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Nearest Communities to Orodell,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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 starting from Orodell.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Orodell is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Union County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Union County: Baker, Grant, Umatilla & Wallowa.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Orodell. Of these communities, 21 are located in counties other than Union County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Orodell (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 Orodell

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

  • Union County   (where Orodell resides)
    • County Website:   https://unioncountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Union:   La Grande
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Orodell   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Orodell.
      • La Grande
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Perry
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Perry is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
      • Island City
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Lone Tree
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Lone Tree is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
      • Hilgard
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Conley
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Alicel
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Alicel is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicel
      • Imbler
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hot Lake
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Summerville
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Motanic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Motanic is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motanic
      • Rhinehart
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Rhinehart is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinehart
      • Continue List   (18 more) ...
        • Union Junction
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
          • Union Junction is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Junction
        • Bodie
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
          • Bodie is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodie
        • Kamela
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Kamela is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamela
        • Cove
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Union
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Camp Elkanah
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Camp Elkanah is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Elkanah
        • Starkey
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Elgin
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Crooks
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Crooks is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooks
        • Elk Flat ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Elk Flat is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Flat
        • Telocaset
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Telocaset is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telocaset
        • Gulling
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Gulling is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulling
        • Sago
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Sago is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sago
        • Camp Carson ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Camp Carson is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Carson
        • North Powder
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Cabin Creek ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Cabin Creek is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
        • Looking Glass ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Looking Glass is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looking Glass
        • Palmer Junction
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Palmer Junction is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Junction
  • Baker County
  • Umatilla County
    • 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 Orodell   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Orodell.
      • Huron
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Huron is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
      • North Fork
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • North Fork is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
      • Ross
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Ross is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
      • Duncan
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Duncan is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
      • Meacham
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Ruckel Junction
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Ruckel Junction is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckel Junction
      • Bonifer
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Bonifer is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonifer
      • McKay
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • McKay is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
      • Gibbon
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Bingham Springs
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Thorn Hollow
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Thorn Hollow is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hollow
      • Lehman Springs
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Tollgate
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Homly
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Homly is located in Umatilla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homly
  • Wallowa County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.wallowa.or.us/
    • County Seat for Wallowa:   Enterprise
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Orodell   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Orodell.
      • Minam
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Minam is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minam
      • Kimmell
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Kimmell is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmell
      • Rondowa
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Rondowa is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondowa

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- Orodell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Orodell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.