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Nearest Communities to La Crescenta,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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.


La Crescenta is located in Los Angeles County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Los Angeles County: Kern, Orange, San Bernardino & Ventura.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 577 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of La Crescenta. Of these communities, 28 are located in counties other than Los Angeles 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 La Crescenta (which is Los Angeles 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 La Crescenta

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

  • Los Angeles County   (where La Crescenta resides)
    • Given the large number of communities that are located in Los Angeles County, we have limited the list to those within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> of La Crescenta (about 100 communities).
    • County Website:   https://lacounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Los Angeles:   Los Angeles
    • Note: The southwestern boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to La Crescenta   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from La Crescenta.
      • Verdugo City
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Altacanyada
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
        • Altacanyada is located in Los Angeles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altacanyada
      • Briggs Terrace
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
        • Briggs Terrace is located in Los Angeles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Terrace
      • Highway Highlands
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
        • Highway Highlands is located in Los Angeles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway Highlands
      • Montrose
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • La Canada - Flintridge
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sparr Heights
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Sparr Heights is located in Los Angeles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparr Heights
      • Tujunga
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Sunland
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • North Glendale
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • North Glendale is located in Los Angeles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Glendale
      • Glendale
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • West Glendale
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • West Glendale is located in Los Angeles County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glendale
      • Continue List   (537 more) ...
        • Linda Vista
          (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
          • Linda Vista is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linda Vista
        • Burbank Junction
          (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
          • Burbank Junction is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank Junction
        • Burbank
          (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Altadena
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Adams Square
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
          • Adams Square is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Square
        • Eagle Rock
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Cahuenga ‑ Historic
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Cahuenga is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahuenga
        • Providencia
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Providencia is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providencia
        • Shadow Hills
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
          • Shadow Hills is located in Los Angeles County
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        • Vega
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
          • Vega is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vega
        • Lake View Terrace
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Atwater
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
          • Atwater is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater
        • Glassell Park
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
          • Glassell Park is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glassell Park
        • North Highland Park
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
          • North Highland Park is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Highland Park
        • Pasadena
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • La Paco
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
          • La Paco is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paco
        • Magnolia Park
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Magnolia Park is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Park
        • McNeil
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
          • McNeil is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeil
        • Stonehurst
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
          • Stonehurst is located in Los Angeles County
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        • Hidden Springs
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Hidden Springs is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Springs
        • Kagel Canyon
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Kagel Canyon is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kagel Canyon
        • Canada De Los Nogales
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
          • Canada De Los Nogales is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada De Los Nogales
        • Los Felis
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
          • Los Felis is located in Los Angeles County
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        • Mount Washington
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
          • Mount Washington is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
        • Silver Lake Heights
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
          • Silver Lake Heights is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake Heights
        • Garvanza
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Highland Park
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Olga
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
          • Olga is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
        • Raymond Hill
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
          • Raymond Hill is located in Los Angeles County
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        • Toluca Lake
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Hewitt
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
          • Hewitt is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt
        • North Hollywood
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Sun Valley
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Wahoo ‑ Historic
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
          • Wahoo is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
        • Kinneloa Mesa
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
          • Kinneloa Mesa is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinneloa Mesa
        • Singing Springs
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Singing Springs is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singing Springs
        • El Merrie Dell
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
          • El Merrie Dell is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Merrie Dell
        • Indian Springs
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Indian Springs is located in Los Angeles County
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        • Cypress Park
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
          • Cypress Park is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Park
        • Dayton Avenue
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
          • Dayton Avenue is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton Avenue
        • Echo Park
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
          • Echo Park is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Park
        • Happy Valley
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
          • Happy Valley is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
        • Newton Park
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
          • Newton Park is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Park
        • East Pasadena
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
          • East Pasadena is located in Los Angeles County
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        • Huerto de Cuati
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Huerto de Cuati is located in Los Angeles County
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        • Lamanda Park
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Oak Knoll
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Oak Knoll is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Knoll
        • San Pascual
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
          • San Pascual is located in Los Angeles County
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        • South Pasadena
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Hollywood Heights
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Hollywood Heights is located in Los Angeles County
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        • Hollywood Hills
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Outpost Estates
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Outpost Estates is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outpost Estates
        • Universal City
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Valley Village
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Whitley Heights
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Whitley Heights is located in Los Angeles County
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        • Mount Wilson
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Angelino Heights
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
          • Angelino Heights is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelino Heights
        • Baird Park
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
          • Baird Park is located in Los Angeles County
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        • Edendale ‑ Historic
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • El Sereno
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Glendale Junction
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
          • Glendale Junction is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Junction
        • Lincoln Heights
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Omaha Heights
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
          • Omaha Heights is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha Heights
        • Rose Hill
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
          • Rose Hill is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
        • Aurant
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Aurant is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurant
        • Chapman
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Chapman is located in Los Angeles County
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        • Prospero Tract
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Prospero Tract is located in Los Angeles County
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        • San Marino
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Sierra Vista
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Sierra Vista is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Vista
        • Garnsey
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Garnsey is located in Los Angeles County
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        • Hollywood
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Studio City
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Arleta
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Pacoima
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Sierra Madre
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Boston Heights
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
          • Boston Heights is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Heights
        • Mission Junction
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
          • Mission Junction is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Junction
        • Naud Junction
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
          • Naud Junction is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naud Junction
        • New Chinatown
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
          • New Chinatown is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chinatown
        • Old Chinatown ‑ Historic
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
          • Old Chinatown is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Chinatown
        • Ramona Gardens
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
          • Ramona Gardens is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramona Gardens
        • Taylor Junction
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
          • Taylor Junction is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Junction
        • Alhambra
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Mission of San Gabriel
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Mission of San Gabriel is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission of San Gabriel
        • San Gabriel
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Shorb
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Shorb is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorb
        • Sibagna ‑ Historic
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Sibagna is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibagna
        • Stoneman
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Stoneman is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneman
        • Crescent
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Crescent is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
        • La Brea
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
          • La Brea is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Brea
        • Larchmont Village
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Larchmont Village is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larchmont Village
        • West Hollywood
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Windsor Square
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Windsor Square is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Square
        • Gemco
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
          • Gemco is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gemco
        • Kester
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
          • Kester is located in Los Angeles County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kester
        • Panorama City
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Orange County
    • County Website:   https://ocgov.com/
    • County Seat for Orange:   Santa Ana
    • Note: The western boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to La Crescenta   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from La Crescenta.
      • Des Moines
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Des Moines is located in Orange County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Des Moines
      • La Habra
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Northam ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Northam is located in Orange County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northam
      • Bingham
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Bingham is located in Orange County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
      • Brea
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Buena Park
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Fuller Park
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Fuller Park is located in Orange County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller Park
      • La Palma
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Moody
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Moody is located in Orange County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
      • Sunny Hills
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Sunny Hills is located in Orange County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hills
      • Almond
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Almond is located in Orange County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
      • Brea Chem
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Brea Chem is located in Orange County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brea Chem
      • Continue List   (10 more) ...
        • Halcon
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Halcon is located in Orange County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcon
        • Oleo ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Oleo is located in Orange County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oleo
        • Los Alamitos
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Anaheim Shores
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Anaheim Shores is located in Orange County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anaheim Shores
        • Brookhurst
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Brookhurst is located in Orange County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhurst
        • Cypress
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Fullerton
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • La Belle Fontane Estates
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Olinda ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Olinda is located in Orange County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinda
        • Shirley
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Shirley is located in Orange County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
  • Ventura County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- La Crescenta) 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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