Rainier, Oregon

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Portland. It is located about 40 miles [64 km] to the south of Rainier and has a population of 529,121 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Vancouver (WA). It is located about 35 miles [56 km] to the southeast of Rainier and has a population of 143,560 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Beaverton	S	42 mi [67.6 km]	91,757	20.53% increase
	Forest Grove	S	40 mi [64.4 km]	20,985	18.51% increase
	Gresham	SE	47 mi [75.6 km]	101,221	12.21% increase
	Hillsboro	S	38 mi [61.2 km]	93,638	33.41% increase
	Lake Oswego	S	48 mi [77.2 km]	36,926	4.67% increase
	Milwaukie	S	47 mi [75.6 km]	20,707	1.06% increase
	Saint Helens	S	17 mi [27.36 km]	12,510	24.86% increase
	Sherwood	S	50 mi [80.5 km]	17,373	47.34% increase
	Tigard	S	46 mi [74 km]	48,713	18.17% increase
	Troutdale	SE	46 mi [74 km]	15,438	12.06% increase
	Tualatin	S	50 mi [80.5 km]	26,476	16.17% increase
	Camas (WA)	SE	42 mi [67.6 km]	17,950	43.21% increase
	Centralia (WA)	N	43 mi [69.2 km]	15,710	6.57% increase
	Kelso (WA)	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]	12,188	2.46% increase
	Longview (WA)	N	3 mi [4.83 km]	36,562	5.49% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Clatskanie	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,637	7.13% increase
	Columbia City	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]	1,964	25.02% increase
	Prescott	SE	4 mi [6.44 km]	73	1.39% increase
	Scappoose	S	23 mi [37.01 km]	6,377	28.16% increase
	Vernonia	SW	19 mi [30.58 km]	2,275	2.11% increase
	Castle Rock (WA)	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	2,120	0.47% decrease
	Cathlamet (WA)	W	22 mi [35.41 km]	603	6.73% increase
	East Cathlamet (WA)	W	21 mi [33.8 km]	---
	Kalama (WA)	SE	7 mi [11.27 km]	2,249	26.14% increase
	La Center (WA)	SE	20 mi [32.19 km]	2,545	53.87% increase
	Longview Heights (WA)	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Ridgefield (WA)	SE	21 mi [33.8 km]	4,314	100.93% increase
	Vader (WA)	N	21 mi [33.8 km]	612	3.73% increase
	West Longview (WA)	NW	5 mi [8.05 km]	---
	Woodland (WA)	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]	4,843	28.12% increase

Columbia County

Rainier is located in Columbia County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Columbia: Clatsop, Washington, Multnomah, Clark (WA), Cowlitz (WA) and Wahkiakum (WA). Although it doesn't share a border with Columbia, Lewis (WA) it is close to Rainier.

Below are counties that are near Rainier (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Rainier:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Rainier
	Clatsop County	W	Westport	20 miles [32 km]
	Multnomah County	S	Holbrook	30 miles [48 km]
	Tillamook County	SW	Belding	37 miles [59 km]
	Washington County	S	Bacona	23 miles [37 km]
	Clark County (WA)	SE	Hayes (WA)	17 miles [27 km]
	Cowlitz County (WA)	E	Longview Junction (WA)	2 miles [3 km]
	Lewis County (WA)	N	Vader (WA)	21 miles [33 km]
	Pacific County (WA)	NW	Pluvius (WA)	38 miles [61 km]
	Wahkiakum County (WA)	W	Eagle Cliff (WA)	14 miles [22 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Oregon<3>

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