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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 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 starting 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 is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amos
      • Mesquite
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Mesquite is 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 located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tortuga
      • Ruthven
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Ruthven is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthven
      • Butlers ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Butlers is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers
      • Moss
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Moss is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss
      • Munyon
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Munyon is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munyon
      • Orita
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Orita is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orita
      • Inperial Gables
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Inperial Gables is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inperial Gables
      • Iris
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Iris is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iris
      • Curlew
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Curlew is 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 is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower
        • Wiest
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
          • Wiest is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiest
        • Clyde
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Clyde is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
        • Alamorio
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Alamorio is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamorio
        • Perrys Corner
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Perrys Corner is located in Imperial County
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        • Sandia
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Sandia is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandia
        • Bernice ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Bernice is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
        • Fuller
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Fuller is 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 located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
        • Date City
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Date City is 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 located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
        • Hovley
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Hovley is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovley
        • Brawley
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Verdant
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Verdant is 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 located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus
        • Rico
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Rico is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
        • Meloland
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Meloland is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meloland
        • Citrus View
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Citrus View is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus View
        • Shamrock ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Shamrock is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
        • Tumco ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Tumco is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumco
        • Watermans Corner
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Watermans Corner is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watermans Corner
        • Fondo
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Fondo is 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 located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mundo
        • Ogilby ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Ogilby is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogilby
        • Anza
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Anza is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anza
        • Bonds Corner
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Bonds Corner is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonds Corner
        • Obregon
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Obregon is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obregon
        • Imperial
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • El Centro
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Hoge Ferry
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Hoge Ferry is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoge Ferry
        • Wister
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Wister is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wister
        • Dunes
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Dunes is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunes
        • Wilsie
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Wilsie is 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 things 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.
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