RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Washington >> Grant County >> Marlin >> Nearby CommunitiesIndex...

Nearest Communities to Marlin,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

Please note 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.

Marlin 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 58 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Marlin. Of these communities, 25 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 Marlin (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 Marlin

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

  • Grant County   (where Marlin resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.grantcountywa.gov/
    • County Seat for Grant:   Ephrata
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Marlin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Marlin.
      • Krupp
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Wilson Creek
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Stratford
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Ruff
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Gloyd
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Gloyd is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloyd
      • Adco
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Adco is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adco
      • Bacon
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Bacon is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
      • Mitchell
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Mitchell is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
      • Coulee City
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Odair
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Odair is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odair
      • Hartline
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Banks Lake South
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Continue List   (21 more) ...
        • Fordair
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Fordair is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordair
        • Laing
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Laing is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laing
        • Wheeler
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Wheeler is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
        • Hanson
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Hanson is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanson
        • Atwood
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Atwood is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
        • Barham
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Barham is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barham
        • Tiflis
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Tiflis is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiflis
        • Moses Lake
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Soap Lake
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Cascade Valley
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Cascade Valley is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Valley
        • Lakeview Park
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Lakeview Park is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Park
        • Lakeview
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Lakeview is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
        • Bassett Junction
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Bassett Junction is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett Junction
        • Sieler
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Sieler is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sieler
        • McDonald
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • McDonald is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
        • Ritell
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Ritell is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritell
        • Westlake
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Westlake is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
        • Mae
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Ephrata
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Warden
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • West Warden
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • West Warden is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warden
  • Adams County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.adams.wa.us/
    • County Seat for Adams:   Ritzville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Marlin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Marlin.
      • Moody
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Moody is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
      • Batum
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Batum is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batum
      • Lauer
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Lauer is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauer
      • Reiman
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Reiman is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reiman
      • Jantz
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Jantz is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jantz
      • Weber
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Weber is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber
      • Schoonover
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Schoonover is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoonover
      • Schrag
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Schrag is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schrag
      • Warden Hutterian Brethren
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Packard ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Packard is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard
      • Marcellus
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Marcellus is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcellus
  • Douglas County
  • Lincoln County

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- Marlin) 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.