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Nearest Communities to Imperial,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.<1>

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


Imperial is located in Imperial County.

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Imperial County: Yuma (AZ), Riverside & San Diego.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 50 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Imperial.

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 Imperial (which is Imperial 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 Imperial

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

  • Imperial County   (where Imperial resides)
    • County Website:   https://imperialcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Imperial:   El Centro
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Imperial   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Imperial.
      • El Centro
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Wilsie
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Wilsie is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsie
      • Anza
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Anza is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anza
      • Meloland
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Meloland is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meloland
      • Seeley
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Citrus View
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Citrus View is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus View
      • Heber
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Watermans Corner
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Fuller
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Fuller is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
      • Sandia
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Sandia is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandia
      • Brawley
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Rico
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Rico is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
      • Continue List   (38 more) ...
        • Alamorio
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Edgar
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Edgar is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
        • Holtville
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Perrys Corner
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
          • Perrys Corner is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corner
        • Hovley
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
          • Hovley is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovley
        • Curlew
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Curlew is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curlew
        • Calexico
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Mount Signal
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
          • Mount Signal is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Signal
        • Dixieland
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
          • Dixieland is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixieland
        • Westmorland
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Moss
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Moss is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss
        • Orita
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Orita is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orita
        • Rockwood
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • Rockwood is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
        • Butlers ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Butlers is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers
        • Date City
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Mayflower ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Mayflower is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower
        • Munyon
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Munyon is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munyon
        • Wiest
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Wiest is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiest
        • Bonds Corner
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Bonds Corner is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonds Corner
        • Plaster City
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Plaster City is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaster City
        • Bernice ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Bernice is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
        • Fondo
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Fondo is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fondo
        • Shamrock ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Shamrock is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
        • Verdant
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Verdant is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdant
        • Calipatria
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Estelle
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Elmore Desert Ranch
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Elmore Desert Ranch is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore Desert Ranch
        • Kane Spring
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Kane Spring is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kane Spring
        • Coyote Wells
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Coyote Wells is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Wells
        • Iris
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Iris is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iris
        • Tortuga
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Tortuga is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tortuga
        • Ocotillo
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Amos ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Niland
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Acolita
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Acolita is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acolita
        • Mundo
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Mundo is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mundo
        • Mesquite
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Mesquite is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesquite
        • Glamis
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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- Imperial) 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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