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Nearest Communities to Grossman,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.<1>

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

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

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wallowa County: Adams (ID), Idaho (ID), Nez Perce (ID), Baker, Umatilla, Union, Asotin (WA), Columbia (WA) & Garfield (WA).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 39 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Grossman. Of these communities, 16 are located in counties other than Wallowa 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 Grossman (which is Wallowa 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 Grossman

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

  • Wallowa County   (where Grossman resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.wallowa.or.us/
    • County Seat for Wallowa:   Enterprise
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Grossman   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Grossman.
      • Promise ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Promise is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promise
      • Maxville ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Maxville is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
      • Eustis ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Eustis is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eustis
      • Eden
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Eden is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
      • Powwatka
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Powwatka is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powwatka
      • Troy
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Troy is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
      • Kimmell
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Kimmell is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmell
      • Rondowa
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Rondowa is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondowa
      • Bartlett
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Bartlett is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
      • Flora ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Flora is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
      • Grouse
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Grouse is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grouse
      • Wenaha Forks
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Wenaha Forks is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenaha Forks
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Sevier
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
          • Sevier is located in Wallowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevier
        • Minam
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Minam is located in Wallowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minam
        • Wallowa
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Paradise
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Paradise is located in Wallowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
        • Chico ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Chico is located in Wallowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico
        • Evans
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Evans is located in Wallowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
        • Lostine Station
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Lostine Station is located in Wallowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lostine Station
        • Lostine
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Lewis
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Lewis is located in Wallowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
        • Freels
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Freels is located in Wallowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freels
        • Enterprise
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Umatilla County
  • Union County
    • County Website:   https://unioncountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Union:   La Grande
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Grossman   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Grossman.
      • Looking Glass ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Looking Glass is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looking Glass
      • Palmer Junction
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Palmer Junction is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Junction
      • Cabin Creek ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Cabin Creek is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
      • Elk Flat ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Elk Flat is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Flat
      • Gulling
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Gulling is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulling
      • Elgin
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • 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
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Rhinehart is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinehart
      • Summerville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Imbler
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Asotin County
  • Garfield County
  • Walla Walla County

Footnotes ...

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