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Nearest Communities to Corkindale,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.<1>

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


Corkindale is located in Skagit County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Skagit County: Chelan, Island, Okanogan, San Juan, Snohomish & Whatcom.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 33 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Corkindale. Of these communities, 17 are located in counties other than Skagit 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 Corkindale (which is Skagit 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 Corkindale

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

  • Skagit County   (where Corkindale resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.skagitcounty.net/
    • County Seat for Skagit:   Mount Vernon
    • Note: The western boundary of the county is on Pudget Sound
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Corkindale   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Corkindale.
      • Marblemount
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Rockport
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Portage
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Portage is located in Skagit County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
      • Sauk
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Sauk is located in Skagit County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauk
      • Nestos ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Nestos is located in Skagit County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nestos
      • Van Horn
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Van Horn is located in Skagit County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Horn
      • Concrete
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Mansford
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Mansford is located in Skagit County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansford
      • Grassmere
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Grassmere is located in Skagit County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassmere
      • Birdsview
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Birdsview is located in Skagit County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsview
      • Hamilton
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Hamilton Junction
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Hamilton Junction is located in Skagit County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Junction
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Lyman
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Day Creek
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Day Creek is located in Skagit County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Creek
        • Lake Cavanaugh
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Lake Cavanaugh is located in Skagit County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cavanaugh
        • Minkler
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Minkler is located in Skagit County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minkler
  • Snohomish County
    • County Website:   https://snohomishcountywa.gov/
    • County Seat for Snohomish:   Everett
    • Note: The western boundary of the county is on Pudget Sound
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Corkindale   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Corkindale.
      • Andron
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Andron is located in Snohomish County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andron
      • Darrington
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Barco
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Barco is located in Snohomish County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barco
      • Swede Heaven
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Swede Heaven is located in Snohomish County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swede Heaven
      • White Horse
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • White Horse is located in Snohomish County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
      • Fortson
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Fortson is located in Snohomish County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortson
      • Tulker
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Tulker is located in Snohomish County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulker
      • Hazel
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Hazel is located in Snohomish County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
      • Rowan
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Rowan is located in Snohomish County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowan
      • Halterman
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Halterman is located in Snohomish County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halterman
      • Oso
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Oso is located in Snohomish County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oso
      • Bedal
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Bedal is located in Snohomish County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedal
      • Cicero
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Cicero is located in Snohomish County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicero
      • Silverton
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Silverton is located in Snohomish County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverton
  • Whatcom County
    • County Website:   https://www.whatcomcounty.us/
    • County Seat for Whatcom:   Bellingham
    • Note: The western boundary of the county is on Pudget Sound and the Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Corkindale   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Corkindale.
      • Newhalem
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Newhalem is located in Whatcom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhalem
      • Diablo
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Diablo is located in Whatcom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diablo
      • Ruby ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Ruby is located in Whatcom County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Corkindale) 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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