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Nearest Communities to Omak,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Keep in mind 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.

Omak 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 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Omak. Of these communities, 6 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 Omak (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 Omak

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

  • Okanogan County   (where Omak 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 Omak   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Omak.
      • Epley ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
        • Epley is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epley
      • Cherokee
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Cherokee is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
      • North Omak
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • North Omak is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Omak
      • Okanogan
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Riverside
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Brown Lake
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Brown Lake is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Lake
      • Chillowist
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Chillowist is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chillowist
      • Loop Loop ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Loop Loop is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loop Loop
      • Keystone
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Keystone is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
      • Ruby ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Barker
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Barker is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker
      • Synarep
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Continue List   (25 more) ...
        • Malott
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Disautel
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • Disautel is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disautel
        • Mowich Illahee
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
          • Mowich Illahee is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowich Illahee
        • Conconully
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Olema
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Olema is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olema
        • Janis
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • Janis is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janis
        • Ophir
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Ophir is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
        • Wakefield
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Wakefield is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
        • Monse
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Tonasket
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Anglin
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Anglin is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglin
        • Thompson ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Thompson is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
        • Enterprise
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Enterprise is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
        • Paradise Hill
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Paradise Hill is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
        • Brewster
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Virginia City ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Virginia City is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
        • Aeneas
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Aeneas is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aeneas
        • Ellisforde
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Ellisforde is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisforde
        • Twisp
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Loomis
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Carlton
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Methow
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Nespelem
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Nespelem is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nespelem
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
        • Pateros
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Winthrop
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Douglas 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- Omak) 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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