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Nearest Communities to Parkersville,
Listed County-By-County

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

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


Although our information shows that the community of Parkersville is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day 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 34 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Parkersville. Of these communities, 12 are located in counties other than Baker 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 Parkersville (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 Parkersville

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

  • Baker County   (where Parkersville resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.bakercountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Baker:   Baker City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Parkersville   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Parkersville.
      • Greenhorn
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Greenhorn is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
      • Carroll ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Carroll is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
      • Whitney ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Whitney is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
      • Sumpter
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Cableville ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Cableville is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cableville
      • Audrey ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Audrey is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audrey
      • Bourne
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Bourne is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourne
      • McEwen
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • McEwen is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen
      • Unity
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Little Alps
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Little Alps is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Alps
      • Auburn ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Auburn is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
      • Pocahontas ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Pocahontas is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
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        • Hereford
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Rock Creek
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Rock Creek is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
        • Wingville
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Wingville is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingville
        • Salisbury
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Salisbury is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
        • Estes ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Estes is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estes
        • Wing
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Wing is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
        • Haines
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Baker City
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • 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 <4>
        • Rogers
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Rogers is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
        • Hutchinson ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Hutchinson is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchinson
  • Grant County
    • County Website:   https://grantcountyoregon.net/
    • County Seat for Grant:   Canyon City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Parkersville   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Parkersville.
      • Robinsonville
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Robinsonville is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
      • Austin
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Austin is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
      • Porterville ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Porterville is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
      • Bates
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Granite
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Granite is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
      • Austin Junction
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Austin Junction is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Junction
      • Cabell City
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Cabell City is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabell City
      • Susanville ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Susanville is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susanville
      • Galena
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Galena is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
      • Prairie City
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Range
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Range is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
  • Union County

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Parkersville) 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 Parkersville, 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.