Nearest Communities to Morgantown,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Morgantown, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Morgantown:
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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Morgantown is located in 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 24 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Morgantown. 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,<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 Morgantown (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 Morgantown
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- La Paz County (where Morgantown resides)
- County Website: www.co.la-paz.az.us/
- County Seat for La Paz: Parker
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Arizona
- La Paz County
- From Family Search:
- State of Arizona
- La Paz County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Arizona
- La Paz County
- Nearest Communities to Morgantown ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Morgantown.
- La Paz ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Ehrenberg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ehrenberg
- Ehrenberg is located in La Paz County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ehrenberg <4>
- Olive City ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olive City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive City
- Olive City is located in La Paz County
- Olive City has also been known as:
- Bradshaw's Ferry
- Olivia
- La Paz Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz Valley
- La Paz Valley is located in La Paz County
- Quartzsite
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzsite
- Quartzsite is located in La Paz County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,814 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quartzsite <4>
- Plomosa ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - Cibola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Poston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poston
- Poston is located in La Paz County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poston <4>
- Brenda
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenda
- Brenda is located in La Paz County
- Imperial County
- County Website: www.co.imperial.ca.us/
- County Seat for Imperial: El Centro (CA)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of California
- Imperial County
- From Family Search:
- State of California
- Imperial County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of California
- Imperial County
- Nearest Communities to Morgantown ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Morgantown.
- Taylor Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylor Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Ferry
- Taylor Ferry is located in Imperial County (CA)
- Palo Verde
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palo Verde
- Palo Verde is located in Imperial County (CA)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palo Verde <4>
- Paymaster Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paymaster Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paymaster Landing
- Paymaster Landing is located in Imperial County (CA)
- Riverside County
- County Website: www.co.riverside.ca.us/
- County Seat for Riverside: Riverside (CA)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of California
- Riverside County
- From Family Search:
- State of California
- Riverside County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of California
- Riverside County
- Nearest Communities to Morgantown ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Morgantown.
- East Blythe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Blythe
- East Blythe is located in Riverside County (CA)
- Blythe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythe
- Blythe is located in Riverside County (CA)
- 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 northwest) - Miller Farms
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miller Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Farms
- Miller Farms is located in Riverside County (CA)
- Mesaville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Ripley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Mesa Verde
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Verde
- Mesa Verde is located in Riverside County (CA)
- Rannells ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - Inca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Cox
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest) - Midland ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Midland is located in Riverside County (CA)
- Styx
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Morgantown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Morgantown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6233, Longitude: -114.4381 |
| <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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |