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Nearest Communities to Darrah,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 south.

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 south 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 Darrah.<1>

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

Darrah is located in Mariposa County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mariposa County: Madera, Merced, Mono, Stanislaus & Tuolumne.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 93 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Darrah. Of these communities, 49 are located in counties other than Mariposa 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 Darrah (which is Mariposa 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 Darrah

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

  • Mariposa County   (where Darrah resides)
    • County Website:   https://mariposacounty.org/
    • County Seat for Mariposa:   Mariposa
    • Note: The eastern boundary of the county is defined by the Sierra Nevada Mountains
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Darrah   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Darrah.
      • Jerseydale
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Elliott Corner
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Elliott Corner is also located in Mariposa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Corner
      • Bootjack
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Midpines
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Ponderosa Basin
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Ponderosa Basin is also located in Mariposa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa Basin
      • Mormon Bar ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Mormon Bar was located in Mariposa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Bar
      • Mariposa
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Hite Cove
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Hite Cove is also located in Mariposa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hite Cove
      • Wawona
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Incline
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Incline is also located in Mariposa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Incline
      • Briceburg
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Briceburg is also located in Mariposa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briceburg
      • Colorado ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Continue List   (32 more) ...
        • North Wawona
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
          • North Wawona is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wawona
        • South Wawona ‑ Historic
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
          • South Wawona was located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wawona
        • Clearing House
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
          • Clearing House is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearing House
        • Bridgeport
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Bridgeport is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
        • Agua Fria ‑ Historic
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
          • Agua Fria was located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agua Fria
        • Fish Camp
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • El Portal
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Yosemite West
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Mount Bullion
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Big Tree
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
          • Big Tree is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Tree
        • Buena Vista
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
          • Buena Vista is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
        • Foresta
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
          • Foresta is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foresta
        • Ben Hur
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
          • Ben Hur is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
        • Las Mariposas
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • Las Mariposas is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Mariposas
        • Bear Valley
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Catheys Valley
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Bagby ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Ragby
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Ragby is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragby
        • Curry Village
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Curry Village is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Village
        • Yosemite Valley
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Yosemite Village
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Dogtown
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Split Rock Ferry
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Split Rock Ferry is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock Ferry
        • Indian Gulch ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Indian Gulch was located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Gulch
        • Hornitos
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Buck Meadows
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Buck Meadows is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Meadows
        • Coulterville
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Newtown ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Newtown was located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
        • Barrett
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Barrett is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
        • Granite Springs
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Granite Springs is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Springs
        • Blanchard
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Blanchard is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
        • Hayward
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Hayward is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
  • Madera County
  • Merced County
  • Tuolumne County
    • County Website:   https://tuolumnecounty.ca.gov/
    • County Seat for Tuolumne:   Sonora
    • Note: The eastern boundary of the county is defined by the Sierra Nevada Mountains
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Darrah   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Darrah.
      • Sequoia
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Sequoia is located in Tuolumne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequoia
      • Aspen Valley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Aspen Valley is located in Tuolumne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen Valley
      • Harden Flat
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Harden Flat is located in Tuolumne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harden Flat
      • Colfax Spring
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Colfax Spring is located in Tuolumne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax Spring
      • Mather
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Mather is located in Tuolumne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
      • White Wolf
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • White Wolf is located in Tuolumne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Wolf
      • Second Garrotte ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Second Garrotte was located in Tuolumne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Garrotte
      • Femmons
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Femmons is located in Tuolumne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Femmons

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