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

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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 starting from Soap Lake.<1>

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

Soap Lake 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 61 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Soap Lake. Of these communities, 24 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 Soap Lake (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 Soap Lake

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

  • Grant County   (where Soap Lake resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.grantcountywa.gov/
    • County Seat for Grant:   Ephrata
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Soap Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Soap Lake.
      • Lakeview Park
        (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
        • Lakeview Park is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Park
      • Lakeview
        (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
        • Lakeview is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
      • Ephrata
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Adco
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Adco is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adco
      • Stratford
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Bacon
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Bacon is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
      • Naylor
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Naylor is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylor
      • Gloyd
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Gloyd is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloyd
      • Winchester
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Winchester is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
      • Wilson Creek
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Coulee City
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Odair
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Odair is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odair
      • Continue List   (25 more) ...
        • Mitchell
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Mitchell is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
        • Banks Lake South
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Mae
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Cascade Valley
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Cascade Valley is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Valley
        • Adrian
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Adrian is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
        • Fordair
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Fordair is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordair
        • Westlake
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Westlake is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
        • Moses Lake
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Quincy
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Krupp
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Marlin
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Wheeler
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Wheeler is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
        • Crater
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Crater is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crater
        • McDonald
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • McDonald is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
        • Atwood
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Atwood is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
        • Sieler
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Sieler is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sieler
        • Trinidad
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Trinidad is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinidad
        • Hartline
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Ruff
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • George
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Laing
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Laing is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laing
        • Tiflis
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Tiflis is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiflis
        • Barham
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Barham is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barham
        • Bassett Junction
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Bassett Junction is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett Junction
        • Ritell
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Ritell is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritell
  • Adams County
  • Douglas County
    • County Website:   https://www.douglascountywa.net/
    • County Seat for Douglas:   Waterville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Soap Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Soap Lake.
      • McCarteney
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • McCarteney is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCarteney
      • Baird ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Baird is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
      • Dry Falls Junction
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Dry Falls Junction is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Falls Junction
      • Saint Hubert ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Saint Hubert is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Hubert
      • Palisades
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Saint Andrews
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Saint Andrews is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
      • Farmer ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Farmer is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
      • Appledale
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Appledale is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appledale
      • Jameson ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Jameson is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jameson
      • Mold ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Supplee
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Supplee is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supplee
      • Alstown
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Alstown is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstown
      • Continue List   (10 more) ...
        • Withrow
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Matthiesen ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Matthiesen is located in Douglas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthiesen
        • Touhey
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Touhey is located in Douglas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Touhey
        • Douglas
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Douglas is located in Douglas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
        • Voltage
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Voltage is located in Douglas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voltage
        • Okanogan City ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Okanogan City is located in Douglas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okanogan City
        • Mansfield
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Sims Corner
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Sims Corner is located in Douglas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Corner
        • Lamoine
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Lamoine is located in Douglas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoine
        • Rock Island
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Lincoln County

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- Soap 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.
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