Nearest Communities to Kosmos,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Kosmos, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Kosmos:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 starting from Kosmos.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Kosmos is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Lewis County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lewis County: Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Pacific, Pierce, Skamania, Thurston, Wahkiakum & Yakima.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Kosmos. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Lewis 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 Kosmos (which is Lewis 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 Kosmos
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Lewis County (where Kosmos resides)
- County Website: https://lewiscountywa.gov/
- County Seat for Lewis: Chehalis
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kosmos ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kosmos.
- Glenoma
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cispus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cispus is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cispus
- Nesika
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Nesika is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesika
- Morton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alta Vista
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Alta Vista is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Vista
- Riffe ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Riffe is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riffe
- Swofford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Swofford is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swofford
- Randle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Vance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Vance is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Ajlune
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ajlune is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajlune
- Siler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Siler is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siler
- Bremer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bremer is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremer
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Silver Brook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Silver Brook is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Brook
- Carlson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Carlson is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlson
- Harmony
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Harmony is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Mossyrock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mineral
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Winston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Winston is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Cinebar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wilson is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Mayfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mayfield is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
- Cora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cora is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
- Silver Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Salkum
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Alpha
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Alpha is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Lacamas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lacamas is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacamas
- Packwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Onalaska
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ethel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Phillips
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Phillips is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
- Marys Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Marys Corner is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Corner
- Cowlitz County
- County Website: https://www.co.cowlitz.wa.us/
- County Seat for Cowlitz: Kelso
- Note: The Columbia River runs along the southwestern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kosmos ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kosmos.
- Saint Helens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Helens is located in Cowlitz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Helens
- Harrington Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harrington Place is located in Cowlitz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington Place
- Kid Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kid Valley is located in Cowlitz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kid Valley
- Sightly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sightly is located in Cowlitz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sightly
- Toutle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pierce County
- County Website: https://www.piercecountywa.gov/
- County Seat for Pierce: Tacoma
- Note: The northwestern boundary of the county is on Pudget Sound
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kosmos ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kosmos.
- Elbe
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- National
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- National is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National
- Park Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Park Junction is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Junction
- Ashford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Reliance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Reliance is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Alder
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Alder is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder
- New Reliance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- New Reliance is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Reliance
- La Grande
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Longmire
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Eatonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Eatonville Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Eatonville Junction is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eatonville Junction
- Ohop Bob
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ohop Bob is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohop Bob
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Nisqually Vista
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nisqually Vista is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nisqually Vista
- Clay City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Clay City is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
- Surprise Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Surprise Valley is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise Valley
- Paradise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paradise is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Ohop
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ohop is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohop
- Skamania County
- County Website: https://www.skamaniacounty.org/
- County Seat for Skamania: Stevenson
- Note: The Columbia River runs along the southern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kosmos ...
- Harmony Falls Landing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kosmos) 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 Kosmos, 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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