Nearest Communities to Indian Wells,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Indian Wells, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Indian Wells:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 Indian Wells.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Indian Wells 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 61 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Indian Wells. Of these communities, 23 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 Indian Wells (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 Indian Wells
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Kern County (where Indian Wells resides)
- County Website: https://www.kerncounty.com/
- County Seat for Kern: Bakersfield
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Indian Wells ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Indian Wells.
- Bradys
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bradys is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys
- Inyokern
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Leliter ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leliter was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leliter
- Freeman ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Freeman was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- China Lake Acres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- China Lake Acres is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Lake Acres
- Brown ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Brown was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
- Armistead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Armistead is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armistead
- Terese ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Terese was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terese
- China Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ridgecrest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Harts Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Harts Place is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts Place
- Canebrake ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Canebrake was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canebrake
- Continue List (26 more) ...
- Little Dixie ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Little Dixie was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Dixie
- Goler Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Goler Heights is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goler Heights
- Garlock
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Garlock is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garlock
- Searles
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Searles is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searles
- Rand
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rand is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rand
- Onyx
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Old Garlock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Old Garlock is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Garlock
- Teagle ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Teagle was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teagle
- Ceneda
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ceneda is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceneda
- Ricardo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ricardo is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricardo
- Saltdale ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Saltdale was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltdale
- Redrock ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Redrock was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redrock
- Sageland ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sageland was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageland
- Weldon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gypsite
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gypsite is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsite
- Randsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Johannesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cantil
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bella Vista
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bella Vista is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bella Vista
- Rancho Seco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rancho Seco is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Seco
- South Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- South Lake is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lake
- Cinco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cinco is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinco
- Claraville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Claraville is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claraville
- Moreland Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Moreland Mill is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland Mill
- Mountain Mesa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Squirrel Mountain Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Inyo County
- County Website: https://www.inyocounty.us/
- County Seat for Inyo: Independence
- Note: The western boundary of the county is defined by the Sierra Nevada Mountains
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Indian Wells ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Indian Wells.
- Pearsonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pearsonville is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsonville
- Linnie ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Linnie was located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linnie
- Narka ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Narka was located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narka
- Little Lake ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Coso ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Coso was located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coso
- Coso Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Coso Junction is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coso Junction
- Sykes ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sykes was located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sykes
- Dunmovin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dunmovin is located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmovin
- Dunmovin has also been known as:
- Dun Movin
- Dun Moving
- Dunmoving
- Talus ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Talus was located in Inyo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talus
- San Bernardino County
- County Website: https://main.sbcounty.gov/
- County Seat for San Bernardino: San Bernardino
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Indian Wells ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Indian Wells.
- Skytop
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Skytop is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skytop
- Spangler ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Spangler was located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Red Mountain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Borosolvay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Borosolvay is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borosolvay
- South Trona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- South Trona is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Trona
- Argus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Argus is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus
- Pinnacle ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pinnacle was located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle
- Searles Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Searles Valley is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searles Valley
- Westend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Westend is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westend
- Trona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Atolia ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Atolia was located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atolia
- Pioneer Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Point is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Point
- Saint Elmo ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Elmo was located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Tulare County
- County Website: https://tularecounty.ca.gov/
- County Seat for Tulare: Visalia
- Note: The eastern boundary of the county is defined by the Sierra Nevada Mountains
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Indian Wells ...
- South Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- South Lake is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lake
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Indian Wells) 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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