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Nearest Communities to Bickleton,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 Bickleton.<1>

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

Bickleton is located in Klickitat County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Klickitat County: Gilliam (OR), Hood River (OR), Morrow (OR), Sherman (OR), Wasco (OR), Benton, Skamania & Yakima.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 62 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bickleton. Of these communities, 46 are located in counties other than Klickitat 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 Bickleton (which is Klickitat 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 Bickleton

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

  • Klickitat County   (where Bickleton resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.klickitatcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Klickitat:   Goldendale
    • Note: The Columbia River runs along the southern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bickleton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bickleton.
      • Cleveland
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Bluelight
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Dot
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Sixprong
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Sixprong is located in Klickitat County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixprong
      • Moona
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Moona is located in Klickitat County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moona
      • Pleasant Valley
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Pleasant Valley is located in Klickitat County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Roosevelt
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Sundale
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Sundale is located in Klickitat County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundale
      • McCredie
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • McCredie is located in Klickitat County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCredie
      • Goodnoe Hills
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Goodnoe Hills is located in Klickitat County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnoe Hills
      • Bates
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Bates is located in Klickitat County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
      • Alderdale
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Alderdale is located in Klickitat County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderdale
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Goodnoe
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Goodnoe is located in Klickitat County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnoe
        • Towal
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Towal is located in Klickitat County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towal
        • Goldendale
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Firwood
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Firwood is located in Klickitat County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firwood
  • Benton County
  • Yakima County
    • 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 Bickleton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bickleton.
      • Satus
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Satus is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satus
      • Mabton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Givens Corner
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Givens Corner is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Givens Corner
      • Alfalfa
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Alfalfa is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfalfa
      • Emerald
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Emerald is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
      • Granger
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Nass
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Nass is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nass
      • Byron
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Midvale
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Midvale is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
      • Liberty
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Liberty is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
      • Grandview
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Outlook
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Continue List   (12 more) ...
  • Gilliam County
    • County Website:   https://www.gilliamcountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Gilliam:   Condon (OR)
    • Note: The Columbia River runs along the northern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bickleton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bickleton.
      • Heppner Junction
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Heppner Junction is located in Gilliam County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heppner Junction
      • Willows
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Willows is located in Gilliam County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willows
      • Arlington
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Eddy ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Eddy is located in Gilliam County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddy
      • Quinton
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Quinton is located in Gilliam County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinton
      • Shutler
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Shutler is located in Gilliam County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shutler
      • Montague ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Montague is located in Gilliam County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague
      • Rock Creek
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Rock Creek is located in Gilliam County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
  • Morrow County
  • Sherman 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bickleton) 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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