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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 northeast 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 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<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 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)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richmond have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
        • Richmond is located in Wheeler County
      • Waldron ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
        • Waldron is located in Wheeler County
      • Twickenham ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twickenham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twickenham
        • Twickenham is located in Wheeler County
      • Winlock
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winlock
        • Winlock is located in Wheeler County
      • Spray
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Kinzua ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinzua
        • Kinzua is located in Wheeler County
      • Waterman ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterman
        • Waterman is located in Wheeler County
      • Wetmore
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wetmore have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetmore
        • Wetmore is located in Wheeler County
      • Cone Mill
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cone Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cone Mill
        • Cone Mill is located in Wheeler County
      • Lost Valley ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Valley
        • Lost Valley is located in Wheeler County
      • 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)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwards have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
          • Edwards is located in Wheeler County
        • Caleb ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caleb have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caleb
          • Caleb is located in Wheeler County
        • Spoos Mill
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spoos Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spoos Mill
          • Spoos Mill is located in Wheeler County
        • Antone ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Antone have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antone
          • Antone is located in Wheeler County
        • Old Kelly Mill
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Kelly Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Kelly Mill
          • Old Kelly Mill is located in Wheeler County
  • Gilliam County
    • 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)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonerock
        • Lonerock is located in Gilliam County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
      • Trail Fork ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trail Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail Fork
        • Trail Fork is located in Gilliam County
      • Mayville
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
        • Mayville is located in Gilliam County
      • Thirtymile
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thirtymile have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtymile
        • Thirtymile is located in Gilliam County
  • Grant County
    • County Seat for Grant:   Canyon City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Service Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Service Creek.
      • Kimberly
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Erickson Mill
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erickson Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erickson Mill
        • Erickson Mill is located in Grant County
      • Monument
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Jefferson County
    • County Website:   www.co.jefferson.or.us
    • County Seat for Jefferson:   Madras
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Service Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Service Creek.
      • Horse Heaven ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Heaven
        • Horse Heaven is located in Jefferson County
      • Kilts
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kilts have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilts
        • Kilts is located in Jefferson County
  • Morrow County
    • County Website:   www.morrowcountyoregon.com/
    • 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)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reeds Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Mill
        • Reeds Mill is located in Morrow County
      • Parkers Mill
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkers Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Mill
        • Parkers Mill is located in Morrow County
      • Hardman
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman
        • Hardman is located in Morrow County
        • 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' (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- Service Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Service Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7976, Longitude: -120.0083       In this case, the coordinates for Service Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
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