Nearest Communities to Blackrock,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Blackrock, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Blackrock:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Blackrock.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Blackrock is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day 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 91 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Blackrock. Of these communities, 43 are located in counties other than Yakima 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 Blackrock (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 Blackrock
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Yakima County (where Blackrock 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 Blackrock ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Blackrock.
- Sunnyside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Liberty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Yakima County
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- Outlook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Outlook is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlook
- Nass
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nass is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nass
- Emerald
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Emerald is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
- Granger
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Zillah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lichty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lichty is located in Yakima County
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- Midvale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Midvale is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Blacks Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Blacks Corner is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacks Corner
- Alfalfa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alfalfa is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfalfa
- Buena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
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- Givens Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Givens Corner is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Givens Corner
- Toppenish
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wesley Junction is located in Yakima County
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- Artesian
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Artesian is located in Yakima County
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- Flint
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Flint is located in Yakima County
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- Sawyer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sawyer is located in Yakima County
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- Grandview
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Satus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Satus is located in Yakima County
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- Moxee City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Moxee City is located in Yakima County
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- Moxee
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Donald
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Donald is located in Yakima County
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- Mabton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wapato
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Yethonat
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Yethonat is located in Yakima County
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- Birchfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Birchfield is located in Yakima County
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- Terrace Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Terrace Heights is located in Yakima County
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- Parker
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Parker is located in Yakima County
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- Union Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Byron
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Byron is located in Yakima County
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- Ashue
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ashue is located in Yakima County
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- South Broadway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- South Broadway is located in Yakima County
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- Washington Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Washington Park is located in Yakima County
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- Yakima
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- East Selah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Selah is located in Yakima County
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- Pomona Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pomona Heights is located in Yakima County
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- Farron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Farron is located in Yakima County
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- Venner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Venner is located in Yakima County
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- Pomona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pomona is located in Yakima County
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- Harrah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fruitvale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fruitvale is located in Yakima County
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- Selah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brace
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Brace is located in Yakima County
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- Ahtanum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ahtanum is located in Yakima County
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- Brownstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Valley is located in Yakima County
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- Gleed
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Benton County
- County Website: https://www.bentoncountywa.gov/
- County Seat for Benton: Prosser
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Blackrock ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Blackrock.
- Susie
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Susie is located in Benton County
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- Ethel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ethel is located in Benton County
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- Audrey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Audrey is located in Benton County
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- Helen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Helen is located in Benton County
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- Apricot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Apricot is located in Benton County
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- Pearl
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pearl is located in Benton County
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- Nancy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nancy is located in Benton County
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- North Prosser
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Prosser is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Prosser
- Willa
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Willa is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willa
- Kinneyville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Kinneyville is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinneyville
- Prosser
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Whitstran
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Whitstran is located in Benton County
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- Gibbon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gibbon is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbon
- Bettie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bettie is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bettie
- Wahluke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wahluke is located in Benton County
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- Chaffee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chaffee is located in Benton County
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- Ginger
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ginger is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger
- White Bluffs ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- White Bluffs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Bluffs
- Pierce
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pierce is located in Benton County
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- Ruth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ruth is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- East White Bluffs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- East White Bluffs is located in Benton County
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- Edna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Edna is located in Benton County
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- May Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- May Junction is located in Benton County
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- Hanford ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hanford is located in Benton County
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- Benton City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kiona ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kiona is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiona
- Grant County
- County Website: https://www.grantcountywa.gov/
- County Seat for Grant: Ephrata
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Blackrock ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Blackrock.
- Desert Aire
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mattawa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Schwana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Schwana is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schwana
- Beverly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wanapum Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wanapum Village is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanapum Village
- Jericho
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jericho is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Smyrna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Kittitas County
- County Website: https://www.co.kittitas.wa.us/
- County Seat for Kittitas: Ellensburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Blackrock ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Blackrock.
- Levering
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Levering is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levering
- Beverly Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Beverly Junction is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Junction
- Doris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Doris is located in Kittitas County
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- Rye
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rye is located in Kittitas County
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- Hillside Siding
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hillside Siding is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Siding
- Cheviot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cheviot is located in Kittitas County
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- Roza
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Roza is located in Kittitas County
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- Boylston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Boylston is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boylston
- Vantage
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wymer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wymer is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wymer
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 from Point A (ie- Blackrock) 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 Blackrock, 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. |
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