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Nearest Communities to Kewa,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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.

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

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


Kewa is located in Ferry County.

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ferry County: Lincoln, Okanogan & Stevens.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 54 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Kewa. Of these communities, 45 are located in counties other than Ferry 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 Kewa (which is Ferry 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 Kewa

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

  • Ferry County   (where Kewa resides)
    • 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 Kewa   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kewa.
      • Covada
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Covada is located in Ferry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covada
      • Meteor
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Meteor is located in Ferry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meteor
      • Impach
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Impach is located in Ferry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Impach
      • Inchelium
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Hazelmere ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Hazelmere is located in Ferry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelmere
      • Keller
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Beulah ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Beulah is located in Ferry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
      • West Fork
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • West Fork is located in Ferry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fork
      • Harter
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Harter is located in Ferry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harter
  • Lincoln County
    • County Website:   https://www.lincolncountywa.com/
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   Davenport
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kewa   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kewa.
      • Fort Spokane
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Fort Spokane is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spokane
      • Miles
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Miles is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
      • Deer Meadows
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Deer Meadows is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Meadows
      • Seven Bays
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Seven Bays is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Bays
      • Lincoln
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Lincoln is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
      • Sherman ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Sherman is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
      • Little Falls
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Little Falls is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Falls
  • Stevens County
    • County Website:   https://www.stevenscountywa.gov/
    • County Seat for Stevens:   Colville
    • Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kewa   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kewa.
      • Bissel
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Bissel is located in Stevens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bissel
      • Cedonia
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Cedonia is located in Stevens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedonia
      • Hunters
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Edendale ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Edendale is located in Stevens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edendale
      • Gifford
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Fruitland
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Daisy
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Daisy is located in Stevens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
      • Maud
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Maud is located in Stevens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
      • Turk
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Turk is located in Stevens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turk
      • Waterloo
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Waterloo is located in Stevens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
      • Enterprise
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Enterprise is located in Stevens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
      • Schmidt ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Schmidt is located in Stevens County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schmidt
      • Continue List   (26 more) ...
        • Deer Trail
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Deer Trail is located in Stevens County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Trail
        • Rice
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • Rice is located in Stevens County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
        • Carrs Corner
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Carrs Corner is located in Stevens County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrs Corner
        • Harvey ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Harvey is located in Stevens County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
        • Arzina
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Arzina is located in Stevens County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arzina
        • Bluecreek
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Bluecreek is located in Stevens County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluecreek
        • Waits
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Waits is located in Stevens County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits
        • Camas
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Camas is located in Stevens County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camas
        • Addy
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Grays
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Grays is located in Stevens County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays
        • Kulzer
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Kulzer is located in Stevens County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kulzer
        • Valley
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Arden
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Arden is located in Stevens County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
        • Wellpinit
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Wellpinit is located in Stevens County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellpinit
        • Chewelah
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Cline
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Cline is located in Stevens County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cline
        • Springdale
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Orin
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Orin is located in Stevens County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orin
        • Cozy Nook
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Cozy Nook is located in Stevens County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozy Nook
        • Fairview
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Fairview is located in Stevens County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
        • Greenwood
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Greenwood is located in Stevens County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
        • Kettle Falls
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Colville
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Ford
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Blue Town ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Blue Town is located in Stevens County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Town
        • Ward
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Ward is located in Stevens County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward

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- Kewa) 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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