Nearest Communities to Govan,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Govan, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Govan:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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 from Govan.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Govan is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Lincoln County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lincoln County: Adams, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan, Spokane, Stevens & Whitman.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 50 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Govan. Of these communities, 32 are located in counties other than Lincoln County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Govan (which is Lincoln 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 Govan
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Lincoln County (where Govan resides)
- County Website: https://www.lincolncountywa.com/
- County Seat for Lincoln: Davenport
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Govan ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Govan.
- Wilbur
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Almira
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hesseltine ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hesseltine is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesseltine
- Bagdad Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bagdad Junction is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad Junction
- Sherman ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sherman is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Creston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lincoln
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lincoln is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Telford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Telford is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telford
- Seven Bays
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Seven Bays is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Bays
- Deer Meadows
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Meadows is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Meadows
- Earl
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Earl is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Rocklyn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rocklyn is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklyn
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Fort Spokane
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Spokane is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spokane
- Irby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Irby is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irby
- Miles
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Miles is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
- Odessa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Nemo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Nemo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Lamona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lamona is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamona
- Douglas County
- County Website: https://www.douglascountywa.net/
- County Seat for Douglas: Waterville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Govan ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Govan.
- Coulee Dam
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crown Point Vista
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crown Point Vista is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Point Vista
- Dry Falls Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dry Falls Junction is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Falls Junction
- Mold ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mold is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mold
- Sims Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sims Corner is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Corner
- Osborne Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Osborne Corner is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne Corner
- Saint Andrews
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Andrews is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
- Leahy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leahy is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leahy
- Ferry County
- County Website: https://www.ferry-county.com/
- County Seat for Ferry: Republic
- Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Govan ...
- Keller
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Grant County
- County Website: https://www.grantcountywa.gov/
- County Seat for Grant: Ephrata
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Govan ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Govan.
- Hanson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hanson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanson
- Hartline
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- East Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Heights is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Heights
- Osborne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Osborne is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
- Delano Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Delano Heights is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano Heights
- Electric City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Coulee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fordair
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fordair is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordair
- Odair
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Odair is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odair
- Banks Lake South
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Banks Lake South is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks Lake South
- Coulee City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Krupp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Krupp is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krupp
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Marlin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Marlin is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlin
- Wilson Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bacon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bacon is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
- Stratford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stratford is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
- Okanogan County
- County Website: https://okanogancounty.org/
- County Seat for Okanogan: Okanogan
- Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Govan ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Govan.
- Mason City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mason City is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason City
- Elmer City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lone Pine
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lone Pine is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Koontzville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Koontzville is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontzville
- Seatons Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Seatons Grove is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seatons Grove
- Belvedere
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Belvedere is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
- Nespelem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Nespelem is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nespelem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
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- Govan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Govan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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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