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Nearest Communities to Parkers Mill,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 Parkers Mill.<1>

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

Parkers Mill is located in Morrow County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Morrow County: Gilliam, Grant, Umatilla, Wheeler, Benton (WA) & Klickitat (WA).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 31 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Parkers Mill. Of these communities, 18 are located in counties other than Morrow 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 Parkers Mill (which is Morrow 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 Parkers Mill

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

  • Morrow County   (where Parkers Mill resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.morrowcountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Morrow:   Heppner
    • Note: The Columbia River runs along the northern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Parkers Mill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Parkers Mill.
      • Reeds Mill
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • Reeds Mill is located in Morrow County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Mill
      • Hardman
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Hardman is located in Morrow County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman
        • Hardman has also been known as:
        • Dairyville
        • Dogtown
        • Raw Dog
        • Yaller Dog
      • Heck and Gone ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Heck and Gone is located in Morrow County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heck and Gone
      • Ruggs
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Ruggs is located in Morrow County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggs
      • Eightmile
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Eightmile is located in Morrow County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eightmile
      • Heppner
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Gooseberry
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Gooseberry is located in Morrow County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseberry
      • Valby
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Valby is located in Morrow County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valby
      • Fairview
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Fairview is located in Morrow County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Lexington
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Lena
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Lena is located in Morrow County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
      • Jordan
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Jordan is located in Morrow County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
      • Ione
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Gilliam County
    • County Website:   https://www.gilliamcountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Gilliam:   Condon
    • Note: The Columbia River runs along the northern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Parkers Mill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Parkers Mill.
      • Lonerock
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Lonerock is located in Gilliam County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonerock
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
      • Trail Fork ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Trail Fork is located in Gilliam County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail Fork
      • Thirtymile
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Thirtymile is located in Gilliam County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtymile
      • Mayville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Mayville is located in Gilliam County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
  • Grant County
  • Umatilla County
  • Wheeler County
    • County Website:   https://www.wheelercountyoregon.com/
    • County Seat for Wheeler:   Fossil
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Parkers Mill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Parkers Mill.
      • Wetmore
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Wetmore is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetmore
      • Winlock
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Winlock is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winlock
      • Cone Mill
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Cone Mill is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cone Mill
      • Spray
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Lost Valley ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Lost Valley is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Valley
      • Edwards
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Edwards is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
      • Kinzua ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Kinzua is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinzua
      • Service Creek
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Service Creek is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Service Creek

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- Parkers Mill) 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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