Nearest Communities to Wahluke,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Wahluke, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Wahluke:
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.
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.
Wahluke 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 56 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wahluke. 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 Wahluke (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 Wahluke
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Benton County (where Wahluke resides)
- County Website: https://www.bentoncountywa.gov/
- County Seat for Benton: Prosser
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wahluke ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wahluke.
- Bettie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bettie is located in Benton County
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- Ginger
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ginger is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginger
- Nancy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Nancy is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nancy
- East White Bluffs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East White Bluffs is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East White Bluffs
- White Bluffs ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- White Bluffs is located in Benton County
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- Pierce
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pierce is located in Benton County
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- Ruth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Benton County
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- Audrey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Audrey is located in Benton County
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- Helen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Helen is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen
- Pearl
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pearl is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Susie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Susie is located in Benton County
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- Ethel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ethel is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Willa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Willa is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willa
- Edna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Edna is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Hanford ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hanford is located in Benton County
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- May Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- May Junction is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Junction
- Geneva Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Geneva Junction is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva Junction
- Ruby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ruby is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- West Richland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Benton City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Adams County
- County Website: https://www.co.adams.wa.us/
- County Seat for Adams: Ritzville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wahluke ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wahluke.
- Othello
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Novara
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Novara is located in Adams County
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- Bruce
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bruce is located in Adams County
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- Koren
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Koren is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koren
- Shano
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Shano is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shano
- Franklin County
- County Website: https://www.franklincountywa.gov/
- County Seat for Franklin: Pasco
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wahluke ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wahluke.
- Basin City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mathews Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mathews Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathews Corner
- Mesa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Edwards
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Edwards is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
- Frischnecht
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Frischnecht is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frischnecht
- Cactus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cactus is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus
- Schlomer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Schlomer is located in Franklin County
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- Eltopia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grant County
- County Website: https://www.grantcountywa.gov/
- County Seat for Grant: Ephrata
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wahluke ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wahluke.
- Corfu
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Corfu is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corfu
- Smyrna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Smyrna is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Royal City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jericho
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Desert Aire
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mattawa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Schwana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Schwana is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schwana
- Beverly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wanapum Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wanapum Village is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanapum Village
- Low Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Low Gap is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
- Mae
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mae is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mae
- Westlake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Westlake is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- West Warden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Warden is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warden
- McDonald
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- McDonald is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Warden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- George
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sieler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sieler is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sieler
- Kittitas County
- County Website: https://www.co.kittitas.wa.us/
- County Seat for Kittitas: Ellensburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wahluke ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wahluke.
- Levering
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Levering is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levering
- Beverly Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beverly Junction is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Junction
- Doris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Doris is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doris
- Vantage
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rye
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rye is located in Kittitas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
- 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 Wahluke ...
- Blackrock ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wahluke) 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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