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Nearest Communities to Conley,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

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

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


Conley is located in Union County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Union County: Baker, Grant, Umatilla & Wallowa.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 53 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Conley. Of these communities, 21 are located in counties other than Union 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 Conley (which is Union 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 Conley

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

  • Union County   (where Conley resides)
    • County Website:   https://unioncountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Union:   La Grande
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Conley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Conley.
      • Alicel
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
        • Alicel is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicel
      • Island City
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lone Tree
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Lone Tree is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
      • La Grande
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Imbler
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Orodell ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Summerville
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Hot Lake
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Perry
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Perry is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
      • Rhinehart
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Rhinehart is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinehart
      • Cove
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Union Junction
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Union Junction is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Junction
      • Continue List   (20 more) ...
        • Hilgard
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Union
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Elgin
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Elk Flat ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Elk Flat is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Flat
        • Crooks
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
          • Crooks is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooks
        • Motanic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Motanic is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motanic
        • Gulling
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Gulling is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulling
        • Bodie
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Bodie is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodie
        • Kamela
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Kamela is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamela
        • Telocaset
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Telocaset is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telocaset
        • Sago
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Sago is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sago
        • Cabin Creek ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Cabin Creek is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
        • North Powder
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Starkey
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Looking Glass ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Looking Glass is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looking Glass
        • Palmer Junction
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Palmer Junction is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Junction
        • Camp Elkanah
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Camp Elkanah is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Elkanah
        • Camp Carson ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Camp Carson is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Carson
        • Medical Springs
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Pondosa
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Pondosa is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondosa
  • Baker County
  • Umatilla County
  • Wallowa County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.wallowa.or.us/
    • County Seat for Wallowa:   Enterprise
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Conley   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Conley.
      • Minam
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Minam is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minam
      • Kimmell
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Kimmell is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmell
      • Sevier
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Sevier is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevier
      • Rondowa
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Rondowa is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondowa
      • Wallowa
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lostine
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Evans
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Lostine Station
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Lostine Station is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lostine Station
      • Eustis ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Eustis is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eustis

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Conley) 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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