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Nearest Communities to Spink,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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 east 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Spink.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.


Spink is located in Valley County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Valley County: Adams, Boise, Custer, Gem & Idaho.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 47 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Spink. Of these communities, 20 are located in counties other than Valley 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 Spink (which is Valley 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 Spink

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

  • Valley County   (where Spink resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.valley.id.us/
    • County Seat for Valley:   Cascade
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Spink   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Spink.
      • Norwood
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Norwood is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
      • Lake Fork
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Donnelly
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Roseberry
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Roseberry is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseberry
      • Archabal
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Archabal is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archabal
      • Old Fort
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Old Fort is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort
      • Elo ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Elo is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elo
      • MacGregor ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • MacGregor is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacGregor
      • McCall
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Lardo ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Lardo is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lardo
      • Arling
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Arling is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arling
      • Eagle Nest
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Eagle Nest is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Nest
      • Continue List   (15 more) ...
        • Cascade
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Paradise Valley Summer Home Area
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Shoreline Drive Summer Home Area
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Warm Lake
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Warm Lake is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Lake
        • Belvidere
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Belvidere is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
        • Kinney Point Summer Home Area
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Lakeshore Summer Home Area
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Dale ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Dale is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
        • Cabarton
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Cabarton is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabarton
        • Landmark
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Landmark is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmark
        • Alpha
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Alpha is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
        • Fritser Ford
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Fritser Ford is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritser Ford
        • Yellow Pine
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Abstein Place
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Abstein Place is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abstein Place
        • Lawman Ford
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Lawman Ford is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawman Ford
  • Adams County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.adams.id.us/
    • County Seat for Adams:   Council
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Spink   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Spink.
      • Meadows
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Meadows is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
      • Beer Bottle Crossing
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Beer Bottle Crossing is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beer Bottle Crossing
      • Stevens
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Stevens is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens
      • New Meadows
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Glendale
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Glendale is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
      • Evergreen
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Evergreen is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
      • Pine Ridge
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Pine Ridge is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
      • Woodland
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Woodland is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
      • Council
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Fruitvale
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Hoover
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Hoover is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
      • Rubicon
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Rubicon is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubicon
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Tamarack
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Starkey
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Starkey is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkey
        • Mesa
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Indian Valley
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Alpine
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Alpine is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
        • Bacon
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Bacon is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
        • Hillsdale ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Hillsdale is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
        • Goodrich
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Goodrich is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich

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- Spink) 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.