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Nearest Communities to Bridgeport,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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 from Bridgeport.<1>

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

Bridgeport is located in Douglas County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Douglas County: Chelan, Grant, Kittitas, Lincoln & Okanogan.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 66 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bridgeport. Of these communities, 37 are located in counties other than Douglas 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 Bridgeport (which is Douglas 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 Bridgeport

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

  • Douglas County   (where Bridgeport resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.douglascountywa.net/
    • County Seat for Douglas:   Waterville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bridgeport   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bridgeport.
      • Downing
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
        • Downing is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
      • Rocky Butte
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Rocky Butte is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Butte
      • Dyer ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Dyer is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
      • Brandts Landing
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Brandts Landing is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandts Landing
      • Howard
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Howard is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
      • Nilles Corner
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Nilles Corner is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nilles Corner
      • Mansfield
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Fairview
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Fairview is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Mud Spring
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Mud Spring is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Spring
      • Leahy
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Leahy is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leahy
      • Matthiesen ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Matthiesen is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthiesen
      • Touhey
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Touhey is located in Douglas County
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      • Continue List   (17 more) ...
        • Beebe
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Sims Corner
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Sims Corner is located in Douglas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Corner
        • Osborne Corner
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Jameson ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Jameson is located in Douglas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson
        • Withrow
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Lamoine
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Lamoine is located in Douglas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoine
        • Mold ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Saint Andrews
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Saint Andrews is located in Douglas County
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        • McLeans Orchard ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • McLeans Orchard is located in Douglas County
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        • Supplee
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Supplee is located in Douglas County
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        • Baird ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Baird is located in Douglas County
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        • Farmer ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Farmer is located in Douglas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
        • Saint Hubert ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Saint Hubert is located in Douglas County
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        • Okanogan City ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Okanogan City is located in Douglas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okanogan City
        • Dry Falls Junction
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Dry Falls Junction is located in Douglas County
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        • Douglas
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Douglas is located in Douglas County
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        • Waterville
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Chelan County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.chelan.wa.us/
    • County Seat for Chelan:   Wenatchee
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bridgeport   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bridgeport.
      • Azwell
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Azwell is located in Chelan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azwell
      • Chelan Station
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Chelan Station is located in Chelan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelan Station
      • Chelan
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Chelan Falls
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Chelan Hills
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Lake Chelan Hills is located in Chelan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Chelan Hills
      • Lakeside
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Lakeside is located in Chelan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
      • Manson
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Sunnybank
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Sunnybank is located in Chelan County
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      • Greens Landing
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Greens Landing is located in Chelan County
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      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Stayman
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Stayman is located in Chelan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stayman
        • Hollywood Beach
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Hollywood Beach is located in Chelan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood Beach
        • Shrine Beach
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Shrine Beach is located in Chelan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrine Beach
        • Maplecreek
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Maplecreek is located in Chelan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplecreek
        • Granite Falls
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Granite Falls is located in Chelan County
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        • Winesap
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Winesap is located in Chelan County
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  • Grant County
  • Okanogan County

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- Bridgeport) 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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