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Nearest Communities to Laing,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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 east 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.<1>

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


Laing is located in Grant County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Grant County: Adams, Benton, Douglas, Franklin, Kittitas, Lincoln, Okanogan & Yakima.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 60 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Laing. Of these communities, 31 are located in counties other than Grant 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 Laing (which is Grant 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 Laing

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

  • Grant County   (where Laing resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.grantcountywa.gov/
    • County Seat for Grant:   Ephrata
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Laing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Laing.
      • Barham
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Barham is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barham
      • Tiflis
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Tiflis is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiflis
      • Ruff
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Ruff is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruff
      • Atwood
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Atwood is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
      • Ritell
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Ritell is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritell
      • Bassett Junction
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Bassett Junction is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett Junction
      • Wheeler
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Wheeler is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
      • Sieler
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Sieler is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sieler
      • McDonald
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • McDonald is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
      • Mitchell
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Mitchell is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
      • Warden
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • West Warden
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • West Warden is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warden
      • Continue List   (17 more) ...
        • Moses Lake
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Cascade Valley
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
          • Cascade Valley is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Valley
        • Westlake
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
          • Westlake is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
        • Gloyd
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Gloyd is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloyd
        • Mae
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Mae is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mae
        • Krupp
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Krupp is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krupp
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
        • Marlin
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Marlin is located in Grant County
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        • Wilson Creek
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Stratford
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Stratford is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
        • Adco
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Adco is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adco
        • Ephrata
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Lakeview Park
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Lakeview Park is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Park
        • Lakeview
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Lakeview is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
        • Soap Lake
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Corfu
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Corfu is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corfu
        • Naylor
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Naylor is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylor
        • Bacon
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Bacon is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
  • Adams County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.adams.wa.us/
    • County Seat for Adams:   Ritzville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Laing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Laing.
      • Warden Hutterian Brethren
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Weber
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Weber is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber
      • Schrag
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Schrag is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schrag
      • Moody
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Moody is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
      • Batum
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Batum is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batum
      • Roxboro
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Roxboro is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxboro
      • Lauer
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Lauer is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauer
      • Novara
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Novara is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novara
      • Reiman
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Reiman is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reiman
      • Servia
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Servia is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
      • Bruce
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Bruce is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
      • Jantz
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Jantz is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jantz
      • Continue List   (13 more) ...
        • Othello
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Beatrice
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Beatrice is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatrice
        • Providence
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Providence is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
        • Schoonover
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Schoonover is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoonover
        • Koren
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Koren is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koren
        • Lind
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Cunningham
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Shano
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Shano is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shano
        • Hatton
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Packard ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Packard is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard
        • Paha ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Paha is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paha
        • Marcellus
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Marcellus is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcellus
        • Pizarro
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Pizarro is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pizarro
  • Franklin County
  • Lincoln County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Laing) 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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