Nearest Communities to North Powder,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to North Powder, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for North Powder:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
North Powder is located in Union County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Union County: Baker, Grant, Umatilla & Wallowa.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 45 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of North Powder. Of these communities, 24 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 North Powder (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 North Powder
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Union County (where North Powder resides)
- County Website: https://unioncountyor.gov/
- County Seat for Union: La Grande
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to North Powder ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from North Powder.
- Sago
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sago is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sago
- Telocaset
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Telocaset is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telocaset
- Crooks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Crooks is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooks
- Union Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Union Junction is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Junction
- Union
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pondosa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pondosa is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondosa
- Medical Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Medical Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medical Springs
- Hot Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hot Lake is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Lake
- Lone Tree
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lone Tree is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
- Camp Carson ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Camp Carson is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Carson
- Cove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- La Grande
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Island City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Island City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,024 people
- Conley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Conley is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conley
- Orodell ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Orodell is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orodell
- Alicel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Alicel is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicel
- Perry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Perry is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Hilgard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hilgard is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilgard
- Starkey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Imbler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Camp Elkanah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Elkanah is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Elkanah
- Baker County
- County Website: https://www.bakercountyor.gov/
- County Seat for Baker: Baker City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to North Powder ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from North Powder.
- Hutchinson ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hutchinson is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchinson
- Haines
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Creek is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Wing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wing is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
- Wingville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wingville is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingville
- Little Alps
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Little Alps is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Alps
- Pocahontas ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pocahontas is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Baker City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Estes is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estes
- Erwin ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Erwin is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
- Keating
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Keating is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating
- Bourne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bourne is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourne
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- Cableville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cableville is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cableville
- Auburn ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Auburn is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Quartz
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Quartz is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartz
- Sumpter
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- McEwen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- McEwen is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen
- Encina
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Encina is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Encina
- Salisbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Salisbury is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Rogers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rogers is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Pleasant Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Grant County
- County Website: https://grantcountyoregon.net/
- County Seat for Grant: Canyon City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to North Powder ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from North Powder.
- Cabell City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cabell City is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabell City
- Granite
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Granite is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Porterville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Porterville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
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 from Point A (ie- North Powder) 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. |