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Nearest Communities to Cambria,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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 starting from Cambria.<1>

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


Cambria is located in San Luis Obispo County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of San Luis Obispo County: Kern, Kings, Monterey, Santa Barbara & Ventura.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 73 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Cambria. Of these communities, 14 are located in counties other than San Luis Obispo 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 Cambria (which is San Luis Obispo 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 Cambria

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

  • San Luis Obispo County   (where Cambria resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.slocounty.ca.gov/
    • County Seat for San Luis Obispo:   San Luis Obispo
    • Note: The western boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cambria   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cambria.
      • Tin City
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
        • Tin City is located in San Luis Obispo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin City
      • East Village
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
        • East Village is located in San Luis Obispo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
      • Lodge Hill
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • Lodge Hill is located in San Luis Obispo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge Hill
      • Cambria Pines
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • Cambria Pines is located in San Luis Obispo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria Pines
      • West Village
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • West Village is located in San Luis Obispo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village
      • Leimert
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
        • Leimert is located in San Luis Obispo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leimert
      • Marine Terrace
        (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
        • Marine Terrace is located in San Luis Obispo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marine Terrace
      • Happy Hill
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • Happy Hill is located in San Luis Obispo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hill
      • Park Hill
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • Park Hill is located in San Luis Obispo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hill
      • Santa Rosa
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Santa Rosa is located in San Luis Obispo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa
      • Harmony
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • San Simeon
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Continue List   (47 more) ...
        • San Geronimo
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
          • San Geronimo is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Geronimo
        • Piedra Blanca
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Piedra Blanca is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedra Blanca
        • Klau
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
          • Klau is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klau
        • Adelaida
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Adelaida is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelaida
        • Cayucos
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Lake Nacimiento
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Moro Y Cayucos
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Moro Y Cayucos is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moro Y Cayucos
        • Paso de Robles
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Paso de Robles is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paso de Robles
        • Bee Rock
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Morro Bay
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • San Bernardo
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • San Bernardo is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Bernardo
        • Templeton
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Cuesta-by-the-Sea
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Cuesta-by-the-Sea is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuesta-by-the-Sea
        • Los Osos
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Asuncion
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Asuncion is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asuncion
        • Capital Hill
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Capital Hill is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capital Hill
        • Oak Park
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Oak Park is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
        • Paso Robles
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Atascadero
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Wellsona
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • San Luisito
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • San Luisito is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Luisito
        • El Paso de Robles
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • El Paso de Robles is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso de Robles
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,521 people
        • Henry
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Henry is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
        • Santa Ysabel
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Santa Ysabel is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Ysabel
        • Old Adobe
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Old Adobe is located in San Luis Obispo County
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        • Canada De Los Osos Y Pecho Y Islay
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • McKay
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • McKay is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
        • San Lawrence Terrace
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • San Lawrence Terrace is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Lawrence Terrace
        • San Miguel
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Dove ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Dove is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove
        • Eaglet ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Eaglet is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaglet
        • Poloma ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Poloma is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poloma
        • El Chorro
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • El Chorro is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Chorro
        • Huerta de Romauldo
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Huerta de Romauldo is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huerta de Romauldo
        • Cushing
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Cushing is located in San Luis Obispo County
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        • Estrella
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Garden Farms
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Garden Farms is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Farms
        • Linne
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Chorro
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Chorro is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chorro
        • Goldtree
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Goldtree is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldtree
        • Potrero de San Luis Obispo
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Serrano
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Serrano is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serrano
        • Union
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Union is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
        • Santa Margarita
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Thyle
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Thyle is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thyle
        • Laguna
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Laguna is located in San Luis Obispo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguna
        • San Luis Obispo
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Monterey County
  • San Mateo County

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cambria) 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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