Nearest Communities to Punkin Center,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Punkin Center, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Punkin Center:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Punkin Center.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Punkin Center is located in Gila County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Gila County: Coconino, Graham, Maricopa, Navajo, Pinal & Yavapai.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Punkin Center. Of these communities, 12 are located in counties other than Gila 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 Punkin Center (which is Gila 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 Punkin Center
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Gila County (where Punkin Center resides)
- County Website: https://www.gilacountyaz.gov/
- County Seat for Gila: Globe
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Punkin Center ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Punkin Center.
- Rancho Del Escondido
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Riverside Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Riverside Acres is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Acres
- Roosevelt Lake Gardens West
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tonto Basin
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Roosevelt Lake Gardens East
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jakes Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jakes Corner is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jakes Corner
- Deer Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Deer Creek is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Coffeepot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Coffeepot is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeepot
- Gisela
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Gisela is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gisela
- Gallups
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gallups is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallups
- Rye
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Government Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Government Hill is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Government Hill
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Roosevelt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Aztec Lodge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Aztec Lodge is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aztec Lodge
- Rose Creek Lodge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rose Creek Lodge is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Creek Lodge
- Oxbow Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oxbow Estates is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow Estates
- Grapevine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grapevine is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
- Willow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willow is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Spurlock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Spurlock is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurlock
- Roosevelt Lake Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fort McDonald
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fort McDonald is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McDonald
- Payson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Young
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Star Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Star Valley is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,327 people
- Star Valley has also been known as:
- Diamond Star
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Star Valley <3>
- Sun Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sun Valley is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Diamond Point Shadows
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mesa Del Caballo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mesa Del Caballo is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Del Caballo
- East Verde Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- East Verde Crossing is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Verde Crossing
- Flowing Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Flowing Springs is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Springs
- Freedom Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Freedom Acres is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Acres
- Wonder Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wonder Valley is located in Gila County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonder Valley
- Maricopa County
- County Website: https://www.maricopa.gov/
- County Seat for Maricopa: Phoenix
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Punkin Center ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Punkin Center.
- Sunflower ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sunflower is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Horse Mesa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Horse Mesa is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Mesa
- Fish Creek ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Fish Creek is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
- Rio Verde Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rio Verde Estates is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Verde Estates
- Rio Verde
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Tortilla Flat
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fort McDowell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fort McDowell is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McDowell
- Camp Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Camp Creek is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Fountain Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain View is located in Maricopa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain View
- Pinal County
- County Website: https://www.pinal.gov/
- County Seat for Pinal: Florence
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Punkin Center ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Punkin Center.
- Goldfield ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Goldfield is located in Pinal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldfield
- Youngberg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Youngberg is located in Pinal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngberg
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Punkin Center) 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |