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Nearest Communities to Royal City,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 starting from Royal City.<1>

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


Royal City is located in Grant County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Grant County: Adams, Benton, Douglas, Franklin, Kittitas, Lincoln, Okanogan & Yakima.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 60 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Royal City. Of these communities, 29 are located in counties other than Grant 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 Royal City (which is Grant 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 Royal City

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

  • Grant County   (where Royal City resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.grantcountywa.gov/
    • County Seat for Grant:   Ephrata
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Royal City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Royal City.
      • Smyrna
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Smyrna is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
      • Jericho
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Jericho is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
      • Low Gap
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Low Gap is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
      • Corfu
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Corfu is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corfu
      • Beverly
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Schwana
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Schwana is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schwana
      • Wanapum Village
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Wanapum Village is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanapum Village
      • George
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Mattawa
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Mae
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Westlake
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Westlake is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
      • Desert Aire
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
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        • Cascade Valley
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Cascade Valley is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Valley
        • McDonald
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • McDonald is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
        • Moses Lake
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Naylor
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Naylor is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylor
        • Winchester
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Winchester is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
        • Sieler
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Sieler is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sieler
        • Quincy
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Wheeler
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Wheeler is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
        • Bassett Junction
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Bassett Junction is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett Junction
        • Ritell
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Ritell is located in Grant County
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        • Warden
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • West Warden
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • West Warden is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warden
        • Atwood
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Atwood is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
        • Mitchell
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Mitchell is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
        • Ephrata
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Crater
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Crater is located in Grant County
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        • Trinidad
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Trinidad is located in Grant County
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        • Gloyd
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Gloyd is located in Grant County
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        • Tiflis
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Tiflis is located in Grant County
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  • Adams County
  • Benton County
    • County Website:   https://www.bentoncountywa.gov/
    • County Seat for Benton:   Prosser
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Royal City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Royal City.
      • Wahluke
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Wahluke is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahluke
      • Bettie
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Bettie is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bettie
      • Ginger
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Ginger is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger
      • Nancy
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Nancy is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nancy
      • East White Bluffs
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • East White Bluffs is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East White Bluffs
      • White Bluffs ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • White Bluffs is located in Benton County
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      • Audrey
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Audrey is located in Benton County
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      • Helen
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Helen is located in Benton County
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      • Ruth
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Ruth is located in Benton County
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      • Pierce
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Pierce is located in Benton County
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      • Susie
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Susie is located in Benton County
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      • Ethel
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Ethel is located in Benton County
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        • Pearl
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Pearl is located in Benton County
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        • Willa
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Willa is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willa
        • Edna
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Edna is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
        • Hanford ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Hanford is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanford
        • May Junction
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • May Junction is located in Benton County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Junction
  • Kittitas County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.kittitas.wa.us/
    • County Seat for Kittitas:   Ellensburg
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Royal City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Royal City.
      • Beverly Junction
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Beverly Junction is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Junction
      • Levering
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Levering is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levering
      • Vantage
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Doris
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Doris is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doris
      • Scammon Landing
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Scammon Landing is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scammon Landing
      • Rye
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Rye is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
      • Cheviot
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Cheviot is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheviot
      • Boylston
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Boylston is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boylston

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Royal City) 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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