Nearest Communities to Cougar Valley,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Cougar Valley, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Cougar Valley:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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 Cougar Valley.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Cougar Valley 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 49 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Cougar Valley. Of these communities, 40 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 Cougar Valley (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 Cougar Valley
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Yakima County (where Cougar Valley 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 Cougar Valley ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cougar Valley.
- American River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- American River is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American River
- Goose Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Goose Prairie is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Prairie
- Cliffdell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cliffdell is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffdell
- Pinecliff
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pinecliff is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecliff
- Nile
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Nile is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nile
- Silver Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Silver Beach is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- White Pass
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rimrock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rimrock is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimrock
- Wenas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wenas is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenas
- King County
- County Website: https://kingcounty.gov/
- County Seat for King: Seattle
- Note: The western boundary of the county is on Pudget Sound
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cougar Valley ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cougar Valley.
- Lester ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lester is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Stampede
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Stampede is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stampede
- Nagrom
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Nagrom is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nagrom
- Maywood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Maywood is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Humphrey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Humphrey is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphrey
- Bandera
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bandera is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandera
- Rockdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rockdale is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Page
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Page is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
- Denny Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Denny Creek is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny Creek
- Lemolo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lemolo is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemolo
- Upper Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Upper Mill is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Mill
- Garcia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Garcia is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garcia
- Kittitas County
- County Website: https://www.co.kittitas.wa.us/
- County Seat for Kittitas: Ellensburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cougar Valley ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cougar Valley.
- Cabin Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cabin Creek is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
- Easton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lavender
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lavender is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Pine Glen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Glen is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Glen
- Martin
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Martin is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Whittier
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Whittier is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittier
- Nelson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Nelson is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Driftwood Acres
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Driftwood Acres is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood Acres
- Lakedale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lakedale is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakedale
- Ronald
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kachess Resort
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Kachess Resort is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kachess Resort
- Roslyn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
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- South Cle Elum
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cle Elum
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hyak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hyak is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyak
- Snoqualmie Pass
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Teanaway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Teanaway is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teanaway
- Bristol
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bristol is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Horlick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Horlick is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horlick
- Pierce County
- County Website: https://www.piercecountywa.gov/
- County Seat for Pierce: Tacoma
- Note: The northwestern boundary of the county is on Pudget Sound
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cougar Valley ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cougar Valley.
- Crystal Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Snoquera
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Snoquera is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snoquera
- Sunrise
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sunrise is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Greenwater
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nisqually Vista
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nisqually Vista is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nisqually Vista
- Paradise
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Longmire
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfax
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fairfax is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfax
- Upper Fairfax
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Upper Fairfax is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Fairfax
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- Cougar Valley) 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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