Nearest Communities to Wetmore,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Wetmore, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Wetmore:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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 Wetmore.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Wetmore is located in Wheeler County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wheeler County: Crook, Gilliam, Grant, Jefferson & Sherman.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 34 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wetmore. Of these communities, 22 are located in counties other than Wheeler 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 Wetmore (which is Wheeler 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 Wetmore
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Wheeler County (where Wetmore resides)
- County Website: https://www.wheelercountyoregon.com/
- County Seat for Wheeler: Fossil
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wetmore ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wetmore.
- Cone Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cone Mill is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cone Mill
- Winlock
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Winlock is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winlock
- Lost Valley ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lost Valley is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Valley
- Kinzua ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kinzua is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinzua
- Edwards
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Edwards is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
- Spray
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Service Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Service Creek is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Service Creek
- Fossil
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Richmond ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Richmond is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Waldron ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Waldron is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Twickenham ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Twickenham is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twickenham
- Waterman ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Waterman is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterman
- Gilliam County
- 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 Wetmore ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wetmore.
- Lonerock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lonerock is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonerock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Trail Fork ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trail Fork is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail Fork
- Mayville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mayville is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Thirtymile
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Thirtymile is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtymile
- Condon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Igo ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Igo is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
- Gwendolen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gwendolen is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwendolen
- Alville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alville is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alville
- Speece
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Speece is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speece
- Grant County
- County Website: https://grantcountyoregon.net/
- County Seat for Grant: Canyon City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wetmore ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wetmore.
- Kimberly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Monument
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Wetmore ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wetmore.
- Reeds Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Reeds Mill is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Mill
- Hardman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Parkers Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parkers Mill is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Mill
- Eightmile
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Eightmile is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eightmile
- Gooseberry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gooseberry is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseberry
- Ruggs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ruggs is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggs
- Valby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Valby is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valby
- Heck and Gone ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Heck and Gone is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heck and Gone
- Fairview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Fairview is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Heppner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Wetmore ...
- Clarno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Clarno is located in Wasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarno
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 from Point A (ie- Wetmore) 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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