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Nearest Communities to Okanogan,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 from Okanogan.<1>

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

Okanogan is located in Okanogan County and is the County Seat.

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 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Okanogan. Of these communities, 7 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 Okanogan (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 Okanogan

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

  • Okanogan County   (where Okanogan 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 Okanogan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Okanogan.
      • Epley ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Epley is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epley
      • Omak
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Chillowist
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Chillowist is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chillowist
      • Brown Lake
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Brown Lake is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Lake
      • Malott
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Cherokee
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Cherokee is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
      • North Omak
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • North Omak is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Omak
      • Loop Loop ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Loop Loop is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loop Loop
      • Riverside
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Mowich Illahee
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Mowich Illahee is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowich Illahee
      • Ruby ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Olema
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Olema is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olema
      • Continue List   (24 more) ...
        • Ophir
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Ophir is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
        • Wakefield
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Wakefield is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
        • Keystone
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • Keystone is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
        • Disautel
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Disautel is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disautel
        • Barker
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
          • Barker is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker
        • Synarep
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Conconully
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Monse
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Thompson ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Thompson is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
        • Paradise Hill
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Paradise Hill is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
        • Janis
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Janis is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janis
        • Brewster
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Virginia City ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Virginia City is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
        • Tonasket
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Anglin
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Anglin is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglin
        • Twisp
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Enterprise
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Enterprise is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
        • Methow
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Pateros
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Carlton
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Starr
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Starr is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr
        • Winthrop
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Ellisforde
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Ellisforde is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisforde
        • Aeneas
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Aeneas is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aeneas
  • Douglas County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Okanogan) 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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