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Nearest Communities to Promise,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Promise.<1>

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

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

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wallowa County: Adams (ID), Idaho (ID), Nez Perce (ID), Baker, Umatilla, Union, Asotin (WA), Columbia (WA) & Garfield (WA).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 39 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Promise. Of these communities, 17 are located in counties other than Wallowa 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 Promise (which is Wallowa 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 Promise

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

  • Wallowa County   (where Promise resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.wallowa.or.us/
    • County Seat for Wallowa:   Enterprise
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Promise   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Promise.
      • Grossman ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Grossman is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grossman
      • Eden
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Eden is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
      • Powwatka
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Powwatka is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powwatka
      • Maxville ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Troy
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Eustis ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Eustis is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eustis
      • Bartlett
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Bartlett is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
      • Flora ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Grouse
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Grouse is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grouse
      • Wenaha Forks
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Wenaha Forks is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenaha Forks
      • Kimmell
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Kimmell is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmell
      • Rondowa
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Rondowa is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondowa
      • Continue List   (10 more) ...
        • Paradise
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Paradise is located in Wallowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
        • Sevier
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Sevier is located in Wallowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevier
        • Minam
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Minam is located in Wallowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minam
        • Wallowa
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Chico ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Chico is located in Wallowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico
        • Evans
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Lostine Station
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Lostine Station is located in Wallowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lostine Station
        • Lewis
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Lewis is located in Wallowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
        • Lostine
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Freels
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Freels is located in Wallowa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freels
  • Umatilla County
  • Union County
    • County Website:   https://unioncountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Union:   La Grande
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Promise   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Promise.
      • Looking Glass ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Looking Glass is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looking Glass
      • Palmer Junction
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Palmer Junction is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Junction
      • Cabin Creek ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Cabin Creek is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
      • Gulling
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Gulling is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulling
      • Elk Flat ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Elk Flat is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Flat
      • Elgin
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Rhinehart
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Rhinehart is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinehart
  • Asotin County
  • Columbia County
  • Garfield County
  • Walla Walla 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- Promise) 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 Promise, 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.