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Nearest Communities to Athlone,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Athlone 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 118 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Athlone. Of these communities, 67 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 Athlone (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 Athlone

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

  • Merced County   (where Athlone resides)
  • Fresno County
  • 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 Athlone   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Athlone.
      • Sierra Vista
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Sierra Vista is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Vista
      • Minturn
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Minturn is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
      • Chowchilla
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Ash ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Ash is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
      • Ovejo ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Ovejo is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovejo
      • Tyler ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Tyler is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
      • Tillman ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Tillman is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
      • Califa ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Califa is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Califa
      • Plains ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Plains is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
      • Fairmead
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Fairmead is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmead
      • Medano ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Medano is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medano
      • Dairyland
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Dairyland is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairyland
      • Continue List   (32 more) ...
        • Lincoln ‑ Historic
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
          • Lincoln is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
        • Sharon
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Sharon is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
        • Berenda
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Kismet
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Kismet is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kismet
        • Notarb
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Notarb is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notarb
        • Bonita
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Bonita is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
        • Madera Acres
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Madera Country Club Estates
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Madera Highlands
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Madera Highlands is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madera Highlands
        • Talbot ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Talbot is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot
        • Daulton
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Daulton is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daulton
        • Valley Lake Ranchos
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Valley Lake Ranchos is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Lake Ranchos
        • Jesbel ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Jesbel is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesbel
        • Italian Swiss Colony
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Italian Swiss Colony is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italian Swiss Colony
        • Lake Madera Country Estates
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Madera
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Knowles Junction
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Raymond
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Storey
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Storey is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storey
        • Parksdale
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Parkwood
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • River Road Estates
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • River Road Estates is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road Estates
        • Hillside ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Hillside is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
        • Knowles ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Borden
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Borden is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden
        • La Vina
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Lankershim ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Lankershim is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankershim
        • Irrigosa
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Irrigosa is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irrigosa
        • Ripperdan
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Ripperdan is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripperdan
        • Trigo
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Trigo is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigo
        • Bonadelle Ranchos - Madera Ranchos
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Bonadelle Ranchos
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Bonadelle Ranchos is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonadelle Ranchos
  • Mariposa County
  • Stanislaus 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 from Point A (ie- Athlone) 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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