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Nearest Communities to Shaniko,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast 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 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 from Shaniko.<1>

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

Shaniko is located in Wasco County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wasco County: Clackamas, Gilliam, Hood River, Jefferson, Marion, Sherman, Wheeler & Klickitat (WA).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Shaniko. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Wasco 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 Shaniko (which is Wasco 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 Shaniko

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

  • Wasco County   (where Shaniko resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.wasco.or.us/
    • County Seat for Wasco:   The Dalles
    • Note: The Columbia River runs along the northern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shaniko   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shaniko.
      • Antelope
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Bakeoven
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Bakeoven is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakeoven
      • Shaniko Junction
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Shaniko Junction is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaniko Junction
      • Criterion ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Criterion is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criterion
      • Hardy
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Hardy is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
      • Clarno
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Dixon
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Dixon is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • North Junction
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • North Junction is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Junction
      • Axford
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Axford is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axford
      • Whiskey Dick
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Whiskey Dick is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Dick
      • Dant
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Dant is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dant
      • Kaskela
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Kaskela is located in Wasco County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaskela
      • Continue List   (17 more) ...
        • South Junction
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • South Junction is located in Wasco County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Junction
        • Cambrai
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Cambrai is located in Wasco County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambrai
        • East Maupin
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • East Maupin is located in Wasco County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Maupin
        • Maupin
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Oak Springs
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Oak Springs is located in Wasco County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Springs
        • Sherar
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Sherar is located in Wasco County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherar
        • Tuskan
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Tuskan is located in Wasco County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskan
        • Oakbrook
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Oakbrook is located in Wasco County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakbrook
        • Kahneeta Hot Springs
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Kahneeta Hot Springs is located in Wasco County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kahneeta Hot Springs
        • Kishwalks
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Kishwalks is located in Wasco County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishwalks
        • Wapinitia
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Sinamox
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Sinamox is located in Wasco County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinamox
        • Tygh Valley
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Dike
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Dike is located in Wasco County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dike
        • Wamic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Simnasho
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Pine Grove
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Gilliam County
  • Jefferson County
  • Sherman County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.sherman.or.us/
    • County Seat for Sherman:   Moro
    • Note: The Columbia River runs along the northern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shaniko   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shaniko.
      • Wilcox
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Wilcox is located in Sherman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox
      • Kent
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Bourbon
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Bourbon is located in Sherman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourbon
      • Eakin
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Eakin is located in Sherman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin
      • Rosebush ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Fargher ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Fargher is located in Sherman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargher
      • Rutledge
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Rutledge is located in Sherman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
      • Grass Valley
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Boardman ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Boardman is located in Sherman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
      • Erskine
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Erskine is located in Sherman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erskine
  • Wheeler County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shaniko) 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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