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Nearest Communities to Sparta,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

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

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

Although our information shows that the community of Sparta is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Baker County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Baker County: Adams (ID), Grant, Malheur, Union, Wallowa & Washington.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sparta. Of these communities, 7 are located in counties other than Baker County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Sparta (which is Baker 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 Sparta

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

  • Baker County   (where Sparta resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.bakercountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Baker:   Baker City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sparta   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sparta.
      • Carson
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Carson is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
      • New Bridge
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jimtown
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Halfway
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Richland
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Pine
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Pine is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
      • Cornucopia ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sunset
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Sunset is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
      • Erwin ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Erwin is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
      • Keating
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Robinette ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sturgill
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Sturgill is located in Baker County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgill
      • Continue List   (24 more) ...
        • Brownlee
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Brownlee is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
        • Oxman
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Oxman is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxman
        • Pleasant Valley
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Pleasant Valley is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
        • Conner Creek ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Conner Creek is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conner Creek
        • Durkee
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Encina
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Encina is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Encina
        • Pine Creek
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Pine Creek is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
        • Oxbow
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Nelson
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Nelson is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
        • Still
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Still is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still
        • Mineral
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Mineral is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
        • Quartz
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Quartz is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartz
        • Homestead ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Weatherby
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Baker City
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Estes ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Estes is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estes
        • Dixie
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Dixie is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
        • Wing
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Wing is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
        • Rye Valley
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Wingville
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Wingville is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingville
        • Jett ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Jett is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jett
        • Rogers
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Rogers is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
        • Salisbury
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Salisbury is located in Baker County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
        • Haines
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Union County
  • Adams County
  • Washington County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sparta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sparta, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.