Nearest Communities to Richland,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Richland, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Richland:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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 from Richland.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Richland 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 40 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Richland. Of these communities, 9 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 Richland (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 Richland
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Baker County (where Richland resides)
- County Website: https://www.bakercountyor.gov/
- County Seat for Baker: Baker City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Richland ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Richland.
- New Bridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Bridge is also located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- Robinette ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Robinette was located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinette
- Sturgill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sturgill is also located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgill
- Pine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pine is also located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
- Halfway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jimtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jimtown is also located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Sunset
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset is also located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Sparta ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sparta was located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Brownlee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Brownlee is also located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
- Carson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Carson is also located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
- Conner Creek ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Conner Creek was located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conner Creek
- Still
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Still is also located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Cornucopia ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cornucopia was located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
- Mineral
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mineral is also located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Pine Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Creek is also located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Durkee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nelson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nelson is also located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Oxman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oxman is also located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxman
- Oxbow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Weatherby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Weatherby is also located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
- Keating
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Keating is also located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating
- Dixie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dixie is also located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Erwin ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Erwin was located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
- Homestead ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Homestead was located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Pleasant Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley is also located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Jett ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jett was located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jett
- Lime ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lime was located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime
- Rye Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rye Valley is also located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye Valley
- Encina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Encina is also located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Encina
- Huntington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Quartz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Quartz is also located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartz
- Union County
- County Website: https://unioncountyor.gov/
- County Seat for Union: La Grande
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Richland ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Richland.
- Medical Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Medical Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medical Springs
- Pondosa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pondosa is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondosa
- Adams County
- County Website: https://www.co.adams.id.us/
- County Seat for Adams: Council (ID)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Richland ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Richland.
- Wildhorse
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wildhorse is located in Adams County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildhorse
- Bear
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bear is located in Adams County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear
- Washington County
- County Website: https://www.co.washington.id.us/
- County Seat for Washington: Weiser (ID)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Richland ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Richland.
- Mineral
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mineral is located in Washington County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Heath ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Heath was located in Washington County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
- Cambridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Salubria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Salubria is located in Washington County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salubria
- Midvale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Richland) 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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