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Nearest Communities to Oxman,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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


Oxman 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 54 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Oxman. Of these communities, 13 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 Oxman (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 Oxman

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

  • Baker County   (where Oxman resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.bakercountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Baker:   Baker City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Oxman   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Oxman.
      • Durkee
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Pleasant Valley
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Pleasant Valley is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Nelson
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Nelson is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
      • Encina
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Encina is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Encina
      • Rye Valley
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Rye Valley is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye Valley
      • Weatherby
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Weatherby is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
      • China Town
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • China Town is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Town
      • Clarksville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Clarksville is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
      • Quartz
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Quartz is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartz
      • Dixie
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Dixie is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
      • Bridgeport
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Rogers
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Rogers is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
      • Continue List   (29 more) ...
        • Conner Creek ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Conner Creek is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conner Creek
        • Keating
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Keating is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating
        • Jett ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Jett is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jett
        • Salisbury
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Salisbury is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
        • Erwin ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Erwin is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
        • Baker City
          (18 miles [29 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>
        • Lime ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Lime is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime
        • Mineral
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Mineral is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
        • Still
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Still is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still
        • Richland
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Sparta ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Sparta is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
        • Estes ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Estes is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estes
        • New Bridge
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • New Bridge is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
        • Sturgill
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Sturgill is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgill
        • Auburn ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Auburn is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
        • Wing
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Wing is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
        • Huntington
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Wingville
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Wingville is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingville
        • Robinette ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Robinette is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinette
        • Pocahontas ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Pocahontas is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
        • Carson
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Carson is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
        • Halfway
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Jimtown
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Jimtown is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
        • Pine
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Pine is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
        • Hereford
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Haines
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Sunset
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Sunset is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
        • McEwen
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • McEwen is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen
        • Cornucopia ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Cornucopia is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
  • Malheur County
    • County Website:   https://www.malheurco.org/
    • County Seat for Malheur:   Vale
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Oxman   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Oxman.
      • Cake ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Cake is located in Malheur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cake
      • Humboldt Basin ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Humboldt Basin is located in Malheur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt Basin
      • Amelia
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Amelia is located in Malheur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
      • 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
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Malheur City is located in Malheur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malheur City
      • Huntington Junction
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Huntington Junction is located in Malheur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington Junction
      • Brogan
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Dell ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Dell is located in Malheur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
      • Ironside
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bonita
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Bonita is located in Malheur County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
  • Union County
  • Washington County

Footnotes ...

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