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Nearest Communities to Meacham,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.<1>

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

Meacham is located in Umatilla County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Umatilla County: Grant, Morrow, Union, Wallowa, Benton (WA), Columbia (WA) & Walla Walla (WA).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 75 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Meacham. Of these communities, 21 are located in counties other than Umatilla 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 Meacham (which is Umatilla 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 Meacham

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

  • Umatilla County   (where Meacham resides)
    • 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 Meacham   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Meacham.
      • Ross
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Ross is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
      • Huron
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Huron is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
      • North Fork
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • North Fork is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
      • Duncan
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Duncan is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
      • McKay
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • McKay is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
      • Bonifer
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Bonifer is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonifer
      • Thorn Hollow
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Thorn Hollow is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hollow
      • Gibbon
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Homly
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Homly is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homly
      • Cayuse
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Minthorn
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Minthorn is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minthorn
      • Tutuilla
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Tutuilla is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tutuilla
      • Continue List   (42 more) ...
        • Ruckel Junction
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Ruckel Junction is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckel Junction
        • Kirkpatrick
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Mission
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Bingham Springs
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Blakeley
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Blakeley is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakeley
        • Havana
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Munra
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Munra is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munra
        • Adams
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Riverside
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Riverside is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
        • Green Meadows
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Green Meadows is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
        • Sparks
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Sparks is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
        • Pendleton
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Pilot Rock
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Athena
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Weston
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Glendale
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Glendale is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
        • Midway
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Midway is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
        • Fulton
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Fulton is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
        • McCormmach
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • McCormmach is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormmach
        • Pendair Heights
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Pendair Heights is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendair Heights
        • Pendair
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Pendair is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendair
        • Downing
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Downing is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
        • Tollgate
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • McBee
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • McBee is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBee
        • Myrick
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Myrick is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrick
        • Rieth
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Rieth is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rieth
        • Blue Mountain
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Waterman
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Waterman is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterman
        • Helix
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Barnhart
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Barnhart is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhart
        • Bade
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Bade is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bade
        • Lehman Springs
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Nye
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Nye is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nye
        • Wayland
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Wayland is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
        • Duroc
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Duroc is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duroc
        • Milton - Freewater
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Apex
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Apex is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apex
        • Smeltz
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Smeltz is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smeltz
        • Barrett
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Barrett is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
        • Cobb
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Cobb is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
        • Prunedale
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Prunedale is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prunedale
        • Hidaway Springs
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Hidaway Springs is located in Umatilla County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidaway Springs
  • Union County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Meacham) 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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