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Nearest Communities to Ephrata,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Ephrata.<1>

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

Ephrata is located in Grant County and is the County Seat.

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 58 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ephrata. Of these communities, 20 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 Ephrata (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 Ephrata

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

  • Grant County   (where Ephrata resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.grantcountywa.gov/
    • County Seat for Grant:   Ephrata
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ephrata   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ephrata.
      • Lakeview Park
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Lakeview Park is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Park
      • Lakeview
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Lakeview is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
      • Naylor
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Naylor is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylor
      • Soap Lake
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Winchester
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Winchester is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
      • Adco
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Adco is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adco
      • Gloyd
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Gloyd is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloyd
      • Stratford
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Mae
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Quincy
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bacon
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Bacon is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
      • Cascade Valley
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Cascade Valley is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Valley
      • Continue List   (26 more) ...
        • Mitchell
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Mitchell is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
        • Westlake
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Westlake is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
        • Adrian
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Adrian is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
        • Moses Lake
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Crater
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Crater is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crater
        • Wilson Creek
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • George
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Trinidad
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Trinidad is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinidad
        • Wheeler
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Wheeler is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
        • Coulee City
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • McDonald
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • McDonald is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
        • Banks Lake South
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Odair
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Odair is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odair
        • Sieler
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Sieler is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sieler
        • Fordair
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Fordair is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordair
        • Atwood
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Atwood is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
        • Low Gap
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Low Gap is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
        • Krupp
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Marlin
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Ruff
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Laing
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Laing is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laing
        • Royal City
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Bassett Junction
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Bassett Junction is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett Junction
        • Tiflis
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Tiflis is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiflis
        • Ritell
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Ritell is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritell
        • Barham
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Barham is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barham
  • Adams County
  • Chelan County
  • Douglas County
    • County Website:   https://www.douglascountywa.net/
    • County Seat for Douglas:   Waterville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ephrata   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ephrata.
      • McCarteney
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • McCarteney is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCarteney
      • Palisades
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Appledale
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Appledale is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appledale
      • Baird ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Baird is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
      • Saint Hubert ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Saint Hubert is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Hubert
      • Dry Falls Junction
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Dry Falls Junction is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Falls Junction
      • Farmer ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Farmer is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
      • Voltage
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Voltage is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voltage
      • Alstown
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Alstown is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstown
      • Jameson ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Jameson is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson
      • Saint Andrews
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Saint Andrews is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
      • Supplee
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Supplee is located in Douglas County
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      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
  • Kittitas County

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 from Point A (ie- Ephrata) 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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