Nearest Communities to Nelson,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Nelson, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Nelson:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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 starting from Nelson.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Nelson is located in Baker County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Baker County: Adams (ID), Grant, Malheur, Union, Wallowa & Washington.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Nelson. Of these communities, 18 are located in counties other than Baker 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 Nelson (which is Baker 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 Nelson
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Baker County (where Nelson resides)
- County Website: https://www.bakercountyor.gov/
- County Seat for Baker: Baker City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Nelson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nelson.
- Durkee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Weatherby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Weatherby is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
- Rye Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rye Valley is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye Valley
- Dixie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dixie is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Oxman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oxman is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxman
- Jett ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jett is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jett
- Lime ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lime is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime
- Conner Creek ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Conner Creek is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conner Creek
- Mineral
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mineral is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Still
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Still is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still
- Pleasant Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Clarksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Clarksville is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Continue List (25 more) ...
- China Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- China Town is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Town
- Huntington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Encina
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Encina is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Encina
- Richland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sturgill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sturgill is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgill
- New Bridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Bridge is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- Quartz
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Quartz is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartz
- Rogers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rogers is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Sparta ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sparta is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Salisbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Salisbury is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Keating
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Keating is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating
- Robinette ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Robinette is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinette
- Erwin ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Erwin is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
- Baker City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Baker City is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,876 people
- Baker City has also been known as:
- Baker
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker City <3>
- Estes ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Estes is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estes
- Halfway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
- Jimtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jimtown is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Auburn ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Carson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carson is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
- Brownlee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brownlee is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
- Sunset
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Wing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wing is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
- Hereford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Malheur County
- County Website: https://www.malheurco.org/
- County Seat for Malheur: Vale
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Nelson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nelson.
- Cake ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cake is located in Malheur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cake
- Humboldt Basin ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Humboldt Basin is located in Malheur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt Basin
- Amelia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Amelia is located in Malheur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
- Huntington Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huntington Junction is located in Malheur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington Junction
- Eldorado
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eldorado is located in Malheur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Malheur City ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Malheur City is located in Malheur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malheur City
- Brogan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Dell ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Dell is located in Malheur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Jamieson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bonita
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bonita is located in Malheur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
- Caviness ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Caviness is located in Malheur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caviness
- Willowcreek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Willowcreek is located in Malheur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowcreek
- Annex
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Annex is located in Malheur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annex
- Ironside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Washington County
- County Website: https://www.co.washington.id.us/
- County Seat for Washington: Weiser (ID)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Nelson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nelson.
- Mineral
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mineral is located in Washington County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Eaton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Eaton is located in Washington County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
- Jonathan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jonathan is located in Washington County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonathan
- Weiser
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Weiser is located in Washington County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,463 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weiser <3>
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 from Point A (ie- Nelson) 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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