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Nearest Communities to Nelson,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Nelson.<1>

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

Nelson 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 67 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Nelson. Of these communities, 11 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 Nelson (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 Nelson

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

  • Pima County   (where Nelson resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.pima.gov/
    • County Seat for Pima:   Tucson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Nelson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Nelson.
      • Marana
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Avra Valley
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Avra Valley is located in Pima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avra Valley
      • Dobson
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Dobson is located in Pima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobson
      • Naviska
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Naviska is located in Pima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naviska
      • Rillito
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Picture Rocks
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Picture Rocks is located in Pima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picture Rocks
      • Avra
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Avra is located in Pima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avra
      • Cortaro
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Tortolita
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Kino
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Kino is located in Pima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kino
      • Silver Bell
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Silver Bell is located in Pima County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Bell
      • Tucson National Estates
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Continue List   (44 more) ...
        • Orange Grove Estates
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Silverbell ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
          • Silverbell is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverbell
        • Jaynes
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Jaynes is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaynes
        • Old Tucson
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Old Tucson is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Tucson
        • Oro Valley
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Casas Adobes
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Flowing Wells
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Flowing Wells is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Wells
        • Stockham
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Stockham is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockham
        • Skoksonak
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Skoksonak is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skoksonak
        • Tucson Estates
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Tucson Estates is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucson Estates
        • Valley View
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Valley View is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View
        • Catalina
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Amphitheater
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Amphitheater is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amphitheater
        • Oracle Foothills Estates
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Pascua Yaqui Indian Village
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Corner Windmill
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Corner Windmill is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Windmill
        • El Rio
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • El Rio is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Rio
        • Catalina Foothills
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Polo Village
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Polo Village is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polo Village
        • Skyline Bel Aire Estates
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • South Tucson
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Quinlin
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Quinlin is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinlin
        • Robles Junction
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Robles Junction is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robles Junction
        • Three Points
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Three Points is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
        • Drexel Heights
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Drexel Heights is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drexel Heights
        • Tucson
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Queens Well
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Queens Well is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Well
        • Pueblo Gardens
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Pueblo Gardens is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblo Gardens
        • Polvo
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Polvo is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polvo
        • Tucson Country Club Estates
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Craycroft
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Craycroft is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craycroft
        • Emery Park
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Emery Park is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emery Park
        • Indian Ridge Estates
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Rancho de Martinez
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Rancho de Martinez is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho de Martinez
        • San Pedro
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • San Pedro is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
        • Kingston Knolls Terrace
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Loma Linda
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Loma Linda is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda
        • Mount Lemmon
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Summerhaven
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Drexel - Alvernon
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Drexel - Alvernon is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drexel - Alvernon
        • Vandenberg Village
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Vandenberg Village is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandenberg Village
        • Soldier Camp
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Soldier Camp is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier Camp
        • Rolling Hills Country Club Estates
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Nawt Vaya
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Nawt Vaya is located in Pima County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nawt Vaya
  • Pinal 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nelson) 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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