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Nearest Communities to Edwards,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Edwards.<1>

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


Edwards is located in Kern County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kern County: Inyo, Kings, Los Angeles, Monterey, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare & Ventura.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 83 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Edwards. Of these communities, 37 are located in counties other than Kern 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 Edwards (which is Kern 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 Edwards

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

  • Kern County   (where Edwards resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.kerncounty.com/
    • County Seat for Kern:   Bakersfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Edwards   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Edwards.
      • Wherry Housing
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
        • Wherry Housing is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wherry Housing
      • Fluhr ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
        • Fluhr is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fluhr
      • Muroc ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Muroc is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muroc
      • Bissell
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Bissell is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bissell
      • Solon ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Solon is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
      • North Edwards
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • North Muroc ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • North Muroc is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Muroc
      • Sanborn
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Sanborn is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
      • Silt
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Silt is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silt
      • Rich
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Rich is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich
      • Actis Gardens ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Actis
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Continue List   (34 more) ...
        • Ansel
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
          • Ansel is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansel
        • Eaires ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
          • Eaires is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaires
        • Fleta
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Fleta is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleta
        • Rosamond
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • California City
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Aerial Acres
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Aerial Acres is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aerial Acres
        • Desert Lake
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Desert Lake is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Lake
        • Gold Town ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • Gold Town is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Town
        • Reefer City ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
          • Reefer City is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reefer City
        • West Baker ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • West Baker is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baker
        • Cambio ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Cambio is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambio
        • Chaffee
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Chaffee is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaffee
        • Mojave
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Sage ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Sage is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage
        • Trescape ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Trescape is located in Kern County
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        • Boron
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Baker
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Baker is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
        • Fram ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Fram is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fram
        • Neuralia ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Neuralia is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuralia
        • Willow Springs ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Willow Springs is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
        • La Rose ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • La Rose is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rose
        • Cameron
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Cameron is located in Kern County
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        • Cinco
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Cinco is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinco
        • Rancho Seco
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Rancho Seco is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Seco
        • Eric ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Eric is located in Kern County
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        • Cantil
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Gypsite
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Gypsite is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsite
        • Manolith
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Manolith is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manolith
        • Monolith
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Monolith is located in Kern County
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        • Ceneda
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Ceneda is located in Kern County
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        • Redrock ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Redrock is located in Kern County
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        • Sullivan ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Sullivan is located in Kern County
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        • Saltdale ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Summit
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Summit is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
  • Los Angeles County
  • San Bernardino County
    • County Website:   https://main.sbcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for San Bernardino:   San Bernardino
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Edwards   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Edwards.
      • Kramer
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Kramer is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kramer
      • Houze Place
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Houze Place is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houze Place
      • Kramer Junction
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Kramer Junction is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kramer Junction
      • Jimgrey
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Jimgrey is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimgrey
      • Kramer Hills
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Kramer Hills is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kramer Hills
      • Fremont
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Fremont is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
      • El Mirage
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • El Mirage is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Mirage

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Edwards) 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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