Nearest Communities to Ola,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Ola, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Ola:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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 starting from Ola.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Ola is located in Gem County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Gem County: Ada, Adams, Boise, Canyon, Payette, Valley & Washington.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 53 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ola. Of these communities, 39 are located in counties other than Gem 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 Ola (which is Gem 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 Ola
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Gem County (where Ola resides)
- County Website: https://www.gemcounty.org/
- County Seat for Gem: Emmett
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ola ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ola.
- Gross
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gross is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
- Sweet
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Montour
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Montour is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montour
- Marsh ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Marsh is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh
- Black Canyon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Black Canyon is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Canyon
- Plaza
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Plaza is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaza
- Pearl
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pearl is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Emmett
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Del Monte
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Del Monte is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Monte
- Aikman ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Aikman is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aikman
- Letha
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Rock is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Bramwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bramwell is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramwell
- Jenness
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jenness is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenness
- Adams County
- County Website: https://www.co.adams.id.us/
- County Seat for Adams: Council
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ola ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ola.
- Hillsdale ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hillsdale is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Indian Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Beer Bottle Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Alpine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Alpine is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Boise County
- County Website: https://www.boisecounty.us/
- County Seat for Boise: Idaho City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ola ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ola.
- Big Eddy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Big Eddy is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Eddy
- Banks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brownlee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Brownlee is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
- Gardena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gardena is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardena
- Crouch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Crouch is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Garden Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Horseshoe Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Quartzburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Quartzburg is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzburg
- Grimes Pass
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Grimes Pass is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes Pass
- Granite
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Granite is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Placerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Star Ranch Summer Home Area
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
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- Howell ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Howell is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Pioneerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneerville is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneerville
- Centerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- New Centerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Centerville is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Centerville
- Payette County
- County Website: https://www.payettecounty.org/
- County Seat for Payette: Payette
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ola ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ola.
- French Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- French Corner is located in Payette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Corner
- French ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- French is located in Payette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French
- Hamilton Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton Corner is located in Payette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Corner
- New Plymouth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Wilson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fort Wilson is located in Payette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Wilson
- Wood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wood is located in Payette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood
- Valley County
- County Website: https://www.co.valley.id.us/
- County Seat for Valley: Cascade
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ola ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ola.
- High Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- High Valley is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Valley
- Smiths Ferry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Smiths Ferry is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Ferry
- Alpha
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alpha is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Cabarton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cabarton is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabarton
- Belvidere
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Belvidere is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Cascade
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Washington County
- County Website: https://www.co.washington.id.us/
- County Seat for Washington: Weiser
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ola ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ola.
- Crane ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crane is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
- Concrete
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Concrete is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concrete
- Barton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Barton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Diamond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Diamond is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Rebecca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rebecca is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca
- Midvale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Crystal is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ola) 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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