Nearest Communities to Pearl,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Pearl, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Pearl:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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 starting from Pearl.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Pearl is located in Benton County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Benton County: Morrow (OR), Umatilla (OR), Franklin, Grant, Klickitat, Walla Walla & Yakima.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 71 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Pearl. Of these communities, 37 are located in counties other than Benton 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 Pearl (which is Benton 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 Pearl
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Benton County (where Pearl resides)
- County Website: https://www.bentoncountywa.gov/
- County Seat for Benton: Prosser
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Pearl ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Pearl.
- Ethel
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ethel is located in Benton County
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- Willa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Willa is located in Benton County
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- Susie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Susie is located in Benton County
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- Audrey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Audrey is located in Benton County
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- Helen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Helen is located in Benton County
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- Nancy
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Nancy is located in Benton County
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- Bettie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bettie is located in Benton County
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- Pierce
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pierce is located in Benton County
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- Ruth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ruth is located in Benton County
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- White Bluffs ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Bluffs is located in Benton County
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- Edna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Edna is located in Benton County
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- East White Bluffs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East White Bluffs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East White Bluffs
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Ginger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ginger is located in Benton County
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- Hanford ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hanford is located in Benton County
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- May Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- May Junction is located in Benton County
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- Wahluke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wahluke is located in Benton County
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- Geneva Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Geneva Junction is located in Benton County
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- Ruby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ruby is located in Benton County
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- West Richland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Benton City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Chaffee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Chaffee is located in Benton County
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- Kiona ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Kiona is located in Benton County
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- Gibbon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gibbon is located in Benton County
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- Whitstran
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Whitstran is located in Benton County
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- Richland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Prosser
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Prosser is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Prosser
- Prosser
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Apricot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Apricot is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apricot
- Badger
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Badger is located in Benton County
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- Kinneyville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kinneyville is located in Benton County
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- Island View
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Island View is located in Benton County
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- Richland Y
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Richland Y is located in Benton County
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- Richland Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richland Junction is located in Benton County
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- Vista
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vista is located in Benton County
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- Adams County
- County Website: https://www.co.adams.wa.us/
- County Seat for Adams: Ritzville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Pearl ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Pearl.
- Othello
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Novara
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Novara is located in Adams County
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- Koren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Koren is located in Adams County
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- Bruce
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bruce is located in Adams County
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- Shano
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shano is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shano
- Franklin County
- County Website: https://www.franklincountywa.gov/
- County Seat for Franklin: Pasco
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Pearl ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Pearl.
- Basin City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mathews Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mathews Corner is located in Franklin County
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- Edwards
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Edwards is located in Franklin County
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- Mesa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Eltopia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Glade
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glade is located in Franklin County
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- Sagemoor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sagemoor is located in Franklin County
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- West Pasco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Pasco is located in Franklin County
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- Cactus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cactus is located in Franklin County
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- Frischnecht
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Frischnecht is located in Franklin County
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- Riverview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview is located in Franklin County
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- Grant County
- County Website: https://www.grantcountywa.gov/
- County Seat for Grant: Ephrata
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Pearl ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Pearl.
- Corfu
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Corfu is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corfu
- Smyrna
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Smyrna is located in Grant County
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- Desert Aire
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mattawa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Royal City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Schwana
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Schwana is located in Grant County
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- Beverly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wanapum Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wanapum Village is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanapum Village
- Low Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Low Gap is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Kittitas County
- County Website: https://www.co.kittitas.wa.us/
- County Seat for Kittitas: Ellensburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Pearl ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Pearl.
- Levering
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Levering is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levering
- Beverly Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beverly Junction is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Junction
- Doris
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Doris is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doris
- Yakima County
- County Website: https://www.yakimacounty.us/
- County Seat for Yakima: Yakima
- Note: The Columbia River runs along the northeastern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Pearl ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Pearl.
- Blackrock ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Blackrock is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackrock
- Blacks Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blacks Corner is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacks Corner
- Lichty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lichty is located in Yakima County
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- Sunnyside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Grandview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Midvale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Midvale is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Givens Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Givens Corner is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Givens Corner
- Outlook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Outlook is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlook
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- Pearl) 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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