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Nearest Communities to La Grande,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from La Grande.<1>

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

La Grande is located in Union County and is the County Seat.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Union County: Baker, Grant, Umatilla & Wallowa.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of La Grande. Of these communities, 19 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 La Grande (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 La Grande

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

  • Union County   (where La Grande resides)
    • County Website:   https://unioncountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Union:   La Grande
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to La Grande   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from La Grande.
      • Orodell ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Island City
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Perry
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Perry is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
      • Lone Tree
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Lone Tree is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
      • Conley
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Alicel
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Alicel is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicel
      • Hilgard
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Hot Lake
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Imbler
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Union Junction
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Union Junction is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Junction
      • Summerville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Motanic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Motanic is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motanic
      • Continue List   (20 more) ...
        • Cove
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Union
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Rhinehart
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Rhinehart is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinehart
        • Bodie
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Bodie is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodie
        • Kamela
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Kamela is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamela
        • Crooks
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Crooks is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooks
        • Starkey
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Elgin
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Camp Elkanah
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Camp Elkanah is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Elkanah
        • Sago
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Sago is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sago
        • Telocaset
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Telocaset is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telocaset
        • Elk Flat ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Elk Flat is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Flat
        • North Powder
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Gulling
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Gulling is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulling
        • Camp Carson ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Camp Carson is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Carson
        • Cabin Creek ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Cabin Creek is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
        • Palmer Junction
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Palmer Junction is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Junction
        • Looking Glass ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Looking Glass is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looking Glass
        • Medical Springs
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Pondosa
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Pondosa is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondosa
  • 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 La Grande   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from La Grande.
      • Huron
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Huron is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
      • North Fork
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • North Fork is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
      • Ross
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Ross is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
      • Duncan
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Duncan is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
      • Meacham
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Ruckel Junction
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Ruckel Junction is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckel Junction
      • Bonifer
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Bonifer is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonifer
      • McKay
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • McKay is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
      • Bingham Springs
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Gibbon
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Thorn Hollow
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Thorn Hollow is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hollow
      • Lehman Springs
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Wallowa County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.wallowa.or.us/
    • County Seat for Wallowa:   Enterprise
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to La Grande   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from La Grande.
      • Minam
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Minam is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minam
      • Kimmell
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Kimmell is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmell
      • Sevier
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Sevier is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevier

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- La Grande) 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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