Nearest Communities to Lairds,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Lairds, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Lairds:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
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.
Lairds 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 127 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lairds. Of these communities, 54 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 Lairds (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 Lairds
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Whitman County (where Lairds resides)
- County Website: https://whitmancounty.org/
- County Seat for Whitman: Colfax
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Lairds ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Lairds.
- Palouse
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Grinnell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Grinnell is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinnell
- Ringo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ringo is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringo
- Ladow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ladow is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladow
- Fallon
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fallon is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
- Madson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Madson is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madson
- Garfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elberton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elberton is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberton
- Walters
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Walters is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
- Eden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Eden is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Crabtree
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Crabtree is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree
- Whelan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Whelan is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whelan
- Continue List (61 more) ...
- Glenwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glenwood is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Parvin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Parvin is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parvin
- Shawnee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shawnee is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
- Kitzmiller
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Kitzmiller is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitzmiller
- Albion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Risbeck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Risbeck is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risbeck
- Belmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Farmington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sokulk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sokulk is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sokulk
- Armstrong
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Armstrong is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Robinson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Robinson is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Pullman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sunshine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sunshine is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Whitlow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Whitlow is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlow
- Colfax
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Steptoe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pullman Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pullman Junction is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullman Junction
- Busby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Busby is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
- Harpole
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Harpole is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpole
- Manning
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Manning is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Seltice
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Seltice is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seltice
- Warner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Warner is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner
- Oakesdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oakesdale is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakesdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Wilma ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wilma was located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilma
- Union Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Center is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Mockonema
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mockonema is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockonema
- Cashup
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cashup is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashup
- Staley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Staley is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staley
- Ewartsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ewartsville is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewartsville
- Diamond
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Diamond is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Flaig
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Flaig is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaig
- Chambers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Chambers is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
- Johnson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Johnson is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Thornton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Thornton is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Wilcox
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wilcox is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox
- Lone Pine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lone Pine is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Tekoa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- McCoy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- McCoy is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoy
- Fairbanks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fairbanks is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Willard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Willard is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Thera
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Thera is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thera
- Balder
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Balder is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balder
- Sunset
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Colton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Almota
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Almota is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almota
- Wawawai ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wawawai was located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawawai
- Pandora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pandora is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Donahue
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Donahue is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donahue
- Huntley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Huntley is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Rosalia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Uniontown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Juno
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Juno is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno
- Saint John
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Leon is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Dusty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dusty is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dusty
- Malden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pine City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pine City was located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Endicott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lancaster
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lancaster is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Kenova
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kenova is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenova
- Swift
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Swift is also located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
- Garfield County
- County Website: https://www.garfieldcountywa.gov/
- County Seat for Garfield: Pomeroy
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Lairds ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Lairds.
- Illia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Illia is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illia
- Mayview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mayview is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayview
- Spokane County
- County Website: https://www.spokanecounty.gov/
- County Seat for Spokane: Spokane
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Lairds ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Lairds.
- Wallner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wallner is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallner
- Latah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Spring Valley is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Stringtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Stringtown is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Rahm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rahm is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rahm
- North Pine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Pine is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pine
- Waverly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Waverly is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Benewah County
- County Website: https://www.benewahcountyid.gov/
- County Seat for Benewah: Saint Maries (ID)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Lairds ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Lairds.
- De Smet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- De Smet is located in Benewah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Smet
- Tensed
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sanders
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sanders is located in Benewah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders
- Willard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Willard is located in Benewah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- North South Ski Bowl
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- North South Ski Bowl is located in Benewah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North South Ski Bowl
- Benewah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Benewah is located in Benewah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benewah
- Emida
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Emida is located in Benewah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emida
- Mowry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mowry is located in Benewah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowry
- Plummer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Plummer is located in Benewah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Latah County
- County Website: https://latahcountyid.gov/
- County Seat for Latah: Moscow (ID)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Lairds ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Lairds.
- Yellow Dog ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Dog was located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Dog
- Viola
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jamestown ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown was located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Buswell ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buswell was located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buswell
- Potlatch Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Potlatch Junction is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potlatch Junction
- Freeze
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Freeze is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeze
- Advent Hollow ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Advent Hollow was located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advent Hollow
- Cora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cora is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
- 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
- Potlatch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Estes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Estes is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estes
- Mountain Home ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Home was located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- Hampton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hampton is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Princeton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Moscow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chambers ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Chambers was located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
- Harvard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cornwall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cornwall is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Howell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Howell is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Joel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Joel is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joel
- Yale ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Yale was located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
- Blaine
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Blaine is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Troy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Nora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nora is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Stanford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Stanford is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Vassar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Vassar is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vassar
- Lenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lenville is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenville
- Avon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Avon is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Bovard ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bovard was located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Lidyville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lidyville was located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lidyville
- Deary
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Genesee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Juliaetta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kendrick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Helmer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Helmer is located in Latah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmer
- Nez Perce County
- County Website: https://www.co.nezperce.id.us/
- County Seat for Nez Perce: Lewiston (ID)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Lairds ...
- Leon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Leon is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
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- Lairds) 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |