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Nearest Communities to Kernville,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.

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.


Kernville is located in Lincoln County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lincoln County: Benton, Lane, Polk & Tillamook.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 93 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Kernville. Of these communities, 37 are located in counties other than Lincoln 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 Kernville (which is Lincoln 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 Kernville

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

  • Lincoln County   (where Kernville resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.lincoln.or.us/
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   Newport
    • Note: The western boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kernville   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kernville.
      • Cutler City
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
        • Cutler City is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler City
      • Salishan Beach
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
        • Salishan Beach is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salishan Beach
      • Gleneden Beach
        (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Salishan
        (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
        • Salishan is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salishan
      • Taft
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
        • Taft is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
      • Coronado Shores
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Coronado Shores is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronado Shores
      • Nelscott
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Nelscott is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelscott
      • Lincoln Beach
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • De Lake
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • De Lake is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Lake
      • Pacific Palisades
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Pacific Palisades is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific Palisades
      • Lincoln City
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Oceanlake
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Oceanlake is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanlake
      • Continue List   (44 more) ...
        • Wecoma Beach
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
          • Wecoma Beach is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wecoma Beach
        • Depoe Bay
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Neotsu
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Roads End
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
          • Roads End is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roads End
        • Otis Junction
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
          • Otis Junction is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis Junction
        • Otis
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Three Rocks
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
          • Three Rocks is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rocks
        • Rose Lodge
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Otter Rock
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Four Cabin Corner
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
          • Four Cabin Corner is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Cabin Corner
        • Beverly Beach
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
          • Beverly Beach is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Beach
        • Ocean Park
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
          • Ocean Park is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Park
        • Siletz
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Bellamy ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
          • Bellamy is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellamy
        • Agate Beach
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
          • Agate Beach is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agate Beach
        • Logsden
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Fruitvale
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Fruitvale is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
        • Newport Heights
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Morrison ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Morrison is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
        • Newport
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Pioneer
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Pioneer is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
        • Pioneer City ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Pioneer City is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer City
        • South Beach
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Toledo
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Chitwood ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Chitwood is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chitwood
        • Burpee
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Burpee is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burpee
        • Elk City
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Elk City is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
        • Yaquina
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Little Elk ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Little Elk is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Elk
        • Moody
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Moody is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
        • Sunnyridge
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Sunnyridge is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyridge
        • Winant
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Winant is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winant
        • Eddyville
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Oysterville
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Oysterville is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oysterville
        • Nortons
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Nortons is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nortons
        • Holiday Beach
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Holiday Beach is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Beach
        • Forfar
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Forfar is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forfar
        • Nashville
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Nashville is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
        • Salado
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Salado is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salado
        • Ona
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Ona is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ona
        • Seal Rock
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Burnt Woods
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Burnt Woods is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Woods
        • Glen ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Glen is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
        • Harlan
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Harlan is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
  • Benton County
    • County Website:   https://www.bentoncountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Benton:   Corvallis
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kernville   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kernville.
      • Kopplein
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Kopplein is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kopplein
      • Summit
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Marval
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Marval is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marval
      • Devitt
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Devitt is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devitt
      • Hoskins
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Hoskins is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskins
  • Polk County
  • Tillamook County
  • Yamhill 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- Kernville) 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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