Nearest Communities to Galesville,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Galesville, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Galesville:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Galesville.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Galesville is located in Douglas County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Douglas County: Coos, Curry, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath & Lane.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 96 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Galesville. Of these communities, 43 are located in counties other than Douglas 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 Galesville (which is Douglas 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 Galesville
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Douglas County (where Galesville resides)
- County Seat for Douglas: Roseburg
- Note: The northwestern boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Galesville ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Galesville.
- Quines Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Quines Creek is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quines Creek
- Fortune Branch
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fortune Branch is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortune Branch
- Azalea
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fernvale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fernvale is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernvale
- Glendale Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale Junction is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Junction
- Glendale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Anchor ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Anchor is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
- Canyonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Reuben
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Reuben is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reuben
- Gazley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gazley is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gazley
- Riddle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Riddle is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,216 people
- Former names for Riddle:
- Riddles
- Riddlesburg
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riddle <3>
- Surprise Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Surprise Valley is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise Valley
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- Cornutt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cornutt is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornutt
- Brandt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Brandt is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandt
- Tri City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Tri City is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri City
- Days Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Byers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Byers is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers
- Peck
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peck is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Langdon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Langdon is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Weaver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Weaver is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Lavadoure ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lavadoure is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavadoure
- Perdue ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Perdue is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdue
- Dads Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dads Creek is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dads Creek
- Union Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Union Creek is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Creek
- Milo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milo is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Cow Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cow Creek is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Creek
- Myrtle Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dole
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dole is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dole
- Ruckles
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ruckles is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckles
- Tiller
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Drew
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Drew is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
- Old Johnson Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Old Johnson Mill is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Johnson Mill
- Shangri - La Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Shangri - La Mill is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shangri - La Mill
- Round Prairie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Round Prairie is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Prairie
- Nugget ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nugget is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nugget
- Civil Bend ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Civil Bend is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Civil Bend
- Dillard
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Olalla
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Olalla is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olalla
- Brockway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Brockway is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockway
- Buck Fork ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Buck Fork is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Fork
- Carnes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Carnes is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes
- Glengary
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Glengary is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glengary
- Winston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Porter Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Porter Creek is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Creek
- Tenmile
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Green
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Green is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Camas Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shady
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Shady is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady
- Oaks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Oaks is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
- Dixonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dixonville is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixonville
- Lookingglass
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lookingglass is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookingglass
- Reston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Reston is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reston
- Roseburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Curry County
- County Website: https://www.currycountyor.gov/
- County Seat for Curry: Gold Beach
- Note: The western boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Galesville ...
- Marial
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Marial is located in Curry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marial
- Jackson County
- County Website: https://jacksoncountyor.gov/
- County Seat for Jackson: Medford
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Galesville ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Galesville.
- Bybee Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bybee Springs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bybee Springs
- Wimer
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wimer is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimer
- Asbestos ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Asbestos is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbestos
- Spikenard ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Spikenard is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spikenard
- Starvation Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Starvation Heights is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starvation Heights
- Rogue River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Beagle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beagle is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beagle
- Sams Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sams Valley is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Valley
- Trail
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Foots Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Foots Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Creek
- Dardanelles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dardanelles is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dardanelles
- Gold Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
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- Rock Point ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Point is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
- Shady Cove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Etna ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Etna is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Rogue Elk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rogue Elk is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogue Elk
- Table Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Table Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Tolo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tolo is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolo
- Draper ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Draper is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- Table Rock Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Table Rock Station is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock Station
- Josephine County
- County Website: https://www.josephinecounty.gov/
- County Seat for Josephine: Grants Pass
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Galesville ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Galesville.
- Speaker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Speaker is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speaker
- Golden ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Golden is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
- Wolf Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenback ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Greenback is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenback
- Placer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Placer is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placer
- Pollard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pollard is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
- Sunny Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leland is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- Hugo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hugo is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
- Pleasant Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Three Pines
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Three Pines is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Pines
- Winona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Winona is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
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- Merlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rand
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rand is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rand
- Galice
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Galice is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galice
- Dimmick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Dimmick is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimmick
- Grants Pass
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Fruitdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fruitdale is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- Redwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Redwood is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
- New Hope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Wilderville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Murphy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Galesville) 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |