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Nearest Communities to Oakley,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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.

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.

Oakley is located in Cassia County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cassia County: Blaine, Jerome, Minidoka, Oneida, Power, Twin Falls, Elko (NV) & Box Elder (UT).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 56 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Oakley. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Cassia 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 Oakley (which is Cassia 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 Oakley

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

  • Cassia County   (where Oakley resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.cassia.gov/
    • County Seat for Cassia:   Burley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Oakley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Oakley.
      • Marion
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Basin
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Trout
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Trout is located in Cassia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout
      • Garrard Ranch
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Garrard Ranch is located in Cassia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrard Ranch
      • Iversons
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Iversons is located in Cassia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iversons
      • Kenyon
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Kenyon is located in Cassia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenyon
      • Hazel ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Hazel is located in Cassia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
      • Indian Grove
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Indian Grove is located in Cassia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Grove
      • North Kenyon
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • North Kenyon is located in Cassia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kenyon
      • Elba
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Pella
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Almo
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Continue List   (18 more) ...
        • Beetville
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Beetville is located in Cassia County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetville
        • View
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • View is located in Cassia County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View
        • Ruby
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Ruby is located in Cassia County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
        • Artesian City ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Connor
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Connor is located in Cassia County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connor
        • Albion
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Burley
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Hobson
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Hobson is located in Cassia County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson
        • Unity
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Unity is located in Cassia County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
        • Springdale
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Springdale is located in Cassia County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
        • Conant
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Conant is located in Cassia County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
        • Declo
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Malta
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Idahome
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Idahome is located in Cassia County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idahome
        • Bridge
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Keogh
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Keogh is located in Cassia County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keogh
        • Cotterel
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Cotterel is located in Cassia County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotterel
        • Standrod
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jerome County
    • County Website:   https://www.jeromecountyid.us/
    • County Seat for Jerome:   Jerome
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Oakley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Oakley.
      • Greenwood
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Greenwood is located in Jerome County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
      • McHenry
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • McHenry is located in Jerome County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
      • Schodde
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Schodde is located in Jerome County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodde
      • Hazelton
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Hillsdale ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Hillsdale is located in Jerome County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
      • Eden
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Minidoka County
  • Twin Falls County
    • County Website:   https://twinfallscounty.org/
    • County Seat for Twin Falls:   Twin Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Oakley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Oakley.
      • Milner
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Milner is located in Twin Falls County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
      • Murtaugh
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Bickel ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Bickel is located in Twin Falls County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bickel
      • Rock Creek
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Rock Creek is located in Twin Falls County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
      • Striker
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Striker is located in Twin Falls County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Striker
      • Bills
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Bills is located in Twin Falls County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bills
      • Hansen
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Hansen is located in Twin Falls County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansen
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,290 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hansen <3>
  • Box Elder County

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- Oakley) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.