RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Washington >> Grant County >> Ruff >> Nearby CommunitiesIndex...

Nearest Communities to Ruff,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Ruff.<1>

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

Ruff 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 58 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ruff. Of these communities, 30 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 Ruff (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 Ruff

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

  • Grant County   (where Ruff resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.grantcountywa.gov/
    • County Seat for Grant:   Ephrata
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ruff   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ruff.
      • Laing
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Laing is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laing
      • Barham
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Barham is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barham
      • Tiflis
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Tiflis is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiflis
      • Atwood
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Atwood is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
      • Wheeler
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Wheeler is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
      • Bassett Junction
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Bassett Junction is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett Junction
      • Ritell
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Ritell is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritell
      • Sieler
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Sieler is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sieler
      • Mitchell
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Mitchell is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
      • McDonald
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • McDonald is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
      • Warden
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Moses Lake
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Continue List   (16 more) ...
        • Gloyd
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Gloyd is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloyd
        • West Warden
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
          • West Warden is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warden
        • Cascade Valley
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
          • Cascade Valley is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Valley
        • Krupp
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Marlin
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Westlake
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Westlake is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
        • Wilson Creek
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Mae
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Stratford
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Adco
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Adco is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adco
        • Bacon
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Bacon is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
        • Lakeview Park
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Lakeview Park is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Park
        • Lakeview
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Lakeview is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
        • Soap Lake
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Ephrata
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Naylor
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Naylor is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylor
  • Adams County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.adams.wa.us/
    • County Seat for Adams:   Ritzville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ruff   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ruff.
      • Moody
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Moody is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
      • Weber
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Weber is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber
      • Warden Hutterian Brethren
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Batum
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Batum is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batum
      • Schrag
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Schrag is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schrag
      • Lauer
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Lauer is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauer
      • Reiman
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Reiman is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reiman
      • Roxboro
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Roxboro is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxboro
      • Jantz
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Jantz is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jantz
      • Schoonover
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Schoonover is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoonover
      • Servia
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Servia is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servia
      • Novara
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Novara is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novara
      • Continue List   (14 more) ...
        • Providence
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Bruce
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Bruce is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
        • Beatrice
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Beatrice is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatrice
        • Lind
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Packard ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Packard is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard
        • Othello
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Paha ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Cunningham
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Koren
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Koren is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koren
        • Marcellus
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Marcellus is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcellus
        • Hatton
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Shano
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Shano is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shano
        • Ritzville
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Pizarro
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Pizarro is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pizarro
  • Lincoln County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ruff) 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.