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Nearest Communities to Riverside Acres,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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


Riverside Acres 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 40 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Riverside Acres. 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 Riverside Acres (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 Riverside Acres

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

  • Gila County   (where Riverside Acres resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.gilacountyaz.gov/
    • County Seat for Gila:   Globe
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Riverside Acres   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Riverside Acres.
      • Roosevelt Lake Gardens West
        (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Tonto Basin
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Punkin Center
        (Less than 2 miles to the north)
        • Punkin Center is also located in Gila County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
      • Rancho Del Escondido
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
        • Rancho Del Escondido is also located in Gila County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Del Escondido
      • Roosevelt Lake Gardens East
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jakes Corner
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Jakes Corner is also located in Gila County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jakes Corner
      • Government Hill
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Government Hill is also located in Gila County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Government Hill
      • Deer Creek
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Deer Creek is also located in Gila County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
      • Coffeepot
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Coffeepot is also located in Gila County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeepot
      • Roosevelt
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Gallups
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Gallups is also located in Gila County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallups
      • Gisela
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Gisela is also located in Gila County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gisela
      • Continue List   (16 more) ...
        • Rose Creek Lodge
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Rose Creek Lodge is also located in Gila County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Creek Lodge
        • Rye
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Aztec Lodge
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Aztec Lodge is also located in Gila County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aztec Lodge
        • Grapevine
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Grapevine is also located in Gila County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
        • Willow
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Willow is also located in Gila County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
        • Oxbow Estates
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Oxbow Estates is also located in Gila County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow Estates
        • Roosevelt Lake Estates
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Spurlock
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Spurlock is also located in Gila County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurlock
        • Young
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Fort McDonald
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Fort McDonald is also located in Gila County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McDonald
        • Payson
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Payson is also located in Gila County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payson
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,947 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payson <3>
        • Star Valley
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Star Valley is also 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
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Sun Valley is also located in Gila County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
        • Diamond Point Shadows
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Diamond Point Shadows is also located in Gila County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Point Shadows
        • Dagger
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Dagger is also located in Gila County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dagger
        • Mesa Del Caballo
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Mesa Del Caballo is also located in Gila County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Del Caballo
  • Maricopa County
    • County Website:   https://www.maricopa.gov/
    • County Seat for Maricopa:   Phoenix
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Riverside Acres   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Riverside Acres.
      • Sunflower ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Sunflower was located in Maricopa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
      • Horse Mesa
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Horse Mesa is located in Maricopa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Mesa
      • Fish Creek ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Fish Creek was located in Maricopa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
      • Tortilla Flat
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Rio Verde Estates
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Rio Verde Estates is located in Maricopa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Verde Estates
      • Rio Verde
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Fort McDowell
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Fort McDowell is located in Maricopa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McDowell
      • Fountain Hills
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Fountain View
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Fountain View is located in Maricopa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain View
      • Camp Creek
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Camp Creek is located in Maricopa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
  • Pinal 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- Riverside Acres) 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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