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Nearest Communities to Hutchinson,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.<1>

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


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

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Baker County: Adams (ID), Grant, Malheur, Union, Wallowa & Washington.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 49 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Hutchinson. Of these communities, 25 are located in counties other than Baker 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 Hutchinson (which is Baker 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 Hutchinson

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

  • Baker County   (where Hutchinson resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.bakercountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Baker:   Baker City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hutchinson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hutchinson.
      • Haines
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Rock Creek
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Rock Creek is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
      • Wingville
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Wingville is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingville
      • Pocahontas ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Wing
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Wing is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
      • Little Alps
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Little Alps is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Alps
      • Estes ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Estes is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estes
      • Bourne
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Baker City
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Cableville ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Cableville is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cableville
      • Auburn ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Sumpter
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Continue List   (12 more) ...
        • Erwin ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Erwin is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
        • McEwen
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • McEwen is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen
        • Quartz
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Quartz is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartz
        • Keating
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Salisbury
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Salisbury is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
        • Encina
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Encina is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Encina
        • Rogers
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Rogers is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
        • Pleasant Valley
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Pleasant Valley is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
        • Whitney ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Carroll ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Carroll is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
        • Parkersville ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Parkersville is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkersville
        • Audrey ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Audrey is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audrey
  • Grant County
  • Union County

Footnotes ...

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