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Nearest Communities to Castle Rock,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.<1>

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

Castle Rock is located in Cowlitz County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cowlitz County: Columbia (OR), Clark, Lewis, Skamania & Wahkiakum.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 163 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Castle Rock. Of these communities, 121 are located in counties other than Cowlitz 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 Castle Rock (which is Cowlitz 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 Castle Rock

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

  • Cowlitz County   (where Castle Rock resides)
  • Clark County
    • County Website:   https://clark.wa.gov/
    • County Seat for Clark:   Vancouver
    • Note: The Columbia River runs along the western and southern borders of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Castle Rock   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Castle Rock.
      • Woodland
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Hayes
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Hayes is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes
      • Etna
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Hall
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Hall is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
      • Highland
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Highland is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
      • Pine Grove
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Pine Grove is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
      • Cedarville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Cedarville is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
      • Dayton
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Dayton is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
      • Cathlapotle ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Cathlapotle is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathlapotle
      • La Center
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Lewis County
  • Pacific County
  • Wahkiakum County
  • Clatsop County
  • Columbia County
    • County Website:   https://www.columbiacountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Columbia:   Saint Helens (OR)
    • Note: The Columbia River runs along the northern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Castle Rock   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Castle Rock.
      • Rainier
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Rainier is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainier
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,021 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rainier <3>
      • West Rainier
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • West Rainier is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rainier
      • Downing
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Downing is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
      • Mayger
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Hudson ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Hudson is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
      • Lindbergh
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Lindbergh is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindbergh
      • Alston
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Alston is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alston
      • Locoda
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Locoda is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locoda
      • Delena
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Delena is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delena
      • Beaver Springs
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Fern Hill
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Fern Hill is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Hill
      • Prescott
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Prescott is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
      • Continue List   (30 more) ...
        • Quincy
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Trojan
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
          • Trojan is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trojan
        • Inglis
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Inglis is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglis
        • Kyser ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Kyser is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyser
        • Goble
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Apiary ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Apiary is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apiary
        • Reuben
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Clatskanie
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Swedetown
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Swedetown is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown
        • Clatskanie Heights
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Clatskanie Heights is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clatskanie Heights
        • Marshland
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Marshland is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshland
        • Woodson
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Woodson is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodson
        • Canaan
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Canaan is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
        • Deer Island
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Kerry
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Kerry is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerry
        • Natal
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Natal is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natal
        • Waterview
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Waterview is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterview
        • Mist
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Mist is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mist
        • Columbia City
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Trenholm
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Trenholm is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenholm
        • Fishhawk ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Columbia Heights
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Columbia Heights is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Heights
        • Yankton
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Yankton is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankton
        • Birkenfeld
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Birkenfeld is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birkenfeld
        • Pittsburg
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Bachelor Flat ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Bachelor Flat is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor Flat
        • Saint Helens
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • West Saint Helens
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • West Saint Helens is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Saint Helens
        • Neverstill
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Neverstill is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neverstill
        • McNulty
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • McNulty is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNulty

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Castle Rock) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.