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Nearest Communities to Grandview,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Grandview.<1>

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

Grandview is located in Yakima County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Yakima County: Benton, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lewis, Pierce & Skamania.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 61 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Grandview. Of these communities, 33 are located in counties other than Yakima 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 Grandview (which is Yakima 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 Grandview

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

  • Yakima County   (where Grandview resides)
    • 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 Grandview   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Grandview.
      • Blacks Corner
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
        • Blacks Corner is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacks Corner
      • Lichty
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Lichty is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lichty
      • Byron
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Givens Corner
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Givens Corner is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Givens Corner
      • Midvale
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Midvale is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
      • Mabton
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunnyside
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Emerald
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Emerald is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald
      • Outlook
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Satus
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Satus is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satus
      • Nass
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Nass is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nass
      • Liberty
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Liberty is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
      • Continue List   (16 more) ...
        • Granger
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Alfalfa
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Alfalfa is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfalfa
        • Blackrock ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Blackrock is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackrock
        • Zillah
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Toppenish
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Buena
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Wesley Junction
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Wesley Junction is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Junction
        • Flint
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Flint is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
        • Sawyer
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Sawyer is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
        • Yethonat
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Yethonat is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yethonat
        • Donald
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Donald is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
        • Wapato
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Ashue
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Ashue is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashue
        • Artesian
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Artesian is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesian
        • Moxee City
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Moxee City is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxee City
        • Venner
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Venner is located in Yakima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venner
  • Benton County
    • County Website:   https://www.bentoncountywa.gov/
    • County Seat for Benton:   Prosser
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Grandview   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Grandview.
      • Apricot
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Apricot is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apricot
      • North Prosser
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • North Prosser is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Prosser
      • Kinneyville ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Kinneyville is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinneyville
      • Prosser
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Whitstran
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Whitstran is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitstran
      • Gibbon
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Gibbon is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbon
      • Chaffee
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Chaffee is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaffee
      • Benton City
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Kiona ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Kiona is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiona
      • Horse Heaven
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Horse Heaven is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Heaven
      • Paterson
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Badger
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Badger is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
      • Continue List   (10 more) ...
        • West Richland
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Ethel
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Ethel is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
        • Susie
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Susie is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susie
        • Whitcomb
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Whitcomb is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitcomb
        • Pearl
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Pearl is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
        • Richland
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Audrey
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Audrey is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audrey
        • Helen
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Helen is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen
        • Willa
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Willa is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willa
        • Ruby
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Ruby is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
  • Grant County
  • Klickitat County
  • Morrow County
    • County Website:   https://www.morrowcountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Morrow:   Heppner (OR)
    • Note: The Columbia River runs along the northern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Grandview   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Grandview.
      • Castle
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Castle is located in Morrow County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
      • Messner
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Messner is located in Morrow County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messner
      • Paterson Junction
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Paterson Junction is located in Morrow County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paterson Junction
      • Boardman
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Grandview) 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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