Nearest Communities to Ruckel Junction,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Ruckel Junction, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Ruckel Junction:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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 starting from Ruckel Junction.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Ruckel Junction is located in Umatilla County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Umatilla County: Grant, Morrow, Union, Wallowa, Benton (WA), Columbia (WA) & Walla Walla (WA).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 83 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ruckel Junction. Of these communities, 38 are located in counties other than Umatilla 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 Ruckel Junction (which is Umatilla 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 Ruckel Junction
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Umatilla County (where Ruckel Junction resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.umatilla.or.us/
- County Seat for Umatilla: Pendleton
- Note: The Columbia River runs along the northwestern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ruckel Junction ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ruckel Junction.
- Bingham Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bingham Springs is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham Springs
- Tollgate
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tollgate is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollgate
- Duncan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Duncan is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- North Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Fork is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Bonifer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bonifer is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonifer
- Gibbon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gibbon is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbon
- Huron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Huron is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Meacham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thorn Hollow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Thorn Hollow is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hollow
- Ross
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ross is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Homly
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Homly is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homly
- Weston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (33 more) ...
- Downing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Downing is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Athena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Mountain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Mountain is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Cayuse
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Adams
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Minthorn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Minthorn is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minthorn
- Bade
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bade is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bade
- Milton - Freewater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Blakeley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Blakeley is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakeley
- McKay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- McKay is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Cobb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cobb is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Spofford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spofford is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spofford
- Kirkpatrick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kirkpatrick is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkpatrick
- Barrett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barrett is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Prunedale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Prunedale is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prunedale
- Sunnyside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyside is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Waterman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waterman is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterman
- Havana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Havana is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- Mission
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mission is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Crockett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Crockett is located in Umatilla County
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- Ferndale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ferndale is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Midway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Tutuilla
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tutuilla is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tutuilla
- Wayland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Calhounville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Calhounville is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhounville
- Helix
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Umapine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Umapine is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umapine
- Munra
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Munra is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munra
- Riverside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Duroc
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Duroc is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duroc
- Myrick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Myrick is located in Umatilla County
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- Fulton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fulton is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- McCormmach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- McCormmach is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormmach
- Union County
- County Website: https://unioncountyor.gov/
- County Seat for Union: La Grande
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ruckel Junction ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ruckel Junction.
- Elgin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Elgin is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,801 people
- Former names for Elgin:
- Fish Trap
- Indian Valley
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <3>
- Gulling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gulling is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulling
- Summerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cabin Creek ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cabin Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Rhinehart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rhinehart is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinehart
- Imbler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Flat ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Elk Flat is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Flat
- Looking Glass ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Looking Glass is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looking Glass
- Palmer Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Palmer Junction is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Junction
- Alicel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alicel is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicel
- Bodie
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bodie is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodie
- Kamela
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kamela is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamela
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Conley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Conley is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conley
- Hilgard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hilgard is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilgard
- Orodell ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Orodell is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orodell
- Perry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Perry is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Motanic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Motanic is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motanic
- Island City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Island City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,024 people
- La Grande
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lone Tree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lone Tree is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
- Hot Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hot Lake is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Lake
- Cove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wallowa County
- County Website: https://www.co.wallowa.or.us/
- County Seat for Wallowa: Enterprise
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ruckel Junction ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ruckel Junction.
- Kimmell
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Kimmell is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmell
- Rondowa
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rondowa is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondowa
- Minam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Minam is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minam
- Eustis ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Eustis is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eustis
- Sevier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sevier is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevier
- Wenaha Forks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wenaha Forks is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenaha Forks
- Maxville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Maxville is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Wallowa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Grossman ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grossman is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grossman
- Walla Walla County
- County Website: https://www.co.walla-walla.wa.us/
- County Seat for Walla Walla: Walla Walla (WA)
- Note: The Columbia River runs along the southwestern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ruckel Junction ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ruckel Junction.
- Kooskooskie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Kooskooskie is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kooskooskie
- Baker - Langdon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Baker - Langdon is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker - Langdon
- Thomas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Thomas is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Langdon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Langdon is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Calhounville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Calhounville is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhounville
- Stateline
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stateline is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stateline
- Mojonnier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mojonnier is located in Walla Walla County (WA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mojonnier
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 from Point A (ie- Ruckel Junction) 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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