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Nearest Communities to Coso,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 Coso.<1>

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


Although our information shows that the community of Coso is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Inyo County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Inyo County: Fresno, Kern, Mono, San Bernardino, Tulare, Clark (NV), Esmeralda (NV) & Nye (NV).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 32 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Coso. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than Inyo County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Coso (which is Inyo 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 Coso

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

  • Inyo County   (where Coso resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.inyocounty.us/
    • County Seat for Inyo:   Independence
    • Note: The western boundary of the county is defined by the Sierra Nevada Mountains
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Coso   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Coso.
      • Little Lake ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Coso Junction
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Coso Junction is located in Inyo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coso Junction
      • Sykes ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Sykes is located in Inyo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sykes
      • Narka ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Narka is located in Inyo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narka
      • Dunmovin
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Dunmovin is located in Inyo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmovin
        • Dunmovin has also been known as:
        • Dun Movin
        • Dun Moving
        • Dunmoving
      • Talus ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Talus is located in Inyo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talus
      • Linnie ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Linnie is located in Inyo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linnie
      • Haiwee
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Haiwee is located in Inyo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haiwee
        • Haiwee has also been known as:
        • Enchanted Lake Village
      • Pearsonville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Pearsonville is located in Inyo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsonville
      • Grant
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Grant is located in Inyo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
      • Olancha
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Junction Ranch
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Junction Ranch is located in Inyo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction Ranch
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Cartago
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Cartago is located in Inyo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartago
        • Millspaugh ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Millspaugh is located in Inyo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millspaugh
        • Darwin
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Lane Mill ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Lane Mill is located in Inyo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Mill
        • Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Kern County
    • County Website:   https://www.kerncounty.com/
    • County Seat for Kern:   Bakersfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Coso   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Coso.
      • Brown ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Brown is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
      • Canebrake ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Canebrake is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canebrake
      • Bradys
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Bradys is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys
      • Leliter ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Leliter is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leliter
      • Indian Wells
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Indian Wells is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Wells
      • Inyokern
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • China Lake Acres
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • China Lake Acres is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Lake Acres
      • Onyx
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Freeman ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Freeman is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
      • China Lake
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Ridgecrest
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Weldon
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Armistead
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Armistead is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armistead
      • Terese ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Terese is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terese
  • San Bernardino 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 from Point A (ie- Coso) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Coso, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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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