Nearest Communities to Huron,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Huron, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Huron:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Huron.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Huron is located in Umatilla County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Umatilla County: Grant, Morrow, Union, Wallowa, Benton (WA), Columbia (WA) & Walla Walla (WA).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 75 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Huron. Of these communities, 29 are located in counties other than Umatilla 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 Huron (which is Umatilla 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 Huron
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Umatilla County (where Huron resides)
- 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 Huron ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Huron.
- North Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Fork is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Duncan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Duncan is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Ross
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ross is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Meacham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bonifer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bonifer is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonifer
- Ruckel Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ruckel Junction is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckel Junction
- McKay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- McKay is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Gibbon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gibbon is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbon
- Thorn Hollow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Thorn Hollow is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hollow
- Homly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Homly is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homly
- Cayuse
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bingham Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bingham Springs is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham Springs
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- Minthorn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Minthorn is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minthorn
- Tutuilla
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tutuilla is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tutuilla
- Kirkpatrick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkpatrick is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkpatrick
- Mission
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mission is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Blakeley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blakeley is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakeley
- Weston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Adams
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Havana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Havana is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- Munra
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Munra is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munra
- Athena
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tollgate
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Tollgate is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollgate
- Riverside
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Midway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Midway is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Green Meadows
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Green Meadows is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Pilot Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sparks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sparks is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Downing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Downing is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Glendale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Glendale is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Pendleton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Mountain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Blue Mountain is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Fulton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fulton is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- McCormmach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- McCormmach is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormmach
- Pendair
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pendair is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendair
- Myrick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Myrick is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrick
- Pendair Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pendair Heights is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendair Heights
- Rieth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rieth is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rieth
- Lehman Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lehman Springs is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehman Springs
- Lehman Springs has also been known as:
- Lehman Hot Springs
- Lehman
- McBee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- McBee is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBee
- Bade
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bade is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bade
- Waterman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Waterman is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterman
- Helix
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Milton - Freewater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wayland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Barnhart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Barnhart is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhart
- Union County
- County Website: https://unioncountyor.gov/
- County Seat for Union: La Grande
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Huron ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Huron.
- Kamela
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kamela is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamela
- Bodie
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bodie is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodie
- Motanic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Motanic is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motanic
- Hilgard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hilgard is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilgard
- Perry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Perry is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Orodell ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Orodell is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orodell
- Summerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- La Grande
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Island City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Island City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,024 people
- Alicel
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Alicel is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicel
- Imbler
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Camp Elkanah
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Camp Elkanah is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Elkanah
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- Conley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Conley is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conley
- Rhinehart
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rhinehart is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinehart
- Starkey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Elgin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- 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 <3>
- Lone Tree
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Tree is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
- Gulling
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gulling is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulling
- Hot Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hot Lake is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Lake
- Elk Flat ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Elk Flat is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Flat
- Cabin Creek ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cabin Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Palmer Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Palmer Junction is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Junction
- Looking Glass ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Looking Glass is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looking Glass
- Cove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Union Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Union Junction is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Junction
- Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wallowa County
- County Website: https://www.co.wallowa.or.us/
- County Seat for Wallowa: Enterprise
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Huron ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Huron.
- Minam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Minam is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minam
- Kimmell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kimmell is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmell
- Rondowa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rondowa is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondowa
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- Huron) 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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