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Nearest Communities to King City,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

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.


King City 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 59 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of King City. Of these communities, 7 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 King City (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 King City

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

  • Monterey County   (where King City 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 King City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from King City.
      • Elsa
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
        • Elsa is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsa
      • San Bernabe
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
        • San Bernabe is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Bernabe
      • Welby
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Welby is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welby
      • Coburn
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Coburn is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburn
      • San Lorenzo
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • San Lorenzo is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Lorenzo
      • Posa De Los Ositos
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Posa De Los Ositos is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posa De Los Ositos
      • San Benito
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • San Benito is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Benito
      • San Lucas
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Greenfield
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Metz
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Metz is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
      • Lonoak
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Lonoak is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonoak
      • Arroyo Seco
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Arroyo Seco is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arroyo Seco
      • Continue List   (40 more) ...
        • Docas ‑ Historic
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
          • Docas is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Docas
        • Milpitas
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
          • Milpitas is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milpitas
        • Harlem
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Harlem is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
        • Los Coches
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Los Coches is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Coches
        • San Bernardo
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
          • San Bernardo is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Bernardo
        • Hunter - Liggett
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Hunter - Liggett is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter - Liggett
        • Sycamore Flat
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
          • Sycamore Flat is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Flat
        • Jolon
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Millers Ranch
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Millers Ranch is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Ranch
        • Fort Romie
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Fort Romie is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Romie
        • Soledad
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Lockwood
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Martinus Corner
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • San Ardo
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Ex Mission Soledad
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Ex Mission Soledad is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ex Mission Soledad
        • San Miguelito
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • San Miguelito is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguelito
        • Los Ojitos
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Los Ojitos is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Ojitos
        • Sans ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Sans is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans
        • Camphora
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Camphora is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camphora
        • El Piojo
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • El Piojo is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Piojo
        • Molus
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Molus is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molus
        • Tassajara Hot Springs
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Tassajara Hot Springs is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tassajara Hot Springs
        • Mascorini Place
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Mascorini Place is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascorini Place
        • Paraje de Sanchez
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Paraje de Sanchez is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paraje de Sanchez
        • San Vicente
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • San Vicente is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Vicente
        • Wunpost
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Wunpost is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wunpost
        • Pleyto ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Gonzales
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Lucia
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Jamesburg
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Jamesburg is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg
        • Plaskett
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Plaskett is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaskett
        • Dean
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Dean is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
        • Bryson
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Bryson is located in Monterey County
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        • Slates Hot Springs
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Slates Hot Springs is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slates Hot Springs
        • Los Tularcitos
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Los Tularcitos is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Tularcitos
        • Penvir
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Penvir is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penvir
        • Zanjones
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Zanjones is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zanjones
        • Gorda
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Gabilan ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Gabilan is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabilan
        • Bradley
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • 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 drawn from Point A (ie- King City) 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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