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Nearest Communities to Basin City,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.<1>

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


Basin City is located in Franklin County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Franklin County: Adams, Benton, Columbia, Grant, Walla Walla & Whitman.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 87 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Basin City. Of these communities, 61 are located in counties other than Franklin 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 Basin City (which is Franklin 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 Basin City

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

  • Franklin County   (where Basin City resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.franklincountywa.gov/
    • County Seat for Franklin:   Pasco
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Basin City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Basin City.
      • Mesa
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Edwards
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Edwards is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
      • Mathews Corner
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Mathews Corner is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Corner
      • Cactus
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Cactus is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus
      • Eltopia
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Frischnecht
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Frischnecht is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frischnecht
      • Schlomer
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Schlomer is located in Franklin County
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      • Connell
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Sagemoor
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Sagemoor is located in Franklin County
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      • Five Corners
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Five Corners is located in Franklin County
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      • Curry
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Curry is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
      • Glade
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Glade is located in Franklin County
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        • Sulphur
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Sulphur is located in Franklin County
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        • Myers
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Myers is located in Franklin County
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        • Estes
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Estes is located in Franklin County
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        • Pasco West
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Pasco West is located in Franklin County
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        • Pasco
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Riverview
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Riverview is located in Franklin County
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        • West Pasco
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • West Pasco is located in Franklin County
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        • Martindale
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Martindale is located in Franklin County
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        • Redd
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Redd is located in Franklin County
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        • Ainsworth Junction
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Levey
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Levey is located in Franklin County
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        • Farrington
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Farrington is located in Franklin County
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        • Windust
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Kahlotus
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Adams County
  • Benton County
    • County Website:   https://www.bentoncountywa.gov/
    • County Seat for Benton:   Prosser
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Basin City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Basin City.
      • Hanford ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Hanford is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanford
      • Geneva Junction
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Geneva Junction is located in Benton County
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      • Edna
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Edna is located in Benton County
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      • May Junction
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • May Junction is located in Benton County
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      • Pierce
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Pierce is located in Benton County
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      • East White Bluffs
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • East White Bluffs is located in Benton County
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      • Ruth
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Ruth is located in Benton County
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      • Ruby
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Ruby is located in Benton County
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      • White Bluffs ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • White Bluffs is located in Benton County
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      • Willa
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Willa is located in Benton County
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      • Bettie
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Bettie is located in Benton County
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      • Ginger
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Ginger is located in Benton County
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      • Continue List   (22 more) ...
        • Pearl
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Pearl is located in Benton County
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        • Wahluke
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Wahluke is located in Benton County
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        • Nancy
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Nancy is located in Benton County
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        • Ethel
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Ethel is located in Benton County
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        • Helen
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Helen is located in Benton County
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        • Richland
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • West Richland
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Audrey
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Audrey is located in Benton County
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        • Susie
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Susie is located in Benton County
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        • Island View
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Island View is located in Benton County
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        • Richland Y
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Richland Y is located in Benton County
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        • Richland Junction
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Richland Junction is located in Benton County
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        • Kennewick
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Port Of Kennewick
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Port Of Kennewick is located in Benton County
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        • Vista
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Vista is located in Benton County
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        • West Highlands
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • West Highlands is located in Benton County
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        • South Highlands
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • South Highlands is located in Benton County
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        • Benton City
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Badger
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Badger is located in Benton County
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        • Kiona ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Kiona is located in Benton County
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        • Hedges
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Hedges is located in Benton County
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        • Finley
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Finley is located in Benton County
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  • Grant County
  • Walla Walla County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.walla-walla.wa.us/
    • County Seat for Walla Walla:   Walla Walla
    • Note: The Columbia River runs along the southwestern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Basin City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Basin City.
      • Burr
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Burr is located in Walla Walla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
      • Scott
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Scott is located in Walla Walla County
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      • Page
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Page is located in Walla Walla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
      • Burbank Heights
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Burbank Heights is located in Walla Walla County
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      • Ash
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Ash is located in Walla Walla County
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      • Sheffler
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Sheffler is located in Walla Walla County
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      • Walker
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Walker is located in Walla Walla County
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      • Burbank
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Matthew
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Matthew is located in Walla Walla County
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      • Humorist
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Humorist is located in Walla Walla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humorist
      • Villard Junction
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Villard Junction is located in Walla Walla County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villard Junction

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Basin City) 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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