Nearest Communities to Gorda,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Gorda, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Gorda:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Gorda is located in Monterey County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Monterey County: Fresno, Kings, San Benito, San Luis Obispo & Santa Cruz.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 38 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Gorda. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Monterey 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 Gorda (which is Monterey 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 Gorda
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Monterey County (where Gorda resides)
- County Website: https://www.countyofmonterey.gov/
- County Seat for Monterey: Salinas
- Note: The western boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Gorda ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gorda.
- Plaskett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plaskett is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaskett
- Sans ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sans is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans
- San Miguelito
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- San Miguelito is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguelito
- Lucia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- El Piojo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- El Piojo is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Piojo
- Hunter - Liggett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hunter - Liggett is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter - Liggett
- Milpitas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Milpitas is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milpitas
- Jolon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Los Ojitos
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Los Ojitos is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Ojitos
- Martinus Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bryson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bryson is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryson
- Lockwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Slates Hot Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Slates Hot Springs is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slates Hot Springs
- Pleyto ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Millers Ranch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Millers Ranch is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Ranch
- Tassajara Hot Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sycamore Flat
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sycamore Flat is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Flat
- San Benito
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- San Benito is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Benito
- San Bernabe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- San Bernabe is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Bernabe
- King City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- San Lucas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Posa De Los Ositos
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Posa De Los Ositos is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posa De Los Ositos
- San Bernardo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- San Bernardo is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Bernardo
- Welby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Welby is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welby
- Posts
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- San Luis Obispo County
- 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 Gorda ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Gorda.
- Piedra Blanca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Piedra Blanca is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedra Blanca
- San Simeon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Happy Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Happy Hill is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Hill
- Leimert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leimert is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leimert
- Park Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Park Hill is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hill
- West Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Village is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village
- Bee Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cambria Pines
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria Pines is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria Pines
- Cambria
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Village is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- Tin City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tin City is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin City
- Lodge Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lodge Hill is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge Hill
- Marine Terrace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marine Terrace is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marine Terrace
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- Gorda) 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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