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Nearest Communities to Union,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Union 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 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Union. Of these communities, 22 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 Union (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 Union

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

  • Union County   (where Union resides)
    • County Website:   https://unioncountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Union:   La Grande
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Union   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Union.
      • Union Junction
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Union Junction is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Junction
      • Crooks
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Crooks is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooks
      • Hot Lake
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Cove
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Telocaset
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Telocaset is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telocaset
      • Lone Tree
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Lone Tree is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
      • Sago
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Sago is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sago
      • Conley
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Island City
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • North Powder
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • La Grande
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Alicel
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Alicel is located in Union County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicel
      • Continue List   (17 more) ...
        • Orodell ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Perry
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Perry is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
        • Medical Springs
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Pondosa
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Pondosa is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondosa
        • Imbler
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Rhinehart
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Rhinehart is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinehart
        • Summerville
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Hilgard
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Elgin
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Elk Flat ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Elk Flat is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Flat
        • Camp Carson ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Camp Carson is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Carson
        • Motanic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Motanic is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motanic
        • Bodie
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Bodie is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodie
        • Starkey
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Gulling
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Gulling is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulling
        • Camp Elkanah
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Camp Elkanah is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Elkanah
        • Kamela
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Kamela is located in Union County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamela
  • Baker County
  • Umatilla County
  • Wallowa County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.wallowa.or.us/
    • County Seat for Wallowa:   Enterprise
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Union   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Union.
      • Lostine
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Minam
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Minam is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minam
      • Evans
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lostine Station
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Lostine Station is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lostine Station
      • Sevier
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Sevier is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevier
      • Wallowa
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hurricane Grange
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Hurricane Grange is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Grange
      • Alder ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Alder is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder
      • Freels
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Freels is located in Wallowa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freels

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- Union) 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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