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Nearest Communities to Wauconda,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Wauconda.<1>

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


Although our information shows that the community of Wauconda is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Okanogan County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Okanogan County: Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Skagit & Whatcom.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 31 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wauconda. Of these communities, 9 are located in counties other than Okanogan 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 Wauconda (which is Okanogan 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 Wauconda

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

  • Okanogan County   (where Wauconda resides)
    • 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 Wauconda   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wauconda.
      • Old Wauconda
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
        • Old Wauconda is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Wauconda
      • Old Toroda
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Old Toroda is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Toroda
      • Bodie ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Bodie is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodie
      • Havillah
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Havillah is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havillah
      • Aeneas
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Aeneas is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aeneas
      • Anglin
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Anglin is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglin
      • Chesaw ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Chesaw is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesaw
      • Ellisforde
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Ellisforde is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisforde
      • Molson ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Molson is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molson
      • Tonasket
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Cordell
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Cordell is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordell
      • Synarep
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Synarep is located in Okanogan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Synarep
      • Continue List   (10 more) ...
        • Janis
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Janis is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janis
        • Barker
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Barker is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker
        • Oroville
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Keystone
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Keystone is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
        • Enterprise
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Enterprise is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
        • Disautel
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Disautel is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disautel
        • North Omak
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • North Omak is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Omak
        • Riverside
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Riverside is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
        • Cherokee
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Cherokee is located in Okanogan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
        • Loomis
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • 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 Wauconda   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wauconda.
      • Republic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Pollard
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Pollard is located in Ferry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
      • Karamin
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Karamin is located in Ferry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karamin
      • Torboy
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Torboy is located in Ferry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torboy
      • Toroda
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Toroda is located in Ferry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toroda
      • Malo
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Curlew
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • West Fork
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • West Fork is located in Ferry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fork
      • Danville
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

Footnotes ...

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