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Nearest Communities to Acolita,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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 from Acolita.<1>

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


Acolita is located in Imperial County.

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Imperial County: Yuma (AZ), Riverside & San Diego.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 50 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Acolita. Of these communities, 1 are located in counties other than Imperial 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 Acolita (which is Imperial 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 Acolita

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

  • Imperial County   (where Acolita resides)
    • County Website:   https://imperialcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Imperial:   El Centro
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Acolita   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Acolita.
      • Amos ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Amos was located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amos
      • Mesquite
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Mesquite is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesquite
      • Glamis
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Tortuga
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Tortuga is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tortuga
      • Ruthven
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Ruthven is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthven
      • Butlers ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Butlers was located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers
      • Moss
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Moss is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss
      • Munyon
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Munyon is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munyon
      • Orita
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Orita is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orita
      • Inperial Gables
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Inperial Gables is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inperial Gables
      • Iris
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Iris is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iris
      • Curlew
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Curlew is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curlew
      • Continue List   (37 more) ...
        • Mayflower ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
          • Mayflower was located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower
        • Wiest
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
          • Wiest is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiest
        • Clyde
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Clyde is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
        • Alamorio
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Alamorio is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamorio
        • Perrys Corner
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Perrys Corner is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corner
        • Sandia
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Sandia is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandia
        • Bernice ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Bernice was located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
        • Fuller
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Fuller is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
        • Calipatria
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Rockwood
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Rockwood is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
        • Date City
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Date City is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Date City
        • Holtville
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Estelle
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Estelle is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
        • Hovley
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Hovley is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovley
        • Brawley
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Brawley is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brawley
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,015 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brawley <3>
        • Verdant
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Verdant is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdant
        • Niland
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Cactus
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Cactus is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus
        • Rico
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Rico is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
        • Meloland
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Meloland is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meloland
        • Citrus View
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Citrus View is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus View
        • Shamrock ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Shamrock was located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
        • Tumco ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Tumco was located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumco
        • Watermans Corner
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Watermans Corner is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watermans Corner
        • Fondo
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Fondo is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fondo
        • Westmorland
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Mundo
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Mundo is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mundo
        • Ogilby ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Ogilby was located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogilby
        • Anza
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Anza is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anza
        • Bonds Corner
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Bonds Corner is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonds Corner
        • Obregon
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Obregon is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obregon
        • Imperial
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Imperial is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,663 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Imperial <3>
        • El Centro
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Hoge Ferry
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Hoge Ferry is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoge Ferry
        • Wister
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Wister is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wister
        • Dunes
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Dunes is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunes
        • Wilsie
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Wilsie is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsie
  • La Paz County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Acolita) 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.