Nearest Communities to Harper,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Harper, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Harper:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 from Harper.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Harper is located in Malheur County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Malheur County: Canyon (ID), Owyhee (ID), Payette (ID), Washington (ID), Humboldt (NV), Baker, Grant & Harney.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 34 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Harper. Of these communities, 2 are located in counties other than Malheur 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 Harper (which is Malheur 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 Harper
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Malheur County (where Harper resides)
- County Website: www.malheurco.org/
- County Seat for Malheur: Vale
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Oregon
- Malheur County
- From Family Search:
- State of Oregon
- Malheur County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Oregon
- Malheur County
- Nearest Communities to Harper ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Harper.
- Harper Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harper Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Junction
- Harper Junction is located in Malheur County
- Little Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Valley
- Little Valley is located in Malheur County
- Namorf
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Westfall ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfall
- Westfall is located in Malheur County
- Bohna ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Hope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Warm Springs ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warm Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Springs
- Warm Springs is located in Malheur County
- Paris ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Jonesboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Buckboard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - Vale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
- Vale is located in Malheur County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,806 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vale <4>
- Dennis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast) - Continue List (20 more) ...
- Willowcreek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willowcreek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowcreek
- Willowcreek is located in Malheur County
- Home ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Jamieson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamieson
- Jamieson is located in Malheur County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jamieson <4>
- Clover ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest) - The Big Horse Trails
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Big Horse Trails have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Big Horse Trails
- The Big Horse Trails is located in Malheur County
- Dell ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - The Indian Trails
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Indian Trails have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Indian Trails
- The Indian Trails is located in Malheur County
- Juntura
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juntura
- Juntura is located in Malheur County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Juntura <4>
- Brogan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brogan
- Brogan is located in Malheur County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brogan <4>
- Skull Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skull Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skull Spring
- Skull Spring is located in Malheur County
- Caviness ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north) - Beulah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west) - Adrian
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adrian have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
- Adrian is located in Malheur County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adrian <4>
- Luse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east) - Overstreet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Overstreet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overstreet
- Overstreet is located in Malheur County
- Owyhee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east) - Nyssa Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nyssa Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyssa Heights
- Nyssa Heights is located in Malheur County
- Bonita
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest) - Nyssa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nyssa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyssa
- Nyssa is located in Malheur County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,231 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nyssa <4>
- Napton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Willowcreek
- Canyon County
- County Website: www.canyoncounty.org/
- County Seat for Canyon: Caldwell (ID)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Idaho
- Canyon County
- From Family Search:
- State of Idaho
- Canyon County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Idaho
- Canyon County
- Nearest Communities to Harper ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Harper.
- Fort Boise ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Boise have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Boise
- Fort Boise is located in Canyon County (ID)
- Apple Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Valley
- Apple Valley is located in Canyon County (ID)
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- Harper) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harper. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8634, Longitude: -117.6108 |
| <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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |