Nearest Communities to Vinson,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Vinson, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Vinson:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 Vinson.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Vinson is located in Umatilla County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Umatilla County: Grant, Morrow, Union, Wallowa, Benton (WA), Columbia (WA) & Walla Walla (WA).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 56 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Vinson. Of these communities, 11 are located in counties other than Umatilla 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 Vinson (which is Umatilla 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 Vinson
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Umatilla County (where Vinson resides)
- 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 Vinson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vinson.
- Nye
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Nye is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nye
- Pilot Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gurdane
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gurdane is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurdane
- Nolin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Nolin is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolin
- Yoakum
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Yoakum is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoakum
- Barnhart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Barnhart is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhart
- McBee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- McBee is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBee
- Sparks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sparks is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Glendale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glendale is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Green Meadows
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green Meadows is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Rieth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rieth is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rieth
- Pendair
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pendair is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendair
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- Echo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Echo is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 705 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Echo <3>
- Pendair Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pendair Heights is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendair Heights
- Albee ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Albee was located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albee
- Pendleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stanfield Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Stanfield Junction is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfield Junction
- Tutuilla
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tutuilla is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tutuilla
- Stanfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Munra
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Munra is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munra
- Riverside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- McKay
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- McKay is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Fulton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Mission
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mission is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Bucks Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bucks Corners is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Corners
- Ukiah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kirkpatrick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkpatrick is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkpatrick
- McCormmach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- McCormmach is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormmach
- Hinkle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hinkle is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkle
- Westland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Westland is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Hermiston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Havana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Havana is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- Minthorn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Minthorn is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minthorn
- Ordnance ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ordnance was located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordnance
- Cold Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cold Springs is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Cornell Place
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cornell Place is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornell Place
- Cayuse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hidaway Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hidaway Springs is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidaway Springs
- Holdman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Holdman is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holdman
- Myrick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Myrick is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrick
- Charlestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Charlestown is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown
- Cold Springs Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cold Springs Junction is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs Junction
- Blakeley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blakeley is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakeley
- Midway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Midway is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Lehman Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lehman Springs is also located in Umatilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehman Springs
- Lehman Springs has also been known as:
- Lehman Hot Springs
- Lehman
- 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 Vinson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vinson.
- Lena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lena is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Pine City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pine City is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Galloway ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Galloway was located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Butter Creek Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Alpine
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Alpine is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Heppner
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sand Hollow
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sand Hollow is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hollow
- Heck and Gone ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Heck and Gone was located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heck and Gone
- Lexington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Strawberry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Strawberry is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Munley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Munley is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munley
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Vinson) 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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