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Nearest Communities to Hilgard,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.<1>

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

Hilgard is located in 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 Hilgard. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Union 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 Hilgard (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 Hilgard

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

  • Union County   (where Hilgard resides)
    • County Website:   https://unioncountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Union:   La Grande
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hilgard   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hilgard.
      • Perry
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Perry is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
      • Orodell ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Motanic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Motanic is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motanic
      • La Grande
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Bodie
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Bodie is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodie
      • Island City
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Kamela
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Kamela is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamela
      • Conley
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Lone Tree
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Lone Tree is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
      • Alicel
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Alicel is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicel
      • Camp Elkanah
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Camp Elkanah is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Elkanah
      • Starkey
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Continue List   (17 more) ...
        • Summerville
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Imbler
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Hot Lake
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Rhinehart
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Rhinehart is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinehart
        • Union Junction
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Union Junction is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Junction
        • Cove
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Union
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Elgin
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Camp Carson ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Camp Carson is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Carson
        • Crooks
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Crooks is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooks
        • Elk Flat ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Elk Flat is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Flat
        • Gulling
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Gulling is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulling
        • North Powder
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Sago
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Sago is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sago
        • Telocaset
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Telocaset is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telocaset
        • Cabin Creek ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Cabin Creek is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
        • Palmer Junction
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Palmer Junction is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Junction
  • Baker County
  • 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 Hilgard   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hilgard.
      • Huron
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Huron is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
      • Ross
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Ross is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
      • North Fork
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • North Fork is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
      • Duncan
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Duncan is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
      • Meacham
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Ruckel Junction
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Ruckel Junction is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckel Junction
      • McKay
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • McKay is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
      • Bonifer
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Bonifer is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonifer
      • Gibbon
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Thorn Hollow
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Thorn Hollow is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hollow
      • Lehman Springs
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Bingham Springs
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Continue List   (9 more) ...
  • Wallowa County

Footnotes ...

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