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Nearest Communities to Packwood,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 Packwood.<1>

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

Packwood is located in Lewis County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lewis County: Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Pacific, Pierce, Skamania, Thurston, Wahkiakum & Yakima.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 28 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Packwood. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than Lewis 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 Packwood (which is Lewis 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 Packwood

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

  • Lewis County   (where Packwood resides)
    • County Website:   www.co.lewis.wa.us/
    • County Seat for Lewis:   Chehalis
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Packwood   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Packwood.
      • Cora
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cora. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
        • Cora is located in Lewis County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Cora
        • From Packwood to Cora
      • Berry Patch
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berry Patch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Patch
        • Berry Patch is located in Lewis County
      • Silver Brook
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Brook
        • Silver Brook is located in Lewis County
      • Siler
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Siler have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siler
        • Siler is located in Lewis County
      • Vance
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vance have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
        • Vance is located in Lewis County
      • Randle
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Cispus
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cispus have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cispus
        • Cispus is located in Lewis County
      • Glenoma
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Carlson
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlson
        • Carlson is located in Lewis County
      • Kosmos ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kosmos have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kosmos
        • Kosmos is located in Lewis County
      • Mineral
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Morton
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Nesika
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nesika have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesika
        • Nesika is located in Lewis County
  • Pierce County
    • County Website:   www.co.pierce.wa.us/
    • County Seat for Pierce:   Tacoma
    • Note: The northwestern boundary of the county is on Pudget Sound
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Packwood   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Packwood.
      • Longmire
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Nisqually Vista
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nisqually Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nisqually Vista
        • Nisqually Vista is located in Pierce County
      • Paradise
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
        • Paradise is located in Pierce County
      • Ashford
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • National
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for National have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National
        • National is located in Pierce County
      • Sunrise
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
        • Sunrise is located in Pierce County
      • Crystal Mountain
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Park Junction
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Junction
        • Park Junction is located in Pierce County
      • Elbe
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Snoquera
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snoquera have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snoquera
        • Snoquera is located in Pierce County
      • Reliance
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reliance have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
        • Reliance is located in Pierce County
  • Yakima County
    • County Website:   www.pan.co.yakima.wa.us/
    • County Seat for Yakima:   Yakima
    • Note: The Columbia River runs along the northeastern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Packwood   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Packwood.
      • White Pass
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Silver Beach
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
        • Silver Beach is located in Yakima County
      • Rimrock
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rimrock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimrock
        • Rimrock is located in Yakima County
      • Goose Prairie
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goose Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Prairie
        • Goose Prairie is located in Yakima County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Packwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Packwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.6065, Longitude: -121.6711    
<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.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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