Nearest Communities to Ruth,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Ruth, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Ruth:
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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Ruth 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 64 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ruth. Of these communities, 36 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 Ruth (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 Ruth
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Benton County (where Ruth resides)
- County Website: https://www.bentoncountywa.gov/
- County Seat for Benton: Prosser
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ruth ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ruth.
- Pierce
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pierce is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
- East White Bluffs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- East White Bluffs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East White Bluffs
- White Bluffs ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- White Bluffs is located in Benton County
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- Ginger
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ginger is located in Benton County
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- Bettie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bettie is located in Benton County
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- Edna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Edna is located in Benton County
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- Hanford ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hanford is located in Benton County
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- Willa
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Willa is located in Benton County
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- Nancy
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Nancy is located in Benton County
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- Wahluke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wahluke is located in Benton County
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- Pearl
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pearl is located in Benton County
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- May Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- May Junction is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Junction
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Audrey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Audrey is located in Benton County
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- Helen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Helen is located in Benton County
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- Ethel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ethel is located in Benton County
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- Susie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Susie is located in Benton County
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- Geneva Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Geneva Junction is located in Benton County
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- Ruby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ruby is located in Benton County
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- West Richland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Benton City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Richland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Chaffee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Chaffee is located in Benton County
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- Kiona ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kiona is located in Benton County
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- Gibbon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gibbon is located in Benton County
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- Island View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Island View is located in Benton County
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- Richland Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Richland Junction is located in Benton County
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- Richland Y
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Richland Y is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Y
- Whitstran
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Whitstran 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 Ruth ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ruth.
- Othello
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Novara
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Novara is located in Adams County
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- Shano
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Shano is located in Adams County
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- Bruce
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bruce is located in Adams County
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- Koren
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Koren is located in Adams County
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- Franklin County
- County Website: https://www.franklincountywa.gov/
- County Seat for Franklin: Pasco
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ruth ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ruth.
- Basin City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mathews Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mathews Corner is located in Franklin County
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- Mesa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Edwards
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Edwards is located in Franklin County
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- Cactus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cactus is located in Franklin County
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- Frischnecht
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Frischnecht is located in Franklin County
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- Eltopia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Schlomer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Schlomer is located in Franklin County
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- Sagemoor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sagemoor is located in Franklin County
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- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Glade
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glade is located in Franklin County
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- Connell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Curry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Curry is located in Franklin County
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- Five Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Five Corners is located in Franklin County
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- Riverview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- West Pasco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Pasco is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pasco
- Grant County
- County Website: https://www.grantcountywa.gov/
- County Seat for Grant: Ephrata
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ruth ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ruth.
- Corfu
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Corfu is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corfu
- Smyrna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Smyrna is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Royal City
(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
- Desert Aire
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mattawa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Beverly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Schwana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Schwana is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schwana
- Wanapum Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wanapum Village is located in Grant County
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- Low Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Low Gap is located in Grant County
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- Warden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Warden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Warden is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warden
- Kittitas County
- County Website: https://www.co.kittitas.wa.us/
- County Seat for Kittitas: Ellensburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ruth ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ruth.
- Levering
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Levering is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levering
- Beverly Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beverly Junction is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Junction
- Doris
(30 miles [48.3 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 Ruth ...
- Blackrock ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Blackrock is located in Yakima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackrock
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- Ruth) 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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