Nearest Communities to Summerville,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Summerville, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Summerville:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Summerville.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Summerville is located in Union County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Union County: Baker, Grant, Umatilla & Wallowa.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 54 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Summerville. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Union 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 Summerville (which is Union 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 Summerville
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Union County (where Summerville resides)
- County Website: https://unioncountyor.gov/
- County Seat for Union: La Grande
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Summerville ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Summerville.
- Imbler
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rhinehart
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rhinehart is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinehart
- Alicel
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Alicel is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicel
- Elgin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Conley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Elk Flat ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Flat is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Flat
- Gulling
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gulling is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulling
- Island City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Orodell ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- La Grande
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Perry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Perry is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Lone Tree
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lone Tree is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hilgard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cabin Creek ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cabin Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Palmer Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Palmer Junction is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer Junction
- Hot Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Looking Glass ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Looking Glass is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looking Glass
- Motanic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Motanic is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motanic
- Bodie
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bodie is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodie
- Kamela
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kamela is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamela
- Union Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Union Junction is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Junction
- Union
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Crooks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Crooks is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooks
- Camp Elkanah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Elkanah is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Elkanah
- Starkey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Telocaset
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Telocaset is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telocaset
- Sago
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sago is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sago
- 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 Summerville ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Summerville.
- Ruckel Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ruckel Junction is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckel Junction
- North Fork
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- North Fork is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Duncan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Duncan is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Huron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Huron is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Tollgate
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bingham Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Meacham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ross
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ross is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Bonifer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bonifer is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonifer
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Gibbon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Thorn Hollow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Thorn Hollow is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hollow
- Homly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Homly is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homly
- McKay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- McKay is located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Cayuse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Weston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wallowa County
- County Website: https://www.co.wallowa.or.us/
- County Seat for Wallowa: Enterprise
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Summerville ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Summerville.
- Minam
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Minam is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minam
- Kimmell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kimmell is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmell
- Rondowa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rondowa is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondowa
- Sevier
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sevier is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevier
- Wallowa
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Eustis ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Eustis is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eustis
- Lostine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Maxville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Evans
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lostine Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lostine Station is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lostine Station
- Grossman ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Grossman is located in Wallowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grossman
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Summerville) 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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