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Nearest Communities to Bitterwater,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

Keep in mind 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.

Bitterwater is located in San Benito County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of San Benito County: Fresno, Merced, Monterey, Santa Clara & Santa Cruz.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bitterwater. Of these communities, 41 are located in counties other than San Benito 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 Bitterwater (which is San Benito 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 Bitterwater

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

  • San Benito County   (where Bitterwater resides)
  • Fresno County
  • Monterey County
    • County Website:   https://www.countyofmonterey.gov/
    • County Seat for Monterey:   Salinas
    • Note: The western boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bitterwater   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bitterwater.
      • Lonoak
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Lonoak is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonoak
      • Coburn
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Coburn is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburn
      • San Lorenzo
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • San Lorenzo is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Lorenzo
      • Elsa
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Elsa is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsa
      • Metz
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Metz is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
      • Welby
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Welby is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welby
      • King City
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Posa De Los Ositos
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Posa De Los Ositos is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posa De Los Ositos
      • Greenfield
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Harlem
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Harlem is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
      • San Bernabe
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • San Bernabe is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Bernabe
      • Arroyo Seco
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Arroyo Seco is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arroyo Seco
      • Continue List   (26 more) ...
        • San Benito
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
          • San Benito is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Benito
        • Los Coches
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Los Coches is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Coches
        • San Lucas
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Soledad
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Fort Romie
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Fort Romie is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Romie
        • Docas ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Docas is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Docas
        • Camphora
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Camphora is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camphora
        • Ex Mission Soledad
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Ex Mission Soledad is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ex Mission Soledad
        • San Bernardo
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • San Bernardo is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Bernardo
        • Molus
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Molus is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molus
        • San Vicente
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • San Vicente is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Vicente
        • Sycamore Flat
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Sycamore Flat is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Flat
        • San Ardo
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Gonzales
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Millers Ranch
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Millers Ranch is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Ranch
        • Paraje de Sanchez
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Paraje de Sanchez is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paraje de Sanchez
        • Milpitas
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Milpitas is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milpitas
        • Dean
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Dean is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
        • Hunter - Liggett
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Hunter - Liggett is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter - Liggett
        • Penvir
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Penvir is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penvir
        • Zanjones
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Zanjones is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zanjones
        • Rincon de la Puente del Monte
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Jolon
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Gabilan ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Gabilan is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabilan
        • Mascorini Place
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Mascorini Place is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascorini Place
        • Lockwood
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bitterwater) 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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