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Nearest Communities to Madras,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Madras is located in Jefferson County and is the County Seat.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jefferson County: Crook, Deschutes, Linn, Marion, Wasco & Wheeler.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 45 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Madras. Of these communities, 25 are located in counties other than Jefferson 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 Madras (which is Jefferson 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 Madras

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

  • Jefferson County   (where Madras resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.jeffco.net/
    • County Seat for Jefferson:   Madras
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Madras   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Madras.
      • Madras Station
        (Less than 2 miles to the north)
        • Madras Station is located in Jefferson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madras Station
      • Metolius
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Paxton
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Paxton is located in Jefferson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
      • Culver
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • 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 <3>
      • Seekseequa Junction
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Seekseequa Junction is located in Jefferson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seekseequa Junction
      • Gateway
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Gateway is located in Jefferson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateway
      • Mecca
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Warm Springs
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Lamonta ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Lamonta is located in Jefferson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamonta
      • Grandview ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Opal City
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Opal City is located in Jefferson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opal City
      • Grizzly
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Grizzly is located in Jefferson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzly
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
  • Crook County
  • Deschutes County
    • County Website:   https://www.deschutes.org/
    • County Seat for Deschutes:   Bend
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Madras   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Madras.
      • Terrebonne
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Lower Bridge ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Lower Bridge is located in Deschutes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Bridge
      • Prineville Junction
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Prineville Junction is located in Deschutes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prineville Junction
      • Cline Falls ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Cline Falls is located in Deschutes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cline Falls
      • Redmond
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Cloverdale
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Cloverdale is located in Deschutes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
      • Indian Ford
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Indian Ford is located in Deschutes County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Ford
  • Wasco County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.wasco.or.us/
    • County Seat for Wasco:   The Dalles
    • Note: The Columbia River runs along the northern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Madras   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Madras.
      • South Junction
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • South Junction is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Junction
      • Kahneeta Hot Springs
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Kahneeta Hot Springs is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kahneeta Hot Springs
      • Axford
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Axford is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axford
      • Kaskela
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Kaskela is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskela
      • Kishwalks
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Kishwalks is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishwalks
      • Whiskey Dick
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Whiskey Dick is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Dick
      • Shaniko Junction
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Shaniko Junction is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaniko Junction
      • North Junction
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • North Junction is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Junction
      • Hardy
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Hardy is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
      • Simnasho
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Dant
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Dant is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dant
      • Dixon
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Dixon is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Antelope
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Criterion ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Criterion is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criterion

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- Madras) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.