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Nearest Communities to Arivaca,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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 from Arivaca.<1>

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

Arivaca is located in Pima County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pima County: Cochise, Graham, Maricopa, Pinal, Santa Cruz & Yuma.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 54 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Arivaca. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Pima 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 Arivaca (which is Pima 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 Arivaca

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

  • Pima County   (where Arivaca resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.pima.gov/
    • County Seat for Pima:   Tucson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Arivaca   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Arivaca.
      • Las Guijas ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Las Guijas was located in Pima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Guijas
      • Sandwash Mill
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Sandwash Mill is also located in Pima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwash Mill
      • Puertocito
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Puertocito is also located in Pima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puertocito
      • Secundino
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Secundino is also located in Pima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secundino
      • Sasabe
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Arivaca Junction
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Buenos Aires
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Buenos Aires is also located in Pima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buenos Aires
      • Sapano Vaya
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Sapano Vaya is also located in Pima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapano Vaya
      • Chutum Vaya ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Kom Kug
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Kom Kug is also located in Pima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kom Kug
      • Kuit Vaya
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Kuit Vaya is also located in Pima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuit Vaya
      • Newfield
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Newfield is also located in Pima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfield
      • Continue List   (16 more) ...
        • Chiuli Shaik
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Chiuli Shaik is also located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiuli Shaik
        • Hashan Chuchg
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Hashan Chuchg is also located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hashan Chuchg
        • Kahachi Miliuk
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Kahachi Miliuk is also located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kahachi Miliuk
        • Pitoikam
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Pitoikam is also located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitoikam
        • Choulic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • San Miguel
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Utevak
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Utevak is also located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utevak
        • Diamond Bell Ranch
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Diamond Bell Ranch is also located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Bell Ranch
        • Green Valley
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Twin Buttes ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Twin Buttes was located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Buttes
        • South Komelik
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Continental ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Ak Chut Vaya
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Ak Chut Vaya is also located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ak Chut Vaya
        • Gu Chuapo
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Gu Chuapo is also located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gu Chuapo
        • Uhs Kug
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Uhs Kug is also located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uhs Kug
        • San Xavier
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • San Xavier is also located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Xavier
  • Santa Cruz County

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Arivaca) 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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