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Nearest Communities to Desert Aire,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 starting from Desert Aire.<1>

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


Desert Aire is located in Grant County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Grant County: Adams, Benton, Douglas, Franklin, Kittitas, Lincoln, Okanogan & Yakima.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 80 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Desert Aire. Of these communities, 70 are located in counties other than Grant 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 Desert Aire (which is Grant 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 Desert Aire

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

  • Grant County   (where Desert Aire resides)
  • Benton County
    • County Website:   https://www.bentoncountywa.gov/
    • County Seat for Benton:   Prosser
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Desert Aire   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Desert Aire.
      • Audrey
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Audrey is located in Benton County
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      • Helen
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Helen is located in Benton County
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      • Susie
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Susie is located in Benton County
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      • Nancy
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Nancy is located in Benton County
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      • Ethel
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Ethel is located in Benton County
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      • Wahluke
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Wahluke is located in Benton County
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      • Bettie
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Bettie is located in Benton County
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      • Pearl
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Pearl is located in Benton County
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      • Ginger
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Ginger is located in Benton County
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      • White Bluffs ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • White Bluffs is located in Benton County
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      • Willa
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Willa is located in Benton County
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      • East White Bluffs
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • East White Bluffs is located in Benton County
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        • Pierce
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Pierce is located in Benton County
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        • Ruth
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Ruth is located in Benton County
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        • Edna
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Edna is located in Benton County
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        • Hanford ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Hanford is located in Benton County
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        • May Junction
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • May Junction is located in Benton County
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  • Kittitas County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.kittitas.wa.us/
    • County Seat for Kittitas:   Ellensburg
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    • Nearest Communities to Desert Aire   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Desert Aire.
      • Levering
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Levering is located in Kittitas County
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      • Beverly Junction
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Beverly Junction is located in Kittitas County
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      • Doris
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Doris is located in Kittitas County
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      • Rye
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Rye is located in Kittitas County
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      • Vantage
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Cheviot
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Cheviot is located in Kittitas County
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      • Boylston
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Boylston is located in Kittitas County
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      • Scammon Landing
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Scammon Landing is located in Kittitas County
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      • Hillside Siding
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
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        • Renslow
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Renslow is located in Kittitas County
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        • Roza
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Roza is located in Kittitas County
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        • Wymer
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Wymer is located in Kittitas County
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        • East Kittitas
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • East Kittitas is located in Kittitas County
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        • Umtanum
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Umtanum is located in Kittitas County
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        • Edgemont
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Edgemont is located in Kittitas County
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  • Yakima County
    • 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 Desert Aire   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Desert Aire.
      • Blackrock ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Blackrock is located in Yakima County
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      • Artesian
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Artesian is located in Yakima County
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      • Moxee City
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Moxee City is located in Yakima County
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      • Moxee
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Outlook
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Sunnyside
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Buena
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Liberty
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Liberty is located in Yakima County
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      • Zillah
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Birchfield
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Birchfield is located in Yakima County
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      • Terrace Heights
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Terrace Heights is located in Yakima County
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      • Donald
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Donald is located in Yakima County
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      • Continue List   (26 more) ...
        • Flint
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Flint is located in Yakima County
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        • Granger
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Nass
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Nass is located in Yakima County
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        • Sawyer
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Sawyer is located in Yakima County
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        • Pomona Heights
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Pomona Heights is located in Yakima County
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        • Pomona
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Pomona is located in Yakima County
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        • Emerald
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Emerald is located in Yakima County
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        • Lichty
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Lichty is located in Yakima County
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        • Wesley Junction
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Wesley Junction is located in Yakima County
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        • East Selah
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • East Selah is located in Yakima County
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        • Union Gap
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Washington Park
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Washington Park is located in Yakima County
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        • Blacks Corner
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Blacks Corner is located in Yakima County
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        • Midvale
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Midvale is located in Yakima County
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        • Alfalfa
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Alfalfa is located in Yakima County
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        • Parker
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Toppenish
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Wapato
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Yakima
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Grandview
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Yethonat
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Yethonat is located in Yakima County
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        • Selah
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • South Broadway
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • South Broadway is located in Yakima County
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        • Givens Corner
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Givens Corner is located in Yakima County
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        • Satus
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Satus is located in Yakima County
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        • Fruitvale
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Fruitvale is located in Yakima 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Desert Aire) 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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