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Nearest Communities to Ellensburg,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.

Please note 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.

Ellensburg is located in Kittitas County and is the County Seat.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kittitas County: Chelan, Douglas, Grant, King, Pierce & Yakima.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 70 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ellensburg. Of these communities, 38 are located in counties other than Kittitas 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 Ellensburg (which is Kittitas 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 Ellensburg

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

  • Kittitas County   (where Ellensburg resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.kittitas.wa.us/
    • County Seat for Kittitas:   Ellensburg
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ellensburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ellensburg.
      • Regal
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Regal is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regal
      • Holmes
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Holmes is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes
      • Thrall
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Thrall is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrall
      • Kittitas
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Edgemont
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Edgemont is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont
      • Thorp
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • East Kittitas
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • East Kittitas is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kittitas
      • Umtanum
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Umtanum is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umtanum
      • Renslow
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Renslow is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renslow
      • Wymer
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Wymer is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wymer
      • Horlick
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Horlick is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horlick
      • Boylston
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Boylston is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boylston
      • Continue List   (20 more) ...
  • Chelan County
  • Grant County
  • 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 Ellensburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ellensburg.
      • Wenas
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Wenas is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenas
      • Naches
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Pomona
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Pomona is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
      • Nile
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Nile is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nile
      • Tasker
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Tasker is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasker
      • Tieton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Pinecliff
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Pinecliff is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecliff
      • Cowiche
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • East Selah
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • East Selah is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Selah
      • Eschbach
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Eschbach is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eschbach
      • Gleed
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Holtzinger
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Holtzinger is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holtzinger
      • Continue List   (20 more) ...
        • Pomona Heights
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Pomona Heights is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona Heights
        • Selah
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Cliffdell
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Cliffdell is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffdell
        • Brace
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Brace is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brace
        • Weikel
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Weikel is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weikel
        • Fruitvale
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Fruitvale is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
        • Terrace Heights
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Terrace Heights is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Heights
        • Washington Park
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Washington Park is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Park
        • Yakima
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Elliott Ave
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Elliott Ave is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Ave
        • Summitview
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Summitview is located in Yakima County
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        • West Valley
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • West Valley is located in Yakima County
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        • American River
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • American River is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American River
        • Birchfield
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Birchfield is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchfield
        • Gromore
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Harwood
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Harwood is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood
        • South Broadway
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • South Broadway is located in Yakima County
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        • Tietonview Grange
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Tietonview Grange is located in Yakima County
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        • Ahtanum
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Union Gap
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ellensburg) 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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