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Nearest Communities to Ocean Shores,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Ocean Shores.<1>

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

Ocean Shores is located in Grays Harbor County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Grays Harbor County: Jefferson, Lewis, Mason, Pacific & Thurston.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 76 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ocean Shores. Of these communities, 16 are located in counties other than Grays Harbor 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 Ocean Shores (which is Grays Harbor 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 Ocean Shores

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

  • Grays Harbor County   (where Ocean Shores resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.graysharbor.us/
    • County Seat for Grays Harbor:   Montesano
    • Note: The western boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ocean Shores   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ocean Shores.
      • Oyehut
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Sampson
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Sampson is located in Grays Harbor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
      • Westhaven
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Westhaven is located in Grays Harbor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhaven
      • Ocean City
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Westport
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Gray Gables
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Burrows
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Burrows is located in Grays Harbor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
      • Cohassett Beach
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Cohassett Beach is located in Grays Harbor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cohassett Beach
      • Cohassett
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Cohassett is located in Grays Harbor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cohassett
      • Newton
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Newton is located in Grays Harbor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
      • Tulips
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Tulips is located in Grays Harbor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulips
      • Ocosta
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Continue List   (48 more) ...
        • Grays Harbor City
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
          • Grays Harbor City is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Harbor City
        • Copalis Beach
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Copalis Crossing
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Bay City
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Bay City is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
        • Laidlow
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Markham
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Markham is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markham
        • South Arbor
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
          • South Arbor is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Arbor
        • Carlisle East
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
          • Carlisle East is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle East
        • Grayland
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Hoquiam
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Carlisle West
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
          • Carlisle West is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle West
        • Carlisle
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
          • Carlisle is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
        • Iron Springs
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
          • Iron Springs is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Springs
        • New London
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
          • New London is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
        • East Hoquiam
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • East Hoquiam is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hoquiam
        • Woodlawn
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • Woodlawn is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
        • Onslow
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
          • Onslow is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onslow
        • Ocean Grove
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • Ocean Grove is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Grove
        • Aberdeen
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Bel-Aire
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Bel-Aire is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bel-Aire
        • Broadway Heights
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Broadway Heights is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadway Heights
        • Herbig Heights
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Herbig Heights is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbig Heights
        • Pilgrim Heights
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Pilgrim Heights is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Heights
        • Aloha
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
          • Aloha is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloha
        • Pacific Beach
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • East Aberdeen
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • East Aberdeen is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Aberdeen
        • North Aberdeen
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • South Aberdeen
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Highland Heights
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • Highland Heights is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Heights
        • Moclips
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Sunset Beach
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Sunset Beach is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
        • Axford
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Aberdeen Gardens
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Aberdeen Gardens is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen Gardens
        • Aberdeen Junction
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Aberdeen Junction is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen Junction
        • Cosmopolis
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Junction City
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Junction City is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
        • Nisson
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Nisson is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nisson
        • Humptulips
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Wishkah
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Wishkah is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishkah
        • Artic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Artic is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artic
        • Central Park
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Central Park is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Park
        • Alder Grove
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Alder Grove is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder Grove
        • Melbourne
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Taholah
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Montesano
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • South Montesano
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • South Montesano is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Montesano
        • Vesta
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Vesta is located in Grays Harbor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesta
        • Brady
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Pacific County

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ocean Shores) 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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