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Nearest Communities to Kerens,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Keep in mind 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.


Although our information shows that the community of Kerens is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day San Bernardino County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of San Bernardino County: La Paz (AZ), Mohave (AZ), Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside & Clark (NV).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 34 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Kerens.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Kerens (which is San Bernardino 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 Kerens

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

  • San Bernardino County   (where Kerens resides)
    • County Website:   https://main.sbcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for San Bernardino:   San Bernardino
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kerens   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kerens.
      • Glasgow ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Flynn
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Flynn is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn
      • Sands
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Sands is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
      • Kelso
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Hayden
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Hayden is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
      • Balch
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Balch is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balch
      • Belfast ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Belfast is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
      • Rainbow Wells
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Rainbow Wells is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Wells
      • Elora
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Elora is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elora
      • Zzyzx
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Crucero
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Crucero is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crucero
      • Chase
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Chase is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
      • Continue List   (22 more) ...
        • Ash Hill
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Ash Hill is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Hill
        • Broadwell
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Broadwell is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadwell
        • Klondike
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Klondike is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
        • King ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • King is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
        • Thomas Place
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Thomas Place is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Place
        • Cima
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Baker
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Beacon Station
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Beacon Station is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Station
        • Siberia ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Bagdad ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Ludlow
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Baxter ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Baxter is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
        • Cronese Valley
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Cronese Valley is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronese Valley
        • Halloran Springs
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Halloran Springs is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halloran Springs
        • Amboy
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Ragtown ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Basin
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Basin is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin
        • Cronise ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Cronise is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronise
        • Joshua
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Joshua is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua
        • Yucca Grove
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Yucca Grove is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucca Grove
        • Saltus ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Argos
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Argos is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argos

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Kerens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Kerens, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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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