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Nearest Communities to Barnwell,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 from Barnwell.<1>

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


Barnwell is located in San Bernardino County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of San Bernardino County: La Paz (AZ), Mohave (AZ), Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside & Clark (NV).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 35 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Barnwell. Of these communities, 12 are located in counties other than San Bernardino 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 Barnwell (which is San Bernardino 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 Barnwell

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

  • San Bernardino County   (where Barnwell resides)
    • County Website:   https://main.sbcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for San Bernardino:   San Bernardino
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Barnwell   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Barnwell.
      • Vanderbilt
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
        • Vanderbilt is also located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderbilt
      • Ivanpah ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Ivanpah was located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanpah
      • Moore
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Moore is also located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
      • Hart
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Hart is also located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
      • Brant
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Brant is also located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brant
      • Juan
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Juan is also located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juan
      • Lanfair ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Lanfair was located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanfair
      • Nipton
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Joshua
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Joshua is also located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua
      • Thomas Place
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Thomas Place is also located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Place
      • Cima
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Chase
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Chase is also located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Wheaton Springs
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Wheaton Springs is also located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheaton Springs
        • Fort Piute ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Fort Piute was located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Piute
        • Elora
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Elora is also located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elora
        • Mountain Pass
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Calada
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Calada is also located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calada
        • Rainbow Wells
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Rainbow Wells is also located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Wells
        • Rosalie
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Rosalie is also located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosalie
          • Rosalie has also been known as:
          • Valley Wells Station
          • Valley Wells
        • Goffs
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Goffs is also located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goffs
        • Hayden
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Hayden is also located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
        • Homer
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Homer is also located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
        • Kelso
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Kelso is also located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso
  • Clark County
    • County Website:   https://www.clarkcountynv.gov/
    • County Seat for Clark:   Las Vegas (NV)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Barnwell   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Barnwell.
      • Crescent ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Crescent was located in Clark County (NV)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
      • Morgantown ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Morgantown was located in Clark County (NV)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgantown
      • Cal-Nev-Ari
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Abbottsville ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Abbottsville was located in Clark County (NV)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
      • Searchlight
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Primm
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Camp Sunrise ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Camp Sunrise was located in Clark County (NV)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Sunrise
      • Emerald City ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Emerald City was located in Clark County (NV)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald City
      • Kerwin Camp ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Kerwin Camp was located in Clark County (NV)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerwin Camp
      • Roach
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Roach is located in Clark County (NV)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roach
      • Borax ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Borax was located in Clark County (NV)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borax
      • Wallace ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Wallace was located in Clark County (NV)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Barnwell) 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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