Nearest Communities to Sherman,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Sherman, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Sherman:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Sherman.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Sherman is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Lincoln County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lincoln County: Adams, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan, Spokane, Stevens & Whitman.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 45 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sherman. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Lincoln County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Sherman (which is Lincoln 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 Sherman
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Lincoln County (where Sherman resides)
- County Website: https://www.lincolncountywa.com/
- County Seat for Lincoln: Davenport
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Sherman ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sherman.
- Creston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilbur
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lincoln is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Hesseltine ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hesseltine is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesseltine
- Govan ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Govan is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Govan
- Seven Bays
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Seven Bays is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Bays
- Telford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Telford is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telford
- Deer Meadows
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Deer Meadows is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Meadows
- Fort Spokane
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fort Spokane is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spokane
- Miles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Miles is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
- Bagdad Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bagdad Junction is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad Junction
- Almira
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
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- Rocklyn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rocklyn is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklyn
- Earl
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Earl is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Davenport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Harrington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Omans
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Omans is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omans
- Mondovi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mondovi is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
- Bluestem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bluestem is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestem
- Douglas County
- County Website: https://www.douglascountywa.net/
- County Seat for Douglas: Waterville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Sherman ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sherman.
- Coulee Dam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crown Point Vista
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crown Point Vista is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Point Vista
- Ferry County
- County Website: https://www.ferry-county.com/
- County Seat for Ferry: Republic
- Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Sherman ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sherman.
- Keller
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hazelmere ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hazelmere is located in Ferry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelmere
- Kewa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kewa is located in Ferry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewa
- Grant County
- County Website: https://www.grantcountywa.gov/
- County Seat for Grant: Ephrata
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Sherman ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sherman.
- East Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- East Heights is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Heights
- Grand Coulee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hanson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hanson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanson
- Delano Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Delano Heights is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano Heights
- Electric City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Osborne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Osborne is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne
- Hartline
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Okanogan County
- County Website: https://okanogancounty.org/
- County Seat for Okanogan: Okanogan
- Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Sherman ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sherman.
- Mason City ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mason City is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason City
- Lone Pine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Pine is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Elmer City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Koontzville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Koontzville is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koontzville
- Seatons Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Seatons Grove is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seatons Grove
- Belvedere
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Belvedere is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvedere
- Nespelem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nespelem is located in Okanogan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nespelem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Stevens County
- County Website: https://www.stevenscountywa.gov/
- County Seat for Stevens: Colville
- Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Sherman ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sherman.
- Enterprise
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Fruitland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Trail
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Trail is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Trail
- Hunters
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Turk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Turk is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turk
- Wellpinit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wellpinit is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellpinit
- Cedonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cedonia is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedonia
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sherman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sherman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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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