Nearest Communities to Washington Mill,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Washington Mill, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Washington Mill:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Washington Mill is located in Boise County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Boise County: Ada, Custer, Elmore, Gem & Valley.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 41 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Washington Mill. Of these communities, 18 are located in counties other than Boise 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 Washington Mill (which is Boise 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 Washington Mill
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Boise County (where Washington Mill resides)
- County Website: https://www.boisecounty.us/
- County Seat for Boise: Idaho City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Washington Mill ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Washington Mill.
- Tenmile Summer Home Area
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Idaho City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneerville is also located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneerville
- Centerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Centerville is also located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- New Centerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Centerville is also located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Centerville
- Granite
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Granite is also located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Placerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Star Ranch Summer Home Area
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Grimes Pass
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grimes Pass is also located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes Pass
- Quartzburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Quartzburg is also located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzburg
- Banner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Banner is also located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Lowman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
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- Twin Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Twin Springs is also located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Springs
- Garden Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Long Creek Summit Home
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Crouch
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Crouch is also located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Horseshoe Bend
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Banks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gardena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gardena is also located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardena
- Graham ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Graham was located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Brownlee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Brownlee is also located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
- Howell ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Howell was located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Big Eddy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Big Eddy is also located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Eddy
- Ada County
- County Website: https://adacounty.id.gov/
- County Seat for Ada: Boise
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Washington Mill ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Washington Mill.
- Highlands
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Highlands is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlands
- Barber
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barber is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Boise Hills Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boise Hills Village is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise Hills Village
- Boise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boise is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229,776 people
- Former name for Boise:
- Boise City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boise <3>
- Collister
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Collister is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collister
- South Boise ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Boise was located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boise
- Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vernon is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Garden City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Neal ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Neal was located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal
- Elmore County
- County Website: https://elmorecounty.org/
- County Seat for Elmore: Mountain Home
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Washington Mill ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Washington Mill.
- Rocky Bar ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Bar was located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bar
- Prairie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Prairie is located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie
- Spanish Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spanish Town was located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Town
- Alturas City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Alturas City was located in Elmore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alturas City
- Gem County
- County Website: https://www.gemcounty.org/
- County Seat for Gem: Emmett
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Washington Mill ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Washington Mill.
- Pearl
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pearl is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Marsh ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Marsh was located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh
- Montour
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Montour is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montour
- Sweet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Valley County
- County Website: https://www.co.valley.id.us/
- County Seat for Valley: Cascade
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Washington Mill ...
- High Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- High Valley is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Valley
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Washington Mill) 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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