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Nearest Communities to Ginger,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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.


Ginger is located in Benton County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Benton County: Morrow (OR), Umatilla (OR), Franklin, Grant, Klickitat, Walla Walla & Yakima.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 60 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ginger. Of these communities, 37 are located in counties other than Benton 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 Ginger (which is Benton 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 Ginger

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

  • Benton County   (where Ginger resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.bentoncountywa.gov/
    • County Seat for Benton:   Prosser
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ginger   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ginger.
      • White Bluffs ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
        • White Bluffs is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Bluffs
      • Bettie
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • Bettie is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bettie
      • East White Bluffs
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
        • East White Bluffs is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East White Bluffs
      • Wahluke
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Wahluke is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahluke
      • Ruth
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Ruth is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
      • Nancy
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Nancy is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nancy
      • Pierce
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Pierce is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
      • Audrey
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Audrey is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audrey
      • Helen
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Helen is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen
      • Willa
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Willa is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willa
      • Edna
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Edna is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
      • Pearl
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Pearl is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Hanford ‑ Historic
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
          • Hanford is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanford
        • Ethel
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
          • Ethel is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
        • Susie
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
          • Susie is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susie
        • May Junction
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
          • May Junction is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Junction
        • Geneva Junction
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Geneva Junction is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva Junction
        • Ruby
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Ruby is located in Benton County
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        • West Richland
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Benton City
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Chaffee
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Chaffee is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaffee
        • Kiona ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Kiona is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiona
        • Richland
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Adams County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.adams.wa.us/
    • County Seat for Adams:   Ritzville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ginger   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ginger.
      • Othello
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Novara
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Novara is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novara
      • Koren
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Koren is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koren
      • Bruce
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Bruce is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
      • Shano
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Shano is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shano
  • Franklin County
    • County Website:   https://www.franklincountywa.gov/
    • County Seat for Franklin:   Pasco
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ginger   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ginger.
      • Basin City
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Mathews Corner
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Mathews Corner is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Corner
      • Mesa
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Mesa is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mesa <3>
      • Edwards
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Edwards is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
      • Frischnecht
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Frischnecht is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frischnecht
      • Cactus
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Cactus is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus
      • Schlomer
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Schlomer is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlomer
      • Eltopia
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Sagemoor
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Sagemoor is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagemoor
      • Connell
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Glade
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Glade is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
  • Grant County
    • County Website:   https://www.grantcountywa.gov/
    • County Seat for Grant:   Ephrata
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ginger   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ginger.
      • Corfu
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Corfu is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corfu
      • Smyrna
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Smyrna is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
      • Royal City
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jericho
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Jericho is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
      • Desert Aire
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Mattawa
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Beverly
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Schwana
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Schwana is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schwana
      • Wanapum Village
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Wanapum Village is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanapum Village
      • Low Gap
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Low Gap is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
      • West Warden
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • West Warden is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warden
      • Warden
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
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        • Mae
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Mae is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mae
        • Westlake
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Westlake is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
        • McDonald
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • McDonald is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
        • Sieler
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Sieler is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sieler
  • Kittitas County
  • Yakima 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ginger) 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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