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Nearest Communities to Lower Bridge,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

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

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Deschutes County: Crook, Harney, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Lane & Linn.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 38 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lower Bridge. Of these communities, 22 are located in counties other than Deschutes 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 Lower Bridge (which is Deschutes 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 Lower Bridge

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

  • Deschutes County   (where Lower Bridge resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.deschutes.org/
    • County Seat for Deschutes:   Bend
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lower Bridge   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lower Bridge.
      • Terrebonne
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Cline Falls ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Cline Falls is located in Deschutes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cline Falls
      • Prineville Junction
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Prineville Junction is located in Deschutes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prineville Junction
      • Redmond
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Cloverdale
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Cloverdale is located in Deschutes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
      • Plainview
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Plainview is located in Deschutes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
      • Deschutes Junction
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Deschutes Junction is located in Deschutes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deschutes Junction
      • Sisters
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Deschutes
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Deschutes is located in Deschutes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deschutes
      • Tumalo
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Tumalo is located in Deschutes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumalo
      • Indian Ford
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Indian Ford is located in Deschutes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Ford
      • Black Butte Ranch
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Bend
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Bend is located in Deschutes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 101,886 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bend <4>
        • Alfalfa
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Deschutes River Woods
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Deschutes River Woods is located in Deschutes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deschutes River Woods
        • Lava
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Lava is located in Deschutes County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava
  • Crook County
  • Jefferson County
    • County Website:   https://www.jeffco.net/
    • County Seat for Jefferson:   Madras
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lower Bridge   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lower Bridge.
      • Crooked River Ranch
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Opal City
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Opal City is located in Jefferson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opal City
      • Geneva ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Geneva is located in Jefferson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
      • Culver
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Culver is located in Jefferson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,686 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Culver <4>
      • Grandview ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Grandview is located in Jefferson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
      • Lamonta ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Lamonta is located in Jefferson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamonta
      • Metolius
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Camp Sherman
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Grizzly
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Grizzly is located in Jefferson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzly
      • Madras
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Madras is located in Jefferson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madras
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,106 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madras <4>
      • Madras Station
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Madras Station is located in Jefferson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madras Station
      • Seekseequa Junction
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Seekseequa Junction is located in Jefferson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seekseequa Junction
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Paxton
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Paxton is located in Jefferson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
        • Warm Springs
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Mecca
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Mecca is located in Jefferson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
        • Gateway
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Gateway is located in Jefferson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateway
        • Jumpoff Joe
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Jumpoff Joe is located in Jefferson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpoff Joe
  • Linn County

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- Lower Bridge) 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 Lower Bridge, 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.