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Nearest Communities to Service Creek,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Service Creek.<1>

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

Service Creek is located in Wheeler County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wheeler County: Crook, Gilliam, Grant, Jefferson & Sherman.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 30 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Service Creek. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Wheeler 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 Service Creek (which is Wheeler 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 Service Creek

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

  • Wheeler County   (where Service Creek resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.wheelercountyoregon.com/
    • County Seat for Wheeler:   Fossil
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Service Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Service Creek.
      • Richmond ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Richmond is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
      • Waldron ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Waldron is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
      • Twickenham ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Twickenham is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twickenham
      • Winlock
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Winlock is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winlock
      • Spray
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Kinzua ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Kinzua is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinzua
      • Waterman ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Waterman is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterman
      • Wetmore
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Wetmore is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetmore
      • Cone Mill
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Cone Mill is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cone Mill
      • Lost Valley ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Lost Valley is located in Wheeler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Valley
      • Fossil
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Mitchell
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Edwards
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Edwards is located in Wheeler County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
        • Caleb ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Caleb is located in Wheeler County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caleb
        • Spoos Mill
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Spoos Mill is located in Wheeler County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spoos Mill
        • Antone ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Antone is located in Wheeler County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antone
        • Old Kelly Mill
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Old Kelly Mill is located in Wheeler County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Kelly Mill
  • 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 Service Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Service Creek.
      • Lonerock
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • 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 north)
        • Trail Fork is located in Gilliam County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail Fork
      • Mayville
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Mayville is located in Gilliam County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
      • Thirtymile
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Thirtymile is located in Gilliam County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtymile
  • Grant County
  • Jefferson County
  • Morrow County
    • 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 Service Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Service Creek.
      • Reeds Mill
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Reeds Mill is located in Morrow County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Mill
      • Parkers Mill
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Parkers Mill is located in Morrow County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Mill
      • Hardman
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • 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
  • Wasco County

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- Service Creek) 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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