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Nearest Communities to La Paz,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.<1>

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

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

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of La Paz County: Maricopa, Mohave, Yavapai, Yuma, Imperial (CA), Riverside (CA) & San Bernardino (CA).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of La Paz. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than La Paz 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 La Paz (which is La Paz 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 La Paz

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

  • La Paz County   (where La Paz resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.lapaz.gov/
    • County Seat for La Paz:   Parker
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to La Paz   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from La Paz.
      • Morgantown
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Morgantown is located in La Paz County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgantown
      • Ehrenberg
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Olive City ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Olive City is located in La Paz County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive City
        • Olive City has also been known as:
        • Bradshaw's Ferry
        • Olivia
      • Quartzsite
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • La Paz Valley
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • La Paz Valley is located in La Paz County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz Valley
      • Plomosa ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Plomosa is located in La Paz County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plomosa
      • Poston
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Brenda
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Brenda is located in La Paz County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenda
      • Cibola
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Cibola is located in La Paz County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cibola
      • Bouse
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pioneer
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Pioneer is located in La Paz County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
      • Utting
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Utting is located in La Paz County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utting
  • Imperial County
  • Riverside County
    • County Website:   https://rivco.org/
    • County Seat for Riverside:   Riverside (CA)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to La Paz   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from La Paz.
      • East Blythe
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • East Blythe is located in Riverside County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Blythe
      • Blythe
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Blythe is located in Riverside County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythe
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,673 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blythe <4>
      • Tosco ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Tosco is located in Riverside County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tosco
      • Mesaville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Mesaville is located in Riverside County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesaville
      • Miller Farms
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Miller Farms is located in Riverside County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Farms
      • Ripley
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Ripley is located in Riverside County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
      • Mesa Verde
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Mesa Verde is located in Riverside County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Verde
      • Rannells ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Rannells is located in Riverside County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rannells
      • Inca
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Inca is located in Riverside County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inca
      • Cox
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Cox is located in Riverside County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox
      • Midland ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Midland is located in Riverside County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
      • Styx
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Styx is located in Riverside County (CA)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Styx
  • San Bernardino 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 from Point A (ie- La Paz) 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 La Paz, 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.