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Nearest Communities to Arena,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.<1>

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

Arena is located in Merced County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Merced County: Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, San Benito, Santa Clara & Stanislaus.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 122 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Arena. Of these communities, 65 are located in counties other than Merced 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 Arena (which is Merced 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 Arena

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

  • Merced County   (where Arena resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.countyofmerced.com/
    • County Seat for Merced:   Merced
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Arena   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Arena.
      • Livingston
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Atwater
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Winton
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Cressey
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Castle Gardens
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Castle Gardens is located in Merced County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Gardens
      • Cuba ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Cuba is located in Merced County
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      • Fluhr
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Fluhr is located in Merced County
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      • Ballico
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • The Grove
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • The Grove is located in Merced County
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      • Buhach
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Buhach is located in Merced County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buhach
      • Arundel ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Arundel is located in Merced County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arundel
      • Hoff ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Hoff is located in Merced County
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        • Delhi
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Amsterdam
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Amsterdam is located in Merced County
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        • Cortez
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Cortez is located in Merced County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortez
        • Fergus
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
          • Fergus is located in Merced County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fergus
        • Nairn ‑ Historic
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
          • Nairn is located in Merced County
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        • Hilmar
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Irwin
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
          • Irwin is located in Merced County
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        • Bellevue ‑ Historic
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
          • Bellevue is located in Merced County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
        • Edendale ‑ Historic
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Edendale is located in Merced County
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        • Stevinson
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Hopeton
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Hopeton is located in Merced County
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        • Merced
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Old Dickenson Ferry
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Old Dickenson Ferry is located in Merced County
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        • Bear Creek
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Bear Creek is located in Merced County
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        • Kadota
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Kadota is located in Merced County
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        • Snelling
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Tuttle
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Tuttle is located in Merced County
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        • Lingard
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Lingard is located in Merced County
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        • Calpack
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Calpack is located in Merced County
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        • Sanjon De Santa Rita
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Sanjon De Santa Rita is located in Merced County
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        • El Nido
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Gustine
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Planada
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Athlone
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Athlone is located in Merced County
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        • Ingomar
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Ingomar is located in Merced County
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        • Linora ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Linora is located in Merced County
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        • Merced Falls
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Merced Falls is located in Merced County
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        • Plainsburg
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Plainsburg is located in Merced County
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        • Burchell ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Burchell is located in Merced County
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        • Dos Palos Y
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Dos Palos Y is located in Merced County
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        • Santa Rita Park
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Abbato ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Abbato is located in Merced County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbato
        • La Branza ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • La Branza is located in Merced County
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        • Los Banos
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Trent
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Trent is located in Merced County
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        • Volta
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Volta is located in Merced County
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        • Gadwall ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Gadwall is located in Merced County
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        • Le Grand
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Brito
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Brito is located in Merced County
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        • Dos Palos
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Santa Nella Village
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Santa Nella
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • South Dos Palos
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Dickenson ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Dickenson is located in Merced County
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        • Marguerite ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Marguerite is located in Merced County
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  • Madera County
    • County Website:   https://www.maderacounty.com/
    • County Seat for Madera:   Madera
    • Note: The eastern boundary of the county is defined by the Sierra Nevada Mountains
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Arena   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Arena.
      • Sierra Vista
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Sierra Vista is located in Madera County
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      • Minturn
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Minturn is located in Madera County
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      • Chowchilla
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Ash ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Ash is located in Madera County
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      • Ovejo ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Ovejo is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovejo
      • Plains ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Plains is located in Madera County
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      • Tillman ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Tillman is located in Madera County
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      • Tyler ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Tyler is located in Madera County
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      • Lincoln ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Lincoln is located in Madera County
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  • Mariposa County
    • County Website:   https://mariposacounty.org/
    • County Seat for Mariposa:   Mariposa
    • Note: The eastern boundary of the county is defined by the Sierra Nevada Mountains
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Arena   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Arena.
      • Hornitos
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Hayward
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Hayward is located in Mariposa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
      • Indian Gulch ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Indian Gulch is located in Mariposa County
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      • Barrett
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Barrett is located in Mariposa County
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      • Granite Springs
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Granite Springs is located in Mariposa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Springs
  • San Joaquin County
  • Stanislaus County
    • County Website:   https://www.stancounty.com/
    • County Seat for Stanislaus:   Modesto
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Arena   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Arena.
      • Montpelier
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Montpelier is located in Stanislaus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
      • Denair
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Turlock
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Turlock is located in Stanislaus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlock
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,059 people
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      • Chemurgic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Chemurgic is located in Stanislaus County
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      • Hills Ferry
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Hills Ferry is located in Stanislaus County
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      • Hickman
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Hatch
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Hatch is located in Stanislaus County
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      • Orestimba
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Orestimba is located in Stanislaus County
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      • Keyes
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Waterford
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Esmar ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Esmar is located in Stanislaus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmar
      • Hughson
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
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        • Newman
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Newman is located in Stanislaus County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,702 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newman <3>
        • Timba
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Timba is located in Stanislaus County
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        • Stomar
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Stomar is located in Stanislaus County
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        • Ceres
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Ceres is located in Stanislaus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceres
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,603 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ceres <3>
        • Crows Landing
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Empire
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Harp
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Harp is located in Stanislaus County
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        • Rancho Del Puerto
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Rancho Del Puerto is located in Stanislaus County
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        • La Grange
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Bret Harte
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Bret Harte is located in Stanislaus County
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        • Riverside
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Riverside is located in Stanislaus County
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        • Jet
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Jet is located in Stanislaus County
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        • Paulsell
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Paulsell is located in Stanislaus County
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        • Bystrom
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Bystrom is located in Stanislaus County
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        • Shackelford
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Shackelford is located in Stanislaus County
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        • Claribel
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Claribel is located in Stanislaus County
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        • Warnerville
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Warnerville is located in Stanislaus County
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        • Claus
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Claus is located in Stanislaus County
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        • West Modesto
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • West Modesto is located in Stanislaus County
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        • Patterson
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Cooperstown
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Cooperstown is located in Stanislaus County
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        • Aurora
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Aurora is located in Stanislaus County
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        • Modesto
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Modesto is located in Stanislaus County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 215,666 people
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        • Riverdale Park
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Riverdale Park is located in Stanislaus County
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        • Arnold ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Arnold is located in Stanislaus County
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        • El Pescadero
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • El Pescadero is located in Stanislaus County
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        • Vanormer ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Vanormer is located in Stanislaus County
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        • Oakdale
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Oakdale is located in Stanislaus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,228 people
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        • Riverbank
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Standiford
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Standiford is located in Stanislaus County
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        • East Oakdale
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • East Oakdale is located in Stanislaus County
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        • Burneyville Ferry
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Burneyville Ferry is located in Stanislaus County
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        • McHenry
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • McHenry is located in Stanislaus County
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        • Tuolumne City ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Tuolumne City is located in Stanislaus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuolumne City
        • Adela
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Adela is located in Stanislaus County
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        • Knights Ferry
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Grayson
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Grayson is located in Stanislaus County
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        • Stewart
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Stewart is located in Stanislaus County
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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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Arena) 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.