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Nearest Communities to Prosser,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Prosser.<1>

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

Prosser is located in Benton County and is the County Seat.

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 74 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Prosser. Of these communities, 41 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 Prosser (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 Prosser

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

  • Benton County   (where Prosser resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.bentoncountywa.gov/
    • County Seat for Benton:   Prosser
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Prosser   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Prosser.
      • North Prosser
        (Less than 2 miles to the north)
        • North Prosser is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Prosser
      • Kinneyville ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • Kinneyville is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinneyville
      • Whitstran
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Whitstran is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitstran
      • Apricot
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Apricot is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apricot
      • Gibbon
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Gibbon is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbon
      • Chaffee
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Chaffee is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaffee
      • Horse Heaven
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Horse Heaven is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Heaven
      • Benton City
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Kiona ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Kiona is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiona
      • Badger
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Badger is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger
      • West Richland
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Paterson
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Continue List   (21 more) ...
        • Richland
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Whitcomb
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Whitcomb is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitcomb
        • Richland Junction
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Richland Junction is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Junction
        • Richland Y
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Richland Y is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Y
        • Longview
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Longview is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
        • Island View
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Island View is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View
        • Vista
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Vista is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
        • Ruby
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Ruby is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
        • Ethel
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Ethel is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
        • Pearl
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Pearl is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
        • Susie
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Susie is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susie
        • Geneva Junction
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Geneva Junction is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva Junction
        • Plymouth
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • West Highlands
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • West Highlands is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Highlands
        • Willa
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Willa is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willa
        • North McNary
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • North McNary is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North McNary
        • Kennewick
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • May Junction
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • May Junction is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Junction
        • South Highlands
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • South Highlands is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Highlands
        • Audrey
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Audrey is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audrey
        • Helen
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Helen is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen
  • Franklin County
  • Klickitat County
  • Yakima County
  • Morrow County
    • County Website:   https://www.morrowcountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Morrow:   Heppner (OR)
    • Note: The Columbia River runs along the northern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Prosser   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Prosser.
      • Paterson Junction
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Paterson Junction is located in Morrow County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paterson Junction
      • Messner
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Messner is located in Morrow County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messner
      • Boardman
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Irrigon
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Irrigon is located in Morrow County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irrigon
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,799 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irrigon <3>
      • Boardman Junction
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Boardman Junction is located in Morrow County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman Junction
      • Castle
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Castle is located in Morrow County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
      • Clarke
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Clarke is located in Morrow County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarke
      • Munley
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Munley is located in Morrow County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munley
  • Umatilla County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.umatilla.or.us/
    • County Seat for Umatilla:   Pendleton (OR)
    • Note: The Columbia River runs along the northwestern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Prosser   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Prosser.
      • Umatilla
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Hermiston Junction
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Hermiston Junction is located in Umatilla County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermiston Junction
      • Sharps Corner
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Sharps Corner is located in Umatilla County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharps Corner
      • McNary
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • McNary is located in Umatilla County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNary
      • Power City
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Power City is located in Umatilla County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power City

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 from Point A (ie- Prosser) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.