Nearest Communities to American River,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to American River, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for American River:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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 starting from American River.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
American River is located in Yakima County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Yakima County: Benton, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis, Pierce & Skamania.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 49 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of American River. Of these communities, 35 are located in counties other than Yakima 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 American River (which is Yakima 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 American River
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Yakima County (where American River resides)
- County Website: https://www.yakimacounty.us/
- County Seat for Yakima: Yakima
- Note: The Columbia River runs along the northeastern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to American River ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from American River.
- Cliffdell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cliffdell is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffdell
- Goose Prairie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goose Prairie is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Prairie
- Pinecliff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pinecliff is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecliff
- Cougar Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cougar Valley is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cougar Valley
- Nile
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nile is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nile
- Wenas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wenas is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenas
- Rimrock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rimrock is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimrock
- Silver Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Silver Beach is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- White Pass
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tieton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Naches
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tasker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tasker is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasker
- Cowiche
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holtzinger
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holtzinger is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holtzinger
- King County
- County Website: https://kingcounty.gov/
- County Seat for King: Seattle
- Note: The western boundary of the county is on Pudget Sound
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to American River ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from American River.
- Lester ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lester is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Stampede
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stampede is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stampede
- Nagrom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nagrom is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nagrom
- Maywood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maywood is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Kittitas County
- County Website: https://www.co.kittitas.wa.us/
- County Seat for Kittitas: Ellensburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to American River ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from American River.
- Lavender
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lavender is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Nelson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Nelson is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Pine Glen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pine Glen is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Glen
- South Cle Elum
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cabin Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cabin Creek is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Easton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cle Elum
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Roslyn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lakedale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lakedale is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakedale
- Ronald
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Teanaway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Teanaway is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teanaway
- Driftwood Acres
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Driftwood Acres is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood Acres
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bristol
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Horlick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Horlick is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horlick
- Martin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Martin is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Whittier
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Whittier is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittier
- Thorp
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kachess Resort
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kachess Resort is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kachess Resort
- Lauderdale Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lauderdale Junction is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauderdale Junction
- Ellensburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Holmes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Holmes is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes
- Thrall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Thrall is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrall
- Hyak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hyak is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyak
- Snoqualmie Pass
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Former names for Liberty:
- Meaghersville
- Williams Creek
- Pierce County
- County Website: https://www.piercecountywa.gov/
- County Seat for Pierce: Tacoma
- Note: The northwestern boundary of the county is on Pudget Sound
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to American River ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from American River.
- Crystal Mountain
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Snoquera
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Snoquera is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snoquera
- Sunrise
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sunrise is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Greenwater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nisqually Vista
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nisqually Vista is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nisqually Vista
- Paradise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- American River) 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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