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Nearest Communities to Poston,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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 starting from Poston.<1>

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

Poston 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 37 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Poston. Of these communities, 22 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 Poston (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 Poston

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

  • La Paz County   (where Poston resides)
    • County Website:   www.co.la-paz.az.us/
    • County Seat for La Paz:   Parker
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Poston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Poston.
      • Parker
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Bluewater
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluewater have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewater
        • Bluewater is located in La Paz County
      • Cienega Springs
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Parker Strip
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parker Strip have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Strip
        • Parker Strip is located in La Paz County
      • La Paz ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Paz have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
        • La Paz is located in La Paz County
      • Bouse
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Quartzsite
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Morgantown
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Utting
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Ehrenberg
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Olive City ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olive City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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
        • Midway
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midway have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
          • Midway is located in La Paz County
        • La Paz Valley
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Plomosa ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plomosa have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plomosa
          • Plomosa is located in La Paz County
        • Planet ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Planet have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Planet
          • Planet is located in La Paz County
  • Mohave County
  • Riverside County
    • County Website:   www.co.riverside.ca.us/
    • County Seat for Riverside:   Riverside (CA)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Poston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Poston.
      • Cox
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cox have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox
        • Cox is located in Riverside County (CA)
      • Tosco ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tosco have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tosco
        • Tosco is located in Riverside County (CA)
      • Styx
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Styx have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Styx
        • Styx is located in Riverside County (CA)
      • Inca
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inca have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inca
        • Inca is located in Riverside County (CA)
      • Midland ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Mesaville
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mesaville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesaville
        • Mesaville is located in Riverside County (CA)
      • East Blythe
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Blythe
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • San Bernardino County
    • County Website:   www.sbcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for San Bernardino:   San Bernardino (CA)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Poston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Poston.
      • Calzona
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calzona have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calzona
        • Calzona is located in San Bernardino County (CA)
      • Big River
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Vidal
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vidal have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidal
        • Vidal is located in San Bernardino County (CA)
      • Earp
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Bluewater
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluewater have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewater
        • Bluewater is located in San Bernardino County (CA)
      • Vidal Junction
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vidal Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidal Junction
        • Vidal Junction is located in San Bernardino County (CA)
      • Cross Roads
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Roads have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
        • Cross Roads is located in San Bernardino County (CA)
      • Parker Dam
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Rice ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rice. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
        • Rice is located in San Bernardino County (CA)

          • Google driving directions:

          From your current location to Rice

          From Poston to Rice

      • Tin Shack ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tin Shack have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Shack
        • Tin Shack is located in San Bernardino County (CA)
      • Black Meadow Landing
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Meadow Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Meadow Landing
        • Black Meadow Landing is located in San Bernardino County (CA)
      • Havasu Palms
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Freda
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freda have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freda
        • Freda is located in San Bernardino County (CA)

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- Poston) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Poston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9906, Longitude: -114.3991    
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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