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Nearest Communities to Tamarack,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Tamarack.<1>

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

Tamarack 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 52 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Tamarack. 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 Tamarack (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 Tamarack

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

  • Adams County   (where Tamarack resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.adams.id.us/
    • County Seat for Adams:   Council
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Tamarack   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Tamarack.
      • Pine Ridge
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • Pine Ridge is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
      • Woodland
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • Woodland is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
      • Rubicon
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Evergreen
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Evergreen is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
      • New Meadows
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Meadows
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Stevens
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Stevens is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens
      • Glendale
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Glendale is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
      • Starkey
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Starkey is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkey
      • Fruitvale
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Hoover
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Hoover is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
      • Bear
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Bear is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear
      • Continue List   (15 more) ...
        • Devils Ladder
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
          • Devils Ladder is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Ladder
        • Council
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Landore
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Landore is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landore
        • Cuprum
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Cuprum is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuprum
        • Helena
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Helena is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
        • Pinehurst
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Pinehurst is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
        • Rankin Mill
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Rankin Mill is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin Mill
        • Goodrich
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Goodrich is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
        • Mesa
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Wildhorse
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Wildhorse is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildhorse
        • Bacon
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Bacon is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
        • Alpine
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Alpine is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
        • Beer Bottle Crossing
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Beer Bottle Crossing is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beer Bottle Crossing
        • Indian Valley
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Hillsdale ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Hillsdale is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
  • Idaho County
  • Valley County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.valley.id.us/
    • County Seat for Valley:   Cascade
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Tamarack   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Tamarack.
      • Dale ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Dale is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
      • Lardo ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • McCall
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Archabal
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Archabal is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archabal
      • Old Fort
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Old Fort is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort
      • Elo ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Elo is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elo
      • Lake Fork
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Norwood
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Norwood is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
      • Spink
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Spink is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spink
      • Donnelly
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Roseberry
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • MacGregor ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • MacGregor is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacGregor
      • Arling
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Arling is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arling
  • Washington County
  • Baker County
  • Wallowa County

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tamarack) 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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