Nearest Communities to Grinnell,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Grinnell, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Grinnell:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Grinnell is located in Whitman County.
The following 10 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Whitman County: Benewah (ID), Latah (ID), Nez Perce (ID), Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Lincoln & Spokane.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 136 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Grinnell. Of these communities, 64 are located in counties other than Whitman 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 Grinnell (which is Whitman 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 Grinnell
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Whitman County (where Grinnell resides)
- County Website: https://whitmancounty.org/
- County Seat for Whitman: Colfax
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- Nearest Communities to Grinnell ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Grinnell.
- Ladow
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ladow is located in Whitman County
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- Lairds
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lairds is located in Whitman County
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- Palouse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Garfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Walters
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Walters is located in Whitman County
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- Eden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ringo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ringo is located in Whitman County
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- Crabtree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crabtree is located in Whitman County
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- Elberton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Farmington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Belmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sokulk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sokulk is located in Whitman County
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- Fallon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fallon is located in Whitman County
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- Madson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Madson is located in Whitman County
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- Glenwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Robinson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Robinson is located in Whitman County
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- Whelan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Whelan is located in Whitman County
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- Parvin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Parvin is located in Whitman County
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- Seltice
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Warner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Warner is located in Whitman County
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- Oakesdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Risbeck
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Risbeck is located in Whitman County
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- Shawnee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Steptoe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kitzmiller
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kitzmiller is located in Whitman County
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- Albion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Colfax
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cashup
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cashup is located in Whitman County
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- Armstrong
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong is located in Whitman County
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- Manning
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Manning is located in Whitman County
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- Flaig
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flaig is located in Whitman County
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- Pullman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sunshine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sunshine is located in Whitman County
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- Harpole
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Harpole is located in Whitman County
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- Tekoa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pullman Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pullman Junction is located in Whitman County
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- Whitlow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Whitlow is located in Whitman County
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- Lone Pine
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- McCoy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- McCoy is located in Whitman County
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- Thornton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Thornton is located in Whitman County
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- Mockonema
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mockonema is located in Whitman County
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- Fairbanks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fairbanks is located in Whitman County
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- Willard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Busby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Busby is located in Whitman County
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- Wilma ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wilma is located in Whitman County
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- Union Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Union Center is located in Whitman County
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- Diamond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Diamond is located in Whitman County
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- Staley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Balder
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Balder is located in Whitman County
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- Donahue
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Donahue is located in Whitman County
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- Pandora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pandora is located in Whitman County
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- Ewartsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ewartsville is located in Whitman County
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- Sunset
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset is located in Whitman County
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- Chambers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wilcox
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wilcox is located in Whitman County
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- Thera
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Thera is located in Whitman County
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- Rosalia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Johnson is located in Whitman County
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- Huntley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Huntley is located in Whitman County
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- Juno
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Almota
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint John
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Malden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine City is located in Whitman County
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- Wawawai ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wawawai is located in Whitman County
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- Colton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kenova
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kenova is located in Whitman County
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- Endicott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lancaster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lancaster is located in Whitman County
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- Leon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Uniontown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dusty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dusty is located in Whitman County
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- Garfield County
- County Website: https://www.garfieldcountywa.gov/
- County Seat for Garfield: Pomeroy
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- Nearest Communities to Grinnell ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Grinnell.
- Illia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Illia is located in Garfield County
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- Mayview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spokane County
- County Website: https://www.spokanecounty.gov/
- County Seat for Spokane: Spokane
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Grinnell ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Grinnell.
- Wallner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wallner is located in Spokane County
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- Latah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rahm
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rahm is located in Spokane County
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- Stringtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Stringtown is located in Spokane County
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- North Pine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Pine is located in Spokane County
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- Waverly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Waverly is located in Spokane County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- West Fairfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Fairfield is located in Spokane County
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- Plaza
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plaza is located in Spokane County
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- Fairfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Benewah County
- County Website: https://www.benewahcountyid.gov/
- County Seat for Benewah: Saint Maries (ID)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Grinnell ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Grinnell.
- De Smet
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- De Smet is located in Benewah County (ID)
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- Tensed
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sanders
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sanders is located in Benewah County (ID)
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- Willard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Benewah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Benewah is located in Benewah County (ID)
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- North South Ski Bowl
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- North South Ski Bowl is located in Benewah County (ID)
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- Mowry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mowry is located in Benewah County (ID)
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- Emida
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Plummer Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Plummer Junction is located in Benewah County (ID)
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- Plummer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Alder Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alder Creek is located in Benewah County (ID)
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- Lotus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lotus is located in Benewah County (ID)
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- Rover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rover is located in Benewah County (ID)
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- Cardwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cardwell is located in Benewah County (ID)
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- Hawleys Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hawleys Landing is located in Benewah County (ID)
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- Mashburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mashburn is located in Benewah County (ID)
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- Pedee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pedee is located in Benewah County (ID)
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- Kootenai County
- Latah County
- County Website: https://latahcountyid.gov/
- County Seat for Latah: Moscow (ID)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Grinnell ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Grinnell.
- Jamestown ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown is located in Latah County (ID)
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- Yellow Dog ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Dog is located in Latah County (ID)
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- Cora
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Freeze
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Potlatch Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mountain Home ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Home is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Potlatch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Onaway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Onaway is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onaway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Buswell ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Buswell is located in Latah County (ID)
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- Viola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Advent Hollow ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Advent Hollow is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advent Hollow
- Hampton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hampton is located in Latah County (ID)
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- Princeton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Chambers ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Chambers is located in Latah County (ID)
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- Estes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Estes is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estes
- Harvard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Moscow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Yale ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Yale is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Howell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Joel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Joel is located in Latah County (ID)
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- Cornwall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cornwall is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Troy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blaine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Blaine is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Nora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nora is located in Latah County (ID)
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- Stanford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stanford is located in Latah County (ID)
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- Avon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Avon is located in Latah County (ID)
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- Vassar
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Vassar is located in Latah County (ID)
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- Lenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Deary
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bovard ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bovard is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Lidyville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lidyville is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lidyville
- Genesee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Helmer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Helmer is located in Latah County (ID)
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- Nez Perce County
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- Grinnell) 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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