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Nearest Communities to Silver Lake,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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 from Silver Lake.<1>

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

Silver Lake is located in Cowlitz County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cowlitz County: Columbia (OR), Clark, Lewis, Skamania & Wahkiakum.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 142 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Silver Lake. Of these communities, 98 are located in counties other than Cowlitz 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 Silver Lake (which is Cowlitz 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 Silver Lake

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

  • Cowlitz County   (where Silver Lake resides)
  • Clark County
    • County Website:   https://clark.wa.gov/
    • County Seat for Clark:   Vancouver
    • Note: The Columbia River runs along the western and southern borders of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Silver Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Silver Lake.
      • Etna
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Hayes
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Hayes is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes
      • Woodland
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Hall
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Hall is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
      • Highland
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Highland is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
      • Pine Grove
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Pine Grove is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
      • Cedarville
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Cedarville is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
      • Dayton
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Dayton is located in Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
      • La Center
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Lewis County
  • Skamania County
  • Wahkiakum County
  • Columbia County
    • County Website:   https://www.columbiacountyor.gov/
    • County Seat for Columbia:   Saint Helens (OR)
    • Note: The Columbia River runs along the northern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Silver Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Silver Lake.
      • Lindbergh
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Lindbergh is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindbergh
      • Rainier
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Rainier is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainier
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,021 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rainier <3>
      • West Rainier
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • West Rainier is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rainier
      • Prescott
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Prescott is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
      • Downing
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Downing is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
      • Trojan
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Trojan is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trojan
      • Alston
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Alston is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alston
      • Hudson ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Hudson is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
      • Mayger
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Goble
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Beaver Springs
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Delena
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Delena is located in Columbia County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delena
      • Continue List   (19 more) ...
        • Fern Hill
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Fern Hill is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Hill
        • Reuben
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Locoda
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Locoda is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locoda
        • Kyser ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Kyser is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyser
        • Quincy
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Inglis
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Inglis is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglis
        • Apiary ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Apiary is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apiary
        • Swedetown
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Swedetown is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown
        • Clatskanie
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Deer Island
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Canaan
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Canaan is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
        • Waterview
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Waterview is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterview
        • Clatskanie Heights
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Clatskanie Heights is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clatskanie Heights
        • Columbia City
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Marshland
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Marshland is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshland
        • Columbia Heights
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Columbia Heights is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Heights
        • Trenholm
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Trenholm is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenholm
        • Natal
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Natal is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natal
        • Woodson
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Woodson is located in Columbia County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodson

Footnotes ...

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