Nearest Communities to Elk Flat,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Elk Flat, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Elk Flat:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 starting from Elk Flat.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Elk Flat is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day 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 Elk Flat. Of these communities, 29 are located in counties other than Union 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 Elk Flat (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 Elk Flat
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Union County (where Elk Flat resides)
- County Website: https://unioncountyor.gov/
- County Seat for Union: La Grande
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Elk Flat ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Elk Flat.
- Gulling
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gulling is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulling
- Elgin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Elgin is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,801 people
- Former names for Elgin:
- Fish Trap
- Indian Valley
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <4>
- Rhinehart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rhinehart is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinehart
- Cabin Creek ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cabin Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Looking Glass ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Looking Glass is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looking Glass
- Palmer Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Palmer Junction is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Junction
- Imbler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Summerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alicel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Alicel is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicel
- Conley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Conley is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conley
- Cove
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Island City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Island City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,024 people
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- La Grande
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Tree
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Tree is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
- Orodell ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Orodell is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orodell
- Perry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Perry is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Hot Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hot Lake is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Lake
- Union
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hilgard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hilgard is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilgard
- Union Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Union Junction is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Junction
- Bodie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bodie is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodie
- Motanic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Motanic is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motanic
- Crooks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Crooks is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooks
- Kamela
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kamela is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamela
- 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 Elk Flat ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Elk Flat.
- Ruckel Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ruckel Junction is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckel Junction
- Tollgate
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tollgate is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollgate
- North Fork
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- North Fork is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Bingham Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bingham Springs is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham Springs
- Duncan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Duncan is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Huron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Huron is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Bonifer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bonifer is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonifer
- Gibbon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gibbon is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbon
- Meacham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ross
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ross is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Wallowa County
- County Website: https://www.co.wallowa.or.us/
- County Seat for Wallowa: Enterprise
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Elk Flat ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Elk Flat.
- Minam
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Minam is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minam
- Kimmell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kimmell is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmell
- Rondowa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rondowa is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondowa
- Sevier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sevier is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevier
- Wallowa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Eustis ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eustis is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eustis
- Maxville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maxville is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Evans
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Evans is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Lostine Station
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lostine Station is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lostine Station
- Lostine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Grossman ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grossman is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grossman
- Promise ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Promise is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promise
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Freels
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Freels is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freels
- Wenaha Forks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wenaha Forks is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenaha Forks
- Eden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eden is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Enterprise
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Powwatka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Powwatka is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powwatka
- Alder ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alder is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder
- Hurricane Grange
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hurricane Grange is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Grange
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Elk Flat) 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 Elk Flat, 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |