Nearest Communities to Purrington,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Purrington, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Purrington:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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 Purrington.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Purrington is located in Whitman County.
The following 10 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Whitman County: Benewah (ID), Latah (ID), Nez Perce (ID), Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Lincoln & Spokane.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 104 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Purrington. Of these communities, 57 are located in counties other than Whitman 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 Purrington (which is Whitman 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 Purrington
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Whitman County (where Purrington resides)
- County Website: https://whitmancounty.org/
- County Seat for Whitman: Colfax
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- Nearest Communities to Purrington ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Purrington.
- Peyton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Peyton is located in Whitman County
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- Penawawa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Penawawa is located in Whitman County
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- Shreck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shreck is located in Whitman County
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- Swift
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Swift is located in Whitman County
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- Jerita
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jerita is located in Whitman County
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- Hay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hay is located in Whitman County
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- Ridpath
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ridpath is located in Whitman County
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- Dusty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dusty is located in Whitman County
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- LaCrosse
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pampa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pampa is located in Whitman County
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- Gordon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon is located in Whitman County
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- Almota
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Almota is located in Whitman County
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- Sutton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sutton is located in Whitman County
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- Wilcox
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilcox is located in Whitman County
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- Riparia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Riparia is located in Whitman County
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- Wawawai ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wawawai is located in Whitman County
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- Endicott
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Winona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Winona is located in Whitman County
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- Hooper
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Union Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Union Center is located in Whitman County
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- Diamond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond is located in Whitman County
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- Mockonema
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mockonema is located in Whitman County
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- Thera
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thera is located in Whitman County
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- Ewartsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ewartsville is located in Whitman County
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- Colfax
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Harpole
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Harpole is located in Whitman County
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- Lancaster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lancaster is located in Whitman County
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- Manning
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Manning is located in Whitman County
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- Risbeck
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Risbeck is located in Whitman County
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- Shawnee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shawnee is located in Whitman County
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- Albion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Armstrong
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Armstrong is located in Whitman County
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- Parvin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Parvin is located in Whitman County
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- Chambers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Chambers is located in Whitman County
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- Pullman Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pullman Junction is located in Whitman County
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- Pullman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Busby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Busby is located in Whitman County
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- Johnson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Johnson is located in Whitman County
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- Kitzmiller
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Kitzmiller is located in Whitman County
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- Staley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Staley is located in Whitman County
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- Whitlow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Whitlow is located in Whitman County
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- Wilma ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wilma is located in Whitman County
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- Revere
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Revere is located in Whitman County
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- Glenwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glenwood is located in Whitman County
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- Saint John
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Steptoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Moses
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moses is located in Whitman County
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- Adams County
- County Website: https://www.co.adams.wa.us/
- County Seat for Adams: Ritzville
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- Nearest Communities to Purrington ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Purrington.
- Hooper
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hooper is located in Adams County
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- Hooper Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hooper Junction is located in Adams County
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- Ankeny
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ankeny is located in Adams County
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- Benge ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Benge is located in Adams County
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- Mack
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mack is located in Adams County
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- Washtucna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fletcher
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fletcher is located in Adams County
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- Paxton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Paxton is located in Adams County
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- Thavis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thavis is located in Adams County
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- Columbia County
- County Website: https://www.columbiaco.com/
- County Seat for Columbia: Dayton
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- Nearest Communities to Purrington ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Purrington.
- Wild Goose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wild Goose is located in Columbia County
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- Jackson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson is located in Columbia County
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- Delaney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Delaney is located in Columbia County
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- Marengo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Marengo is located in Columbia County
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- Tucannon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tucannon is located in Columbia County
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- Turner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Turner is located in Columbia County
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- Covello
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Covello is located in Columbia County
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- Whetstone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Whetstone is located in Columbia County
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- Starbuck
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Powers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Powers is located in Columbia County
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- Pataha
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pataha is located in Columbia County
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- Ronan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ronan is located in Columbia County
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- Relief
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Relief is located in Columbia County
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- Grange City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Grange City is located in Columbia County
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- Patit
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Patit is located in Columbia County
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- Alto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Alto is located in Columbia County
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- Dayton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Baileysburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Baileysburg is located in Columbia County
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- Long
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Long is located in Columbia County
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- McKay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- McKay is located in Columbia County
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- Mountain Top
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mountain Top is located in Columbia County
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- Dumas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dumas is located in Columbia County
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- Varna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Varna is located in Columbia County
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- Mountain Home Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mountain Home Park is located in Columbia County
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- Huntsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville is located in Columbia County
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- Franklin County
- County Website: https://www.franklincountywa.gov/
- County Seat for Franklin: Pasco
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- Nearest Communities to Purrington ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Purrington.
- Joso
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Perry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Perry is located in Franklin County
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- Davin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Davin is located in Franklin County
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- Sperry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sperry is located in Franklin County
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- Garfield County
- County Website: https://www.garfieldcountywa.gov/
- County Seat for Garfield: Pomeroy
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- Nearest Communities to Purrington ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Purrington.
- Central Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Central Ferry is located in Garfield County
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- Ping
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ping is located in Garfield County
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- Dodge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dodge is located in Garfield County
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- Chard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chard is located in Garfield County
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- Gould City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gould City is located in Garfield County
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- Houser
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Houser is located in Garfield County
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- Illia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Illia is located in Garfield County
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- Mayview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mayview is located in Garfield County
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- Zumwalt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Zumwalt is located in Garfield County
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- Pomeroy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pataha
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pataha is located in Garfield County
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- Mentor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mentor is located in Garfield County
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- Kirby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kirby is located in Garfield County
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- Unfried ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Unfried is located in Garfield County
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- Peola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Peola is located in Garfield County
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- Rose Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rose Springs is located in Garfield County
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- Walla Walla County
- County Website: https://www.co.walla-walla.wa.us/
- County Seat for Walla Walla: Walla Walla
- Note: The Columbia River runs along the southwestern border of the county
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Purrington ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Purrington.
- Chew
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Chew is located in Walla Walla County
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- Ayer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ayer is located in Walla Walla County
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- Rifton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rifton is located in Walla Walla County
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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- Purrington) 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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