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Nearest Communities to Caverhill,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Caverhill is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Grant County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Grant County: Baker, Crook, Harney, Malheur, Morrow, Umatilla, Union & Wheeler.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 25 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Caverhill. Of these communities, 6 are located in counties other than Grant County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Caverhill (which is Grant 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 Caverhill

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

  • Grant County   (where Caverhill resides)
    • County Website:   https://grantcountyoregon.net/
    • County Seat for Grant:   Canyon City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Caverhill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Caverhill.
      • Ritter
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Long Creek
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Range
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Range is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
      • Fox
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Waterbury Mill
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Waterbury Mill is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterbury Mill
      • Hamilton
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Hamilton is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
      • Fox Mill
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Fox Mill is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Mill
      • Dale
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Beech Creek
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Beech Creek is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Creek
      • Galena
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Galena is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
      • Monument
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Susanville ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Susanville is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susanville
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Courtrock
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Courtrock is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtrock
        • Mount Vernon
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Erickson Mill
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Erickson Mill is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erickson Mill
        • Kimberly
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • John Day
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Robinsonville
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Robinsonville is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
        • Canyon City
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Baker County
  • Morrow County
  • Umatilla County
    • 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
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Caverhill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Caverhill.
      • Ukiah
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Hidaway Springs
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Hidaway Springs is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidaway Springs
      • Albee ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Albee is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albee

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Caverhill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Caverhill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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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