Nearest Communities to Trail Fork,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Trail Fork, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Trail Fork:
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 Trail Fork.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Trail Fork is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Gilliam County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Gilliam County: Morrow, Sherman, Wasco, Wheeler & Klickitat (WA).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 38 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Trail Fork. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Gilliam 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 Trail Fork (which is Gilliam 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 Trail Fork
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Gilliam County (where Trail Fork resides)
- 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 Trail Fork ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Trail Fork.
- Thirtymile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thirtymile is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtymile
- Mayville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mayville is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Lonerock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lonerock is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonerock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Condon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Igo ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Igo is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
- Gwendolen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gwendolen is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwendolen
- Alville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Alville is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alville
- Speece
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Speece is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speece
- Clem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Clem is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem
- Mikkalo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mikkalo is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikkalo
- Ajax ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ajax is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajax
- Olex
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Olex is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olex
- 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 Trail Fork ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Trail Fork.
- Gooseberry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gooseberry is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseberry
- Eightmile
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eightmile is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eightmile
- Valby
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Valby is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valby
- Hardman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- 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
- Ruggs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ruggs is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggs
- Reeds Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Reeds Mill is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Mill
- Fairview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Parkers Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Parkers Mill is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Mill
- Ione
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lexington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Heppner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- 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 Trail Fork ...
- Wilcox
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wilcox is located in Sherman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox
- Wasco County
- 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 Trail Fork ...
- Clarno
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Clarno is located in Wasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarno
- Wheeler County
- County Website: https://www.wheelercountyoregon.com/
- County Seat for Wheeler: Fossil
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Trail Fork ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Trail Fork.
- Edwards
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Edwards is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
- Lost Valley ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lost Valley is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Valley
- Kinzua ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kinzua is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinzua
- Cone Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cone Mill is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cone Mill
- Fossil
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wetmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wetmore is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetmore
- Winlock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Winlock is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winlock
- Service Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Service Creek is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Service Creek
- Spray
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Twickenham ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Twickenham is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twickenham
- Richmond ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Richmond is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Waldron ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Waldron is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Trail Fork) 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 Trail Fork, 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. |
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