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Nearest Communities to Oak Creek,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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.

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.

Oak Creek is located in Yavapai County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Yavapai County: Coconino, Gila, La Paz, Maricopa & Mohave.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 73 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Oak Creek. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Yavapai 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 Oak Creek (which is Yavapai 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 Oak Creek

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

  • Yavapai County   (where Oak Creek resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.yavapaiaz.gov/
    • County Seat for Yavapai:   Prescott
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Oak Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Oak Creek.
      • Big Park
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • Big Park is located in Yavapai County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Park
      • Baldwins Crossing
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Baldwins Crossing is located in Yavapai County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwins Crossing
      • Red Rock
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Red Rock is located in Yavapai County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
      • Sedona
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • West Sedona
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Page Springs
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Page Springs is located in Yavapai County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Springs
      • Lawrence Crossing
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Lawrence Crossing is located in Yavapai County
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      • Rimrock
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Lake Montezuma
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • McGuireville
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Cornville
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jordan
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Jordan is located in Yavapai County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
      • Continue List   (37 more) ...
        • Bignotti
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Bignotti is located in Yavapai County
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        • Sheeps Crossing
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Sheeps Crossing is located in Yavapai County
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        • Middle Verde
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
          • Middle Verde is located in Yavapai County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Verde
        • Bridgeport
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
          • Bridgeport is located in Yavapai County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
        • Smelter City
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
          • Smelter City is located in Yavapai County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelter City
        • Verde
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
          • Verde is located in Yavapai County
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        • Mesa Verde Estates
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
          • Mesa Verde Estates is located in Yavapai County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Verde Estates
        • Aultman
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Aultman is located in Yavapai County
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        • Cottonwood
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Verde Village
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • Verde Village is located in Yavapai County
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          • Verde Village has also been known as:
          • Cottonwood - Verde Village
        • Fort River Caves
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
          • Fort River Caves is located in Yavapai County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort River Caves
        • Pioneer Acres
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
          • Pioneer Acres is located in Yavapai County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Acres
        • Reddells Ranch Acres
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
          • Reddells Ranch Acres is located in Yavapai County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reddells Ranch Acres
        • Tres Rios
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
          • Tres Rios is located in Yavapai County
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        • Verde River Meadows One
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Clemenceau ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
          • Clemenceau is located in Yavapai County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemenceau
        • Camp Verde
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Security Acres
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
          • Security Acres is located in Yavapai County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Security Acres
        • Centerville
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Centerville is located in Yavapai County
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        • Clarkdale
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Tapco
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Tapco is located in Yavapai County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tapco
        • Country Estates
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Country Estates is located in Yavapai County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Estates
        • Fort Verde Estates
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Fort Verde Estates is located in Yavapai County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Verde Estates
        • Jordan Meadows
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Jordan Meadows is located in Yavapai County
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        • Mountain View Estates
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Paradise Acres
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Paradise Acres is located in Yavapai County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Acres
        • Clear Creek
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Clear Creek is located in Yavapai County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
        • Wingfield
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Wingfield is located in Yavapai County
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        • Jerome
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Sycamore
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Sycamore is located in Yavapai County
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        • Cherry
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Flower Pot
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Flower Pot is located in Yavapai County
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        • Arnold Place
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Arnold Place is located in Yavapai County
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        • Cedar Mill
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Cedar Mill is located in Yavapai County
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        • Perkinsville
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Perkinsville is located in Yavapai County
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        • Hecla
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Hecla is located in Yavapai County
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        • Bear
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Bear is located in Yavapai County
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  • Coconino County
  • Gila County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Oak Creek) 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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