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Nearest Communities to Avalon,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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.<1>

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

Avalon is located in Los Angeles County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Los Angeles County: Kern, Orange, San Bernardino & Ventura.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 33 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Avalon. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Los Angeles 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 Avalon (which is Los Angeles 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 Avalon

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

  • Los Angeles County   (where Avalon resides)
    • County Website:   www.lacounty.info/
    • County Seat for Los Angeles:   Los Angeles
    • Note: The southwestern boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Avalon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Avalon.
      • Two Harbors
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Fish Harbor ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fish Harbor. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Harbor
        • Fish Harbor is located in Los Angeles County
      • Portuguese Bend
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portuguese Bend
        • Portuguese Bend is located in Los Angeles County
      • San Pedro Hill
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Pedro Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro Hill
        • San Pedro Hill is located in Los Angeles County
      • San Pedro
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
        • San Pedro is located in Los Angeles County
      • Abalone Cove ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abalone Cove
        • Abalone Cove is located in Los Angeles County
      • Miraleste
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miraleste have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miraleste
        • Miraleste is located in Los Angeles County
      • Rancho Palos Verdes
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Rolling Hills
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Dana Strand Village
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dana Strand Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana Strand Village
        • Dana Strand Village is located in Los Angeles County
      • Los Palos Verdes
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Los Palos Verdes have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Palos Verdes
        • Los Palos Verdes is located in Los Angeles County
      • Belmont Shore
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
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        • Bluff Park
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluff Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Park
          • Bluff Park is located in Los Angeles County
        • Gaspur ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gaspur have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaspur
          • Gaspur is located in Los Angeles County
        • Harbor City
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor City
          • Harbor City is located in Los Angeles County
        • Harbor Hills
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
          • Harbor Hills is located in Los Angeles County
        • Long Beach
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Naples
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
          • Naples is located in Los Angeles County
        • Rolling Hills Estates
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Wilmington
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
          • Wilmington is located in Los Angeles County
  • Orange County
    • County Website:   www.oc.ca.gov/
    • County Seat for Orange:   Santa Ana
    • Note: The western boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Avalon   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Avalon.
      • Balboa
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Balboa have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balboa
        • Balboa is located in Orange County
      • Huntington Beach
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lido Isle
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lido Isle have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lido Isle
        • Lido Isle is located in Orange County
      • Newport Beach
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sunset Beach
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Balboa Ferry
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Balboa Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balboa Ferry
        • Balboa Ferry is located in Orange County
      • Bay Shores
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Shores
        • Bay Shores is located in Orange County
      • Huntington Harbour
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntington Harbour have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington Harbour
        • Huntington Harbour is located in Orange County
      • La Bolsa
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Bolsa have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Bolsa
        • La Bolsa is located in Orange County
      • Newport Heights
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newport Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Heights
        • Newport Heights is located in Orange County
      • Ocean View Estates
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocean View Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean View Estates
        • Ocean View Estates is located in Orange County
      • Seal Beach
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Surfside
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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- Avalon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Avalon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3422, Longitude: -118.3276    
<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.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.




 

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