- De Veny Place is located in Idaho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Veny Place
- Pollock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Riggins
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Riggins Hot Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Riggins Hot Springs is located in Idaho County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggins Hot Springs
- Lucile
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Valley County
- County Website: https://www.co.valley.id.us/
- County Seat for Valley: Cascade
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Helena ...
- Dale ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dale is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Washington County
- County Website: https://www.co.washington.id.us/
- County Seat for Washington: Weiser
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Helena ...
- Heath ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Heath is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
- Baker County
- County Website: https://www.bakercountyor.gov/
- County Seat for Baker: Baker City (OR)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Helena ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Helena.
- Homestead ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Homestead is located in Baker County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Oxbow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Creek is located in Baker County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Sunset
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset is located in Baker County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Brownlee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brownlee is located in Baker County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
- Cornucopia ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cornucopia is located in Baker County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
- Carson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carson is located in Baker County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
- Halfway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jimtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jimtown is located in Baker County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Pine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pine is located in Baker County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
- Wallowa County
- County Website: https://www.co.wallowa.or.us/
- County Seat for Wallowa: Enterprise (OR)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Helena ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Helena.
- Fruita
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fruita is located in Wallowa County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruita
- Armin ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Armin is located in Wallowa County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armin
- Pleasant Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Center is located in Wallowa County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Center
- Parliament
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Parliament is located in Wallowa County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parliament
- Imnaha
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Joseph
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
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 from Point A (ie- Helena) 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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