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Nearest Communities to Oceanside,
Listed County-By-County

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

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


Oceanside is located in Tillamook County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Tillamook County: Clatsop, Columbia, Lincoln, Polk, Washington & Yamhill.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 68 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Oceanside. Of these communities, 10 are located in counties other than Tillamook 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 Oceanside (which is Tillamook 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 Oceanside

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

  • Tillamook County   (where Oceanside resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.tillamookcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Tillamook:   Tillamook
    • Note: The western boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Oceanside   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Oceanside.
      • Cape Meares
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Netarts
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Barnegat ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Barnegat is located in Tillamook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnegat
      • Bayocean ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Bayocean is located in Tillamook County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayocean
      • Bay City
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Idaville
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Idaville is located in Tillamook County
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      • Juno
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Juno is located in Tillamook County
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      • Tillamook
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Hobsonville
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Hobsonville is located in Tillamook County
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      • Hathaway Mead
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Hathaway Mead is located in Tillamook County
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      • Barview
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Garibaldi
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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        • Fairview
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
          • Fairview is located in Tillamook County
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        • Watseco
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
          • Watseco is located in Tillamook County
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        • Saltair ‑ Historic
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
          • Saltair is located in Tillamook County
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        • Twin Rocks
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
          • Twin Rocks is located in Tillamook County
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        • Rockaway Beach
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Pleasant Valley
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Pleasant Valley is located in Tillamook County
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        • Manhattan Beach
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
          • Manhattan Beach is located in Tillamook County
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        • Sandlake
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
          • Sandlake is located in Tillamook County
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        • Hemlock
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Hemlock is located in Tillamook County
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        • Nedonna Beach
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
          • Nedonna Beach is located in Tillamook County
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        • Barnesdale
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Barnesdale is located in Tillamook County
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        • Brighton
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • Brighton is located in Tillamook County
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        • Foley ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Foley is located in Tillamook County
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        • Tierra Del Mar
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
          • Tierra Del Mar is located in Tillamook County
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        • Beaver
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Wheeler Heights
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
          • Wheeler Heights is located in Tillamook County
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        • Wheeler
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Hebo
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Bayside Gardens
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Bayside Gardens is located in Tillamook County
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        • Manzanita
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Mohler
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Mohler is located in Tillamook County
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        • Nehalem Junction
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Nehalem Junction is located in Tillamook County
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        • Foss
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Foss is located in Tillamook County
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        • Cloverdale
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Pacific City
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Woods
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Woods is located in Tillamook County
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        • Blaine
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Blaine is located in Tillamook County
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        • Jordan Creek
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Jordan Creek is located in Tillamook County
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        • Neahkahnie Beach
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Neahkahnie Beach is located in Tillamook County
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        • Nehalem
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Batterson
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Batterson is located in Tillamook County
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        • Meda
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Meda is located in Tillamook County
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        • Oretown
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Oretown is located in Tillamook County
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        • Aldervale
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Aldervale is located in Tillamook County
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        • Wakefield
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Wakefield is located in Tillamook County
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        • Happy Hollow
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Happy Hollow is located in Tillamook County
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        • Nenamusa ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Nenamusa is located in Tillamook County
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        • Bellwood ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Bellwood is located in Tillamook County
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        • Neskowin
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Belfort
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Belfort is located in Tillamook County
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        • Salmonberry
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Salmonberry is located in Tillamook County
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        • Enright
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Enright is located in Tillamook County
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        • Dolph ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Dolph is located in Tillamook County
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        • Belding
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Belding is located in Tillamook County
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        • Ryan's Camp ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Ryan's Camp is located in Tillamook County
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          • Ryan's Camp has also been known as:
          • Idiotville
        • Boyer
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Boyer is located in Tillamook County
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  • Clatsop County
    • County Website:   https://www.clatsopcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Clatsop:   Astoria
    • Note: The Pacific Ocean lies to the west and the mouth of the Columbia River is to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Oceanside   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Oceanside.
      • Arch Cape
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Tolovana Park
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Cannon Beach
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Hamlet
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Hamlet is located in Clatsop County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
      • Lukarilla
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Lukarilla is located in Clatsop County
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  • Lincoln County
  • Washington County
  • Yamhill County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oceanside) 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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