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Nearest Communities to Leon,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Leon.<1>

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

Leon 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 145 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Leon. Of these communities, 110 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 Leon (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 Leon

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

  • Whitman County   (where Leon resides)
    • County Website:   https://whitmancounty.org/
    • County Seat for Whitman:   Colfax
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Leon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Leon.
      • Uniontown
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Colton
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Johnson
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Johnson is located in Whitman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
      • Chambers
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Staley
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Alpowa
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Alpowa is located in Whitman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpowa
      • Moses
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Moses is located in Whitman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moses
      • Wilma ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Wilma is located in Whitman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilma
      • Busby
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Busby is located in Whitman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby
      • Sunshine
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Sunshine is located in Whitman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
      • Pullman Junction
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Pullman Junction is located in Whitman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullman Junction
      • Whitlow
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Whitlow is located in Whitman County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlow
      • Continue List   (23 more) ...
        • Pullman
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Kitzmiller
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • Kitzmiller is located in Whitman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitzmiller
        • Whelan
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Whelan is located in Whitman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whelan
        • Armstrong
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Armstrong is located in Whitman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
        • Ewartsville
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Ewartsville is located in Whitman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewartsville
        • Wawawai ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Wawawai is located in Whitman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawawai
        • Madson
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Madson is located in Whitman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madson
        • Albion
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Union Center
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Union Center is located in Whitman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
        • Fallon
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Fallon is located in Whitman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
        • Shawnee
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Ringo
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Ringo is located in Whitman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringo
        • Almota
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Parvin
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Parvin is located in Whitman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parvin
        • Lairds
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Lairds is located in Whitman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lairds
        • Palouse
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Risbeck
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Risbeck is located in Whitman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risbeck
        • Colfax
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Wilcox
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Wilcox is located in Whitman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox
        • Swift
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Swift is located in Whitman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
        • Grinnell
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Glenwood
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Mockonema
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Mockonema is located in Whitman County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockonema
  • Asotin County
  • Garfield County
    • County Website:   https://www.garfieldcountywa.gov/
    • County Seat for Garfield:   Pomeroy
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Leon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Leon.
      • Kirby
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Kirby is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
      • Unfried ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Unfried is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unfried
      • Mayview
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Mentor
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Mentor is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
      • Illia
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Illia is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illia
      • Pataha
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Gould City
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Gould City is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould City
      • Peola
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pomeroy
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Rose Springs
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Rose Springs is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Springs
  • Latah County
    • County Website:   https://latahcountyid.gov/
    • County Seat for Latah:   Moscow (ID)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Leon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Leon.
      • Genesee
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Blaine
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Blaine is located in Latah County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
      • Lenville
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lidyville ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Lidyville is located in Latah County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lidyville
      • Moscow
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Moscow is located in Latah County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,128 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <3>
      • Cornwall
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Cornwall is located in Latah County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
      • Joel
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Joel is located in Latah County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joel
      • Juliaetta
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Estes
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Estes is located in Latah County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estes
      • Howell
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Bovard ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Bovard is located in Latah County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
      • Kendrick
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Continue List   (22 more) ...
        • Troy
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Troy is located in Latah County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 913 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <3>
        • Buswell ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Buswell is located in Latah County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buswell
        • Advent Hollow ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Advent Hollow is located in Latah County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advent Hollow
        • Viola
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Nora
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Nora is located in Latah County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
        • Aspendale
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Aspendale is located in Latah County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspendale
        • Linden
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Hampton
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Hampton is located in Latah County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
        • Potlatch Junction
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Potlatch
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Stanford
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Stanford is located in Latah County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
        • Yale ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Yale is located in Latah County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
        • Onaway
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Onaway is located in Latah County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onaway
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
        • Princeton
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Avon
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Avon is located in Latah County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
        • Vassar
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Vassar is located in Latah County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vassar
        • Freeze
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Chambers ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Chambers is located in Latah County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
        • Deary
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Deary is located in Latah County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deary
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deary <3>
        • Crescent
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Crescent is located in Latah County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
        • Yellow Dog ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Yellow Dog is located in Latah County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Dog
        • Harvard
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lewis County
    • County Website:   http://www.lewiscountyid.us/
    • County Seat for Lewis:   Nezperce (ID)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Leon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Leon.
      • Slickpoo
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Kippen
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Kippen is located in Lewis County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kippen
      • Reubens
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Ruebens
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Woodside ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Woodside is located in Lewis County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
      • Winchester
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Clicks
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Clicks is located in Lewis County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clicks
      • Craig Junction
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Craig Junction is located in Lewis County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Junction
  • Nez Perce County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.nezperce.id.us/
    • County Seat for Nez Perce:   Lewiston (ID)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Leon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Leon.
      • Leon
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • North Lewiston
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • North Lewiston is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lewiston
      • Transfer
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Transfer is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Transfer
      • Hatwai
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Hatwai is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatwai
      • Forebay
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Forebay is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forebay
      • Gurney
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Gurney is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurney
      • Valley View Heights
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Valley View Heights is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View Heights
      • Lewiston
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Lewiston Orchards
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Lewiston Orchards is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston Orchards
      • Joseph
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Joseph is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph
      • North Lapwai
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Spalding
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Continue List   (30 more) ...
        • Arrow
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • Arrow is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow
        • Lapwai
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Myrtle
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Myrtle is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
        • Sweetwater
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Webb
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Webb is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
        • Cherrylane
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Bundy
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Bundy is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bundy
        • Jacques
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Jacques is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacques
        • Snow ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Snow is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow
        • Leland
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Leland is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
        • Culdesac
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Culdesac is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culdesac
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Culdesac <3>
        • Agatha
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Agatha is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agatha
        • Cameron
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Willola
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Willola is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willola
        • Gifford
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Gifford is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
        • Lenore
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Waha
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Eugene
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Eugene is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
        • Taney ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Taney is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taney
        • Fairburn ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Fairburn is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairburn
        • Beeman
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Beeman is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeman
        • Big George
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Big George is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big George
        • German Settlement
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • German Settlement is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Settlement
        • Taplin
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Taplin is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taplin
        • Chesley ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Southwick
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Southwick is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwick
        • Cavendish
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Melrose
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Melrose is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
        • Peck
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Woodside
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Woodside is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Leon) 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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