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Nearest Communities to Fairbanks,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Fairbanks.<1>

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

Fairbanks is located in Wasco County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wasco County: Clackamas, Gilliam, Hood River, Jefferson, Marion, Sherman, Wheeler & Klickitat (WA).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 120 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Fairbanks. Of these communities, 88 are located in counties other than Wasco 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 Fairbanks (which is Wasco 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 Fairbanks

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

  • Wasco County   (where Fairbanks resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.wasco.or.us/
    • County Seat for Wasco:   The Dalles
    • Note: The Columbia River runs along the northern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fairbanks   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fairbanks.
      • Celilo Village
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Celilo Village is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celilo Village
      • English ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
        • English is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
      • Petersburg
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Petersburg is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
      • Moody
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Moody is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
      • Emerson
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Emerson is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
      • Wrentham
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Wrentham is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrentham
      • Rice ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • City of The Dalles
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • City of The Dalles is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City of The Dalles
      • The Dalles
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Boyd ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Crates
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Crates is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
      • Lockit
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Lockit is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockit
      • Continue List   (20 more) ...
  • Gilliam County
  • Hood River County
    • County Website:   https://www.hoodrivercounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Hood River:   Hood River
    • Note: The Columbia River runs along the northern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fairbanks   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fairbanks.
      • Pine Grove
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Van Horn
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Van Horn is located in Hood River County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Horn
      • Hood River
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Lenz
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Odell
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Rockford
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Rockford is located in Hood River County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
      • Summit
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Summit is located in Hood River County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Windmaster Corner
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Windmaster Corner is located in Hood River County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmaster Corner
      • Clifton
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Clifton is located in Hood River County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
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        • Bloucher
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Bloucher is located in Hood River County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloucher
        • Mount Hood
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Oak Grove
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Oak Grove is located in Hood River County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
        • Parkdale
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Dee ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Dee is located in Hood River County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
        • Sonny
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Sonny is located in Hood River County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonny
  • Jackson County
  • Sherman County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.sherman.or.us/
    • County Seat for Sherman:   Moro
    • Note: The Columbia River runs along the northern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fairbanks   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fairbanks.
      • Miller
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Miller is located in Sherman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
      • Biggs Junction
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Biggs
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Biggs is located in Sherman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggs
      • Locust Grove
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Locust Grove is located in Sherman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
      • Thornberry
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Thornberry is located in Sherman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornberry
      • Rufus
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Wasco
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Gordon ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Goff
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Goff is located in Sherman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goff
      • Erskine
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Erskine is located in Sherman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erskine
      • Moro
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • De Moss Springs
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Continue List   (16 more) ...
        • Klondike
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Sinks ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Monkland
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Early ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Early is located in Sherman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Early
        • Emigrant Springs ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Grass Valley
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Fairview
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Fairview is located in Sherman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
        • Boardman ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Boardman is located in Sherman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
        • Harmony
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Harmony is located in Sherman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
        • Webfoot
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Webfoot is located in Sherman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webfoot
        • Fargher ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Fargher is located in Sherman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargher
        • Eakin
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Eakin is located in Sherman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin
        • Rosebush ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Rutledge
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Rutledge is located in Sherman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
        • Bourbon
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Bourbon is located in Sherman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourbon
        • McDonald
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • McDonald is located in Sherman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
  • Klickitat County
  • Skamania County

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fairbanks) 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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