Nearest Communities to Ruggs,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Ruggs, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Ruggs:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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 Ruggs.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Ruggs 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 41 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ruggs. Of these communities, 19 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 Ruggs (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 Ruggs
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Morrow County (where Ruggs 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 Ruggs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ruggs.
- Hardman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- 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
- Eightmile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Eightmile is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eightmile
- Valby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Valby is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valby
- Heppner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gooseberry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gooseberry is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseberry
- Fairview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Lexington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Reeds Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Reeds Mill is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Mill
- Parkers Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Parkers Mill is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Mill
- Jordan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jordan is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Ione
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Heck and Gone ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Heck and Gone is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heck and Gone
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Strawberry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Strawberry is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Lena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lena is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Morgan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
- Sand Hollow
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sand Hollow is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hollow
- Galloway ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Galloway is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Alpine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Alpine is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Pine City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pine City is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Ella
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ella is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Butter Creek Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cecil
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cecil is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- 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 Ruggs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ruggs.
- Lonerock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lonerock is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonerock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Trail Fork ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trail Fork is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail Fork
- Gwendolen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gwendolen is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwendolen
- Thirtymile
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Thirtymile is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtymile
- Condon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Speece
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Speece is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speece
- Clem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clem is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem
- Mayville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mayville is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Olex
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Olex is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olex
- Igo ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Igo is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
- Mikkalo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mikkalo is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikkalo
- Umatilla County
- 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 Ruggs ...
- Gurdane
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gurdane is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurdane
- Wheeler County
- County Website: https://www.wheelercountyoregon.com/
- County Seat for Wheeler: Fossil
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ruggs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ruggs.
- Lost Valley ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lost Valley is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Valley
- Cone Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cone Mill is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cone Mill
- Wetmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wetmore is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetmore
- Edwards
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Edwards is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
- Winlock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Winlock is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winlock
- Kinzua ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kinzua is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinzua
- Spray
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ruggs) 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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