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Nearest Communities to Waldo,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 Waldo.<1>

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

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

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Josephine County: Del Norte (CA), Siskiyou (CA), Curry, Douglas & Jackson.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Waldo. Of these communities, 31 are located in counties other than Josephine 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 Waldo (which is Josephine 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 Waldo

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

  • Josephine County   (where Waldo resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.josephinecounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Josephine:   Grants Pass
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Waldo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Waldo.
      • Allentown ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
        • Allentown is located in Josephine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
      • Takilma
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
        • Takilma is located in Josephine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Takilma
      • O'Brien
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Brown City ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Brown City is located in Josephine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown City
      • Bridgeview
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Bridgeview is located in Josephine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeview
      • Althouse ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Althouse is located in Josephine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Althouse
      • Browntown ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Browntown is located in Josephine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
      • Cave Junction
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Holland
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Holland is located in Josephine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
      • Kerby
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • California Bar
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • California Bar is located in Josephine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Bar
      • Dryden
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Dryden is located in Josephine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
      • Continue List   (12 more) ...
  • Jackson County
  • Del Norte County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.del-norte.ca.us/
    • County Seat for Del Norte:   Crescent City (CA)
    • Note: The western boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Waldo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Waldo.
      • Idlewild
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Idlewild is located in Del Norte County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
      • Lawyers Bar ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Lawyers Bar is located in Del Norte County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyers Bar
      • Patrick Creek
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Patrick Creek is located in Del Norte County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Creek
      • Rockland
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Rockland is located in Del Norte County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
      • Darlingtonia
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Darlingtonia is located in Del Norte County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlingtonia
      • Gasquet
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Adams Station
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Adams Station is located in Del Norte County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Station
      • French Hill
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • French Hill is located in Del Norte County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Hill
      • Smith River
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Douglas Park
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Douglas Park is located in Del Norte County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Park
      • Hiouchi
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Peacocks Ferry
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Peacocks Ferry is located in Del Norte County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacocks Ferry
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Tryon Corner
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Tryon Corner is located in Del Norte County (CA)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryon Corner
        • Fort Dick
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Khoonkhwuttunne ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Khoonkhwuttunne is located in Del Norte County (CA)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Khoonkhwuttunne
        • Smith River Rancheria
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Smith River Rancheria is located in Del Norte County (CA)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith River Rancheria
        • Yontocket
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Yontocket is located in Del Norte County (CA)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yontocket
  • Siskiyou County

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- Waldo) 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 Waldo, 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.