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Nearest Communities to Vantage,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.<1>

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

Vantage is located in Kittitas County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kittitas County: Chelan, Douglas, Grant, King, Pierce & Yakima.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 53 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Vantage. Of these communities, 33 are located in counties other than Kittitas 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 Vantage (which is Kittitas 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 Vantage

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

  • Kittitas County   (where Vantage resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.kittitas.wa.us/
    • County Seat for Kittitas:   Ellensburg
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vantage   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vantage.
      • Doris
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Doris is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doris
      • Scammon Landing
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Scammon Landing is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scammon Landing
      • Beverly Junction
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Beverly Junction is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Junction
      • Rye
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Rye is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
      • Cheviot
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Cheviot is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheviot
      • Levering
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Levering is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levering
      • Boylston
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Boylston is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boylston
      • Renslow
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Renslow is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renslow
      • East Kittitas
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • East Kittitas is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kittitas
      • Kittitas
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Edgemont
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Edgemont is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont
      • Regal
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Regal is located in Kittitas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regal
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Umtanum
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Umtanum is located in Kittitas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umtanum
        • Wymer
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Wymer is located in Kittitas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wymer
        • Roza
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Roza is located in Kittitas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roza
        • Thrall
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Thrall is located in Kittitas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrall
        • Hillside Siding
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Holmes
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Holmes is located in Kittitas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes
        • Ellensburg
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Dutch Settlement
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Dutch Settlement is located in Kittitas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Settlement
  • Benton County
    • County Website:   https://www.bentoncountywa.gov/
    • County Seat for Benton:   Prosser
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vantage   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vantage.
      • Wahluke
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Wahluke is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahluke
      • Nancy
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Nancy is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nancy
      • Audrey
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Audrey is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audrey
      • Bettie
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Bettie is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bettie
      • Helen
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Helen is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen
      • Ginger
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Ginger is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger
      • Susie
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Susie is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susie
      • White Bluffs ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • White Bluffs is located in Benton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Bluffs
  • Douglas County
  • Grant County
  • 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 Vantage   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vantage.
      • Blackrock ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Blackrock is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackrock
      • Pomona
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Pomona is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
      • East Selah
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • East Selah is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Selah
      • Pomona Heights
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Pomona Heights is located in Yakima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona Heights

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 from Point A (ie- Vantage) 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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