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Nearest Communities to Firebaugh,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Firebaugh.<1>

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


Firebaugh is located in Fresno County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fresno County: Inyo, Kings, Madera, Merced, Mono, San Benito & Tulare.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 103 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Firebaugh. Of these communities, 67 are located in counties other than Fresno 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 Firebaugh (which is Fresno 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 Firebaugh

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

  • Fresno County   (where Firebaugh resides)
  • Madera County
    • County Website:   https://www.maderacounty.com/
    • County Seat for Madera:   Madera
    • Note: The eastern boundary of the county is defined by the Sierra Nevada Mountains
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Firebaugh   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Firebaugh.
      • Lincoln ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Lincoln is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
      • Plains ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Plains is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
      • Dairyland
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Dairyland is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairyland
      • Tillman ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Tillman is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
      • Bonita
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Bonita is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
      • Ovejo ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Ovejo is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovejo
      • Tyler ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Tyler is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
      • Ash ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Ash is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
      • La Vina
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Italian Swiss Colony
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Italian Swiss Colony is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italian Swiss Colony
      • Berenda
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Califa ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Califa is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Califa
      • Continue List   (25 more) ...
        • Chowchilla
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Fairmead
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Fairmead is located in Madera County
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        • Minturn
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Minturn is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
        • Notarb
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Notarb is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notarb
        • Madera
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Parkwood
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Ripperdan
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Ripperdan is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripperdan
        • Sierra Vista
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Sierra Vista is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Vista
        • Kismet
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Kismet is located in Madera County
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        • Madera Highlands
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Madera Highlands is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madera Highlands
        • Borden
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Borden is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden
        • Parksdale
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Madera Acres
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Madera Country Club Estates
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Sharon
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Sharon is located in Madera County
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        • Irrigosa
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Irrigosa is located in Madera County
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        • Storey
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Storey is located in Madera County
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        • Medano ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Medano is located in Madera County
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        • Lankershim ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Lankershim is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankershim
        • River Road Estates
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • River Road Estates is located in Madera County
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        • Trigo
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Trigo is located in Madera County
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        • Talbot ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Talbot is located in Madera County
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        • Valley Lake Ranchos
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Valley Lake Ranchos is located in Madera County
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        • Gregg
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Gregg is located in Madera County
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        • Lake Madera Country Estates
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Merced County
  • San Benito County

Footnotes ...

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