Nearest Communities to Nespelem,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Nespelem, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Nespelem:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town 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 starting from Nespelem.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Nespelem is located in Okanogan County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Okanogan County: Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Skagit & Whatcom.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 32 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Nespelem. Of these communities, 20 are located in counties other than Okanogan 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 Nespelem (which is Okanogan 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 Nespelem
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Okanogan County (where Nespelem resides)
- County Website: https://okanogancounty.org/
- County Seat for Okanogan: Okanogan
- Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Nespelem ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nespelem.
- Belvedere
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Belvedere is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
- Seatons Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Seatons Grove is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seatons Grove
- Koontzville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Koontzville is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontzville
- Elmer City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lone Pine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lone Pine is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Mason City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mason City is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason City
- Disautel
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Disautel is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disautel
- Aeneas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Aeneas is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aeneas
- North Omak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Omak is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Omak
- Cherokee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cherokee is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
- Synarep
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Synarep is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Synarep
- Omak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas County
- County Website: https://www.douglascountywa.net/
- County Seat for Douglas: Waterville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Nespelem ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nespelem.
- Coulee Dam
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Crown Point Vista
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Crown Point Vista is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Point Vista
- Osborne Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Osborne Corner is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne Corner
- Nilles Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nilles Corner is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nilles Corner
- Leahy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leahy is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leahy
- Brandts Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Brandts Landing is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandts Landing
- Sims Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sims Corner is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Corner
- Ferry County
- County Website: https://www.ferry-county.com/
- County Seat for Ferry: Republic
- Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Nespelem ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nespelem.
- Keller
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Fork
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Fork is located in Ferry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fork
- Grant County
- County Website: https://www.grantcountywa.gov/
- County Seat for Grant: Ephrata
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Nespelem ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nespelem.
- Grand Coulee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Delano Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Delano Heights is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano Heights
- East Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- East Heights is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Heights
- Electric City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Osborne
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Osborne is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
- Hanson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hanson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanson
- Lincoln County
- County Website: https://www.lincolncountywa.com/
- County Seat for Lincoln: Davenport
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Nespelem ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nespelem.
- Bagdad Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bagdad Junction is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad Junction
- Hesseltine ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hesseltine is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesseltine
- Sherman ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sherman is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Govan ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Govan is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Govan
- Wilbur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
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- Nespelem) 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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