Nearest Communities to Athena,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Athena, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Athena:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Athena.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Athena is located in Umatilla County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Umatilla County: Grant, Morrow, Union, Wallowa, Benton (WA), Columbia (WA) & Walla Walla (WA).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 112 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Athena. Of these communities, 48 are located in counties other than Umatilla 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 Athena (which is Umatilla 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 Athena
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Umatilla County (where Athena resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.umatilla.or.us/
- County Seat for Umatilla: Pendleton
- Note: The Columbia River runs along the northwestern border of the county
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- Nearest Communities to Athena ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Athena.
- Weston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Downing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Downing is located in Umatilla County
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- Adams
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Mountain is located in Umatilla County
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- Waterman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Waterman is located in Umatilla County
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- Bade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bade is located in Umatilla County
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- Wayland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland is located in Umatilla County
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- Blakeley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blakeley is located in Umatilla County
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- Duroc
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Duroc is located in Umatilla County
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- Homly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Homly is located in Umatilla County
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- Helix
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Midway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Umatilla County
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- Barrett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Barrett is located in Umatilla County
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- Prunedale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Prunedale is located in Umatilla County
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- Milton - Freewater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Thorn Hollow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Thorn Hollow is located in Umatilla County
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- Gibbon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gibbon is located in Umatilla County
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- Havana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Havana is located in Umatilla County
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- Cobb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb is located in Umatilla County
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- Apex
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Apex is located in Umatilla County
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- Smeltz
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Smeltz is located in Umatilla County
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- Cayuse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bonifer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bonifer is located in Umatilla County
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- Myrick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Myrick is located in Umatilla County
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- Crockett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Crockett is located in Umatilla County
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- Sunnyside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sunnyside is located in Umatilla County
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- Umapine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Umapine is located in Umatilla County
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- Minthorn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Minthorn is located in Umatilla County
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- Ferndale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ferndale is located in Umatilla County
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- Stanton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stanton is located in Umatilla County
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- Kirkpatrick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkpatrick is located in Umatilla County
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- McCormmach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- McCormmach is located in Umatilla County
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- Bingham Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bingham Springs is located in Umatilla County
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- Calhounville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Calhounville is located in Umatilla County
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- Spofford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spofford is located in Umatilla County
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- Fulton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton is located in Umatilla County
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- Mission
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mission is located in Umatilla County
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- Vansycle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vansycle is located in Umatilla County
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- Munra
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Munra is located in Umatilla County
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- Riverside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Umatilla County
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- Tutuilla
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tutuilla is located in Umatilla County
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- Pendleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ring
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ring is located in Umatilla County
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- Tollgate
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tollgate is located in Umatilla County
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- Duncan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Duncan is located in Umatilla County
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- Glendale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale is located in Umatilla County
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- Pendair Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pendair Heights is located in Umatilla County
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- Pendair
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pendair is located in Umatilla County
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- Green Meadows
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Green Meadows is located in Umatilla County
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- Meacham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ruckel Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ruckel Junction is located in Umatilla County
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- McBee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- McBee is located in Umatilla County
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- Rieth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rieth is located in Umatilla County
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- Sparks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sparks is located in Umatilla County
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- Holdman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Holdman is located in Umatilla County
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- McKay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- McKay is located in Umatilla County
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- North Fork
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Fork is located in Umatilla County
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- Huron
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Huron is located in Umatilla County
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- Barnhart
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Barnhart is located in Umatilla County
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- Ross
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ross is located in Umatilla County
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- Juniper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Juniper is located in Umatilla County
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- Pilot Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Yoakum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Yoakum is located in Umatilla County
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- Nolin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Nolin is located in Umatilla County
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- Union County
- County Website: https://unioncountyor.gov/
- County Seat for Union: La Grande
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Athena ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Athena.
- Kamela
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kamela is located in Union County
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- Bodie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bodie is located in Union County
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- Motanic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Motanic is located in Union County
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- Benton County
- County Website: https://www.bentoncountywa.gov/
- County Seat for Benton: Prosser (WA)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Athena ...
- Yellepit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yellepit is located in Benton County (WA)
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- Walla Walla County
- County Website: https://www.co.walla-walla.wa.us/
- County Seat for Walla Walla: Walla Walla (WA)
- Note: The Columbia River runs along the southwestern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Athena ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Athena.
- Calhounville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Calhounville is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Stateline
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Stateline is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Mojonnier
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mojonnier is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Waiilatpo ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Waiilatpo is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Baker - Langdon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Baker - Langdon is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Langdon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Langdon is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Gardena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gardena is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- College Place
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Garrett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Garrett is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Lowden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Touchet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pedigo
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pedigo is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Walla Walla
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dixie Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dixie Crossing is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Sudbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sudbury is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Thiel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Thiel is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Harbert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harbert is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Kooskooskie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kooskooskie is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Thomas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Reese
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Reese is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Russell
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Russell is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Kibler
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kibler is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Tracy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tracy is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Rulo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rulo is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Valley Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Valley Grove is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Buroker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Buroker is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Sapolil
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sapolil is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Zangar Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Zangar Junction is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Hadley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hadley is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Five Points
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Five Points is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Port Kelley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Port Kelley is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Gilliam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gilliam is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Wallula Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wallula Junction is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Dixie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eastman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eastman is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Wallula
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wallula is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Berryman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Berryman is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Attalia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Attalia is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Climax
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Climax is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Ennis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ennis is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Minnick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Minnick is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Le Grow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Le Grow is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Slater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Slater is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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- Paddock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Paddock is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
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Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Athena) 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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