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Nearest Communities to Ostrander,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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.

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.

Ostrander is located in Cowlitz County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cowlitz County: Columbia (OR), Clark, Lewis, Skamania & Wahkiakum.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 155 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ostrander. Of these communities, 111 are located in counties other than Cowlitz 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 Ostrander (which is Cowlitz 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 Ostrander

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

  • Cowlitz County   (where Ostrander resides)
  • Clark County
  • Lewis County
  • Wahkiakum County
  • Clatsop County
  • Columbia County
    • County Website:   https://www.columbiacountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Columbia:   Saint Helens (OR)
    • Note: The Columbia River runs along the northern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ostrander   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ostrander.
      • Rainier
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Rainier is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainier
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,021 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rainier <3>
      • West Rainier
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • West Rainier is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rainier
      • Lindbergh
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Lindbergh is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindbergh
      • Prescott
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Prescott is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
      • Alston
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Alston is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alston
      • Hudson ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Hudson is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
      • Downing
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Downing is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
      • Beaver Springs
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Delena
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Delena is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delena
      • Fern Hill
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Fern Hill is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Hill
      • Mayger
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Trojan
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Trojan is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trojan
      • Continue List   (38 more) ...
        • Goble
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Reuben
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Kyser ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Kyser is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyser
        • Locoda
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
          • Locoda is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locoda
        • Apiary ‑ Historic
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
          • Apiary is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apiary
        • Inglis
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
          • Inglis is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglis
        • Quincy
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Swedetown
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Swedetown is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown
        • Clatskanie
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Clatskanie Heights
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Clatskanie Heights is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clatskanie Heights
        • Canaan
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Canaan is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
        • Deer Island
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Waterview
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Waterview is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterview
        • Marshland
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Marshland is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshland
        • Trenholm
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Trenholm is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenholm
        • Natal
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Natal is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natal
        • Columbia City
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Woodson
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Woodson is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodson
        • Columbia Heights
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Columbia Heights is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Heights
        • Yankton
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Yankton is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankton
        • Mist
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Mist is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mist
        • Kerry
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Kerry is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerry
        • Bachelor Flat ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Bachelor Flat is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor Flat
        • Saint Helens
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • West Saint Helens
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • West Saint Helens is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Saint Helens
        • Pittsburg
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • McNulty
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • McNulty is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNulty
        • Fishhawk ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Chapman
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Chapman is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman
        • Spitzenberg
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Spitzenberg is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spitzenberg
        • Birkenfeld
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Birkenfeld is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birkenfeld
        • Warren
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Neverstill
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Neverstill is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neverstill
        • Vernonia
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Corey Hill
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Corey Hill is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey Hill
        • Treharne
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Treharne is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treharne
        • Chapman Landing
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Chapman Landing is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman Landing
        • Scappoose
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Washington County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Ostrander) 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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