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Nearest Communities to Wishram,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

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

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

Wishram is located in Klickitat County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Klickitat County: Gilliam (OR), Hood River (OR), Morrow (OR), Sherman (OR), Wasco (OR), Benton, Skamania & Yakima.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 113 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wishram. Of these communities, 76 are located in counties other than Klickitat 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 Wishram (which is Klickitat 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 Wishram

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

  • Klickitat County   (where Wishram resides)
  • Skamania County
  • Gilliam County
  • Hood River County
    • County Website:   https://www.hoodrivercounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Hood River:   Hood River (OR)
    • Note: The Columbia River runs along the northern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wishram   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wishram.
      • Pine Grove
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Van Horn
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Van Horn is located in Hood River County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Horn
      • Hood River
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Lenz
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Clifton
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Clifton is located in Hood River County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Odell
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Rockford
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Rockford is located in Hood River County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
      • Summit
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Summit is located in Hood River County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Windmaster Corner
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Windmaster Corner is located in Hood River County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmaster Corner
      • Bloucher
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Bloucher is located in Hood River County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloucher
      • Mount Hood
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Oak Grove
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Oak Grove is located in Hood River County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Sherman County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.sherman.or.us/
    • County Seat for Sherman:   Moro (OR)
    • Note: The Columbia River runs along the northern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wishram   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wishram.
      • Miller
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Miller is located in Sherman County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
      • Biggs Junction
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Biggs
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Biggs is located in Sherman County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggs
      • Thornberry
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Thornberry is located in Sherman County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornberry
      • Locust Grove
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Locust Grove is located in Sherman County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
      • Rufus
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Wasco
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Goff
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Goff is located in Sherman County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goff
      • Gordon ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • De Moss Springs
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Moro
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Klondike
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
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        • Sinks ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Erskine
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Erskine is located in Sherman County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erskine
        • Early ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Early is located in Sherman County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Early
        • Emigrant Springs ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Monkland
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Webfoot
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Webfoot is located in Sherman County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webfoot
        • Boardman ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Boardman is located in Sherman County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
        • Fairview
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Fairview is located in Sherman County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
        • Grass Valley
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Harmony
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Harmony is located in Sherman County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
        • Eakin
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Eakin is located in Sherman County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakin
        • Rutledge
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Rutledge is located in Sherman County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge
        • McDonald
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • McDonald is located in Sherman County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
        • Fargher ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Fargher is located in Sherman County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargher
        • Rosebush ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Bourbon
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Bourbon is located in Sherman County (OR)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourbon
  • Wasco County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.wasco.or.us/
    • County Seat for Wasco:   The Dalles (OR)
    • Note: The Columbia River runs along the northern border of the county
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wishram   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wishram.
      • Celilo Village
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • Celilo Village is located in Wasco County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celilo Village
      • Moody
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Moody is located in Wasco County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
      • Fairbanks
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • English ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • English is located in Wasco County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
      • Petersburg
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Petersburg is located in Wasco County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
      • Emerson
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Emerson is located in Wasco County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
      • Wrentham
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Wrentham is located in Wasco County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrentham
      • Rice ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • The Dalles
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • City of The Dalles
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • City of The Dalles is located in Wasco County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City of The Dalles
      • Lockit
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Lockit is located in Wasco County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockit
      • Crates
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Crates is located in Wasco County (OR)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crates
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Footnotes ...

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