Nearest Communities to Cottonwood Beach,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Cottonwood Beach, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Cottonwood Beach:
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.
Cottonwood Beach is located in Whatcom County.
The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Whatcom County: Okanogan, San Juan & Skagit.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 119 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Cottonwood Beach. Of these communities, 40 are located in counties other than Whatcom 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 Cottonwood Beach (which is Whatcom 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 Cottonwood Beach
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Whatcom County (where Cottonwood Beach resides)
- 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 Cottonwood Beach ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cottonwood Beach.
- Birch Bay Circle Grange
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hillsdale
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Whatcom County
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- Birch Bay
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Blaine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Semiahmoo ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Semiahmoo is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Semiahmoo
- Pleasant Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Whatcom County
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- Haynie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Haynie is located in Whatcom County
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- Kickerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kickerville is located in Whatcom County
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- Custer
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mountain View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Neptune Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Neptune Beach is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune Beach
- Ferndale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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- Delta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Delta is located in Whatcom County
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- Lummi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lummi is located in Whatcom County
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- Brennan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brennan is located in Whatcom County
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- Lynden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Laurel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Laurel is located in Whatcom County
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- Marietta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Marietta is located in Whatcom County
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- Maple Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Maple Beach is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
- Point Roberts
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- South Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- South Beach is located in Whatcom County
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- Greenwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Greenwood is located in Whatcom County
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- Northwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Northwood is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
- Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Beach is located in Whatcom County
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- Lummi Island
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Alderwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alderwood is located in Whatcom County
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- Birchwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Birchwood is located in Whatcom County
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- Parkview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parkview is located in Whatcom County
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- Victor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Victor is located in Whatcom County
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- Bellingham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dewey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dewey is located in Whatcom County
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- Van Wyck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Van Wyck is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Wyck
- Washington Colony ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Washington Colony is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Colony
- Everson
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hampton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hampton is located in Whatcom County
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- Strandell
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Strandell is located in Whatcom County
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- Alabama Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Alabama Hill is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama Hill
- Eureka
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Eureka is located in Whatcom County
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- Noon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Noon is located in Whatcom County
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- Roosevelt
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Roosevelt is located in Whatcom County
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- Clearbrook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Clearbrook is located in Whatcom County
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- Goshen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Goshen is located in Whatcom County
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- Nooksack
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Nooksack is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nooksack
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,659 people
- Wahl
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wahl is located in Whatcom County
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- Edgemoor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Edgemoor is located in Whatcom County
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- Fairhaven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fairhaven is located in Whatcom County
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- Forest Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Ridge is located in Whatcom County
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- Lakeway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeway is located in Whatcom County
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- Silver Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Beach is located in Whatcom County
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- South Bellingham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Bellingham is located in Whatcom County
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- Chuckanut Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chuckanut Village is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckanut Village
- Geneva
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Geneva is located in Whatcom County
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- Happy Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Happy Valley is located in Whatcom County
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- Larson Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Larson Mill is located in Whatcom County
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- Lawrence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lawrence is located in Whatcom County
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- Cedarville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cedarville is located in Whatcom County
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- Nugents Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Nugents Corner is located in Whatcom County
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- Sumas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Agate Bay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Agate Bay is located in Whatcom County
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- Chuckanut
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chuckanut is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckanut
- Sudden Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sudden Valley is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudden Valley
- Sunnyside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Whatcom County
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- Deming
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Balford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Balford is located in Whatcom County
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- Columbia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Columbia is located in Whatcom County
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- Limestone Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Limestone Junction is located in Whatcom County
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- Peaceful Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Peaceful Valley is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Valley
- Van Zandt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Van Zandt is located in Whatcom County
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- Welcome
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Welcome is located in Whatcom County
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- Kendall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kendall is located in Whatcom County
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- Kulshan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kulshan is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kulshan
- Nooksack Salmon Hatchery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Blue Canyon ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Canyon is located in Whatcom County
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- Clipper
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clipper is located in Whatcom County
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- Comar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Comar is located in Whatcom County
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- Standard Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Standard Crossing is located in Whatcom County
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- Acme
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Saxon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saxon is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxon
- San Juan County
- County Website: https://www.sanjuancountywa.gov/
- County Seat for San Juan: Friday Harbor
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cottonwood Beach ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cottonwood Beach.
- Buckhorn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Buckhorn is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Eastsound
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Camp Orkila
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Orkila is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Orkila
- Sea Acre
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sea Acre is located in San Juan County
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- Beach Haven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Beach Haven is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven
- West Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Beach is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Beach
- Doe Bay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Doe Bay is located in San Juan County
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- Rosario
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rosario is located in San Juan County
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- Waldron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Waldron is located in San Juan County
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- Dolphin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Dolphin is located in San Juan County
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- Olga
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Sound
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- West Sound is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sound
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- Deer Harbor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Orcas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Shaw Island
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Shaw Island is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw Island
- Thatcher
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Thatcher is located in San Juan County
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- Prevost
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prevost is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prevost
- Port Stanley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Port Stanley is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Stanley
- Roche Harbor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur Island
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lopez
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lopez is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lopez
- Lakedale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lakedale is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakedale
- Friday Harbor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lopez Island
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lopez Island is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lopez Island
- Yacht Haven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yacht Haven is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yacht Haven
- Skagit County
- 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 Cottonwood Beach ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cottonwood Beach.
- Urban
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Urban is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban
- Indian Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Indian Village is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- North Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Beach is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Beach
- Samish Island
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Samish Island is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samish Island
- Atlanta ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Atlanta is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
- Samish
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Samish is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samish
- Guemes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Guemes is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guemes
- Blanchard ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blanchard is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
- Cap Sante
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cap Sante is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cap Sante
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Alger
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alger is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alger
- Edison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edison is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Anacortes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Edison Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Edison Station is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison Station
- Equality ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Equality is located in Skagit County
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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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cottonwood Beach) 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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