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Nearest Communities to Brownstown,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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 starting from Brownstown.<1>

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

Brownstown 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 64 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Brownstown. Of these communities, 3 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 Brownstown (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 Brownstown

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

  • Yakima County   (where Brownstown 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 Brownstown   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Brownstown.
      • Rupple
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • Rupple is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupple
      • Harrah
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Farron
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Farron is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farron
      • Venner
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Venner is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venner
      • White Swan
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Ashue
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Ashue is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashue
      • Wapato
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Parker
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Yethonat
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Yethonat is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yethonat
      • Ahtanum
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Wiley City
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Wiley City is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiley City
      • South Broadway
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • South Broadway is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Broadway
      • Continue List   (49 more) ...
        • Donald
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Donald is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
        • Flint
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
          • Flint is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
        • Sawyer
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
          • Sawyer is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
        • Wesley Junction
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
          • Wesley Junction is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Junction
        • Harwood
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
          • Harwood is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood
        • West Valley
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
          • West Valley is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Valley
        • Union Gap
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Elliott Ave
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
          • Elliott Ave is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Ave
        • Gromore
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Summitview
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
          • Summitview is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitview
        • Tietonview Grange
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
          • Tietonview Grange is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tietonview Grange
        • Buena
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Toppenish
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Fruitvale
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • Fruitvale is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
        • Yakima
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Birchfield
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Birchfield is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchfield
        • Moxee City
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Moxee City is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxee City
        • Moxee
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Washington Park
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Washington Park is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
        • Brace
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
          • Brace is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brace
        • Artesian
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Artesian is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesian
        • Tampico
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Willy Dick Crossing
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Willy Dick Crossing is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willy Dick Crossing
        • Zillah
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Weikel
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • Weikel is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weikel
        • Terrace Heights
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Terrace Heights is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Heights
        • Gleed
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Selah
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Alfalfa
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Alfalfa is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfalfa
        • East Selah
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • East Selah is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Selah
        • Eschbach
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Eschbach is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eschbach
        • Pomona Heights
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Pomona Heights is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona Heights
        • Cowiche
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Holtzinger
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Holtzinger is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holtzinger
        • Granger
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Pomona
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Pomona is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
        • Tasker
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Tasker is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasker
        • Tieton
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Liberty
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Liberty is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
        • Nass
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Nass is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nass
        • Satus
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Satus is located in Yakima County
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        • Naches
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Outlook
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Emerald
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Emerald is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
        • Blackrock ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Blackrock is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackrock
        • Midvale
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Midvale is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
        • Sunnyside
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Givens Corner
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Givens Corner is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Givens Corner
        • Rimrock
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Rimrock is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimrock
  • Kittitas 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 from Point A (ie- Brownstown) 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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