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Nearest Communities to Lancaster,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 from Lancaster.<1>

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

Lancaster 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 114 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lancaster. Of these communities, 30 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 Lancaster (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 Lancaster

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

  • Los Angeles County   (where Lancaster resides)
  • Kern County
    • County Website:   https://www.kerncounty.com/
    • County Seat for Kern:   Bakersfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lancaster   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lancaster.
      • Rosamond
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Ansel
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Ansel is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansel
      • Willow Springs ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Willow Springs is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
      • Eaires ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Eaires is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaires
      • Actis Gardens ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Actis
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Edwards
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Fluhr ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Fluhr is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fluhr
      • Wherry Housing
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Wherry Housing is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wherry Housing
      • Fleta
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Fleta is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleta
      • Gold Town ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Gold Town is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Town
      • Reefer City ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Reefer City is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reefer City
      • Continue List   (16 more) ...
        • Sanborn
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Sanborn is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
        • Bissell
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Bissell is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bissell
        • Muroc ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Muroc is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muroc
        • Mojave
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Chaffee
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Chaffee is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaffee
        • Sage ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Sage is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage
        • Cambio ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Cambio is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambio
        • Solon ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Solon is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
        • Fram ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Fram is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fram
        • North Muroc ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • North Muroc is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Muroc
        • Cameron
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Cameron is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
        • La Rose ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • La Rose is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rose
        • North Edwards
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Twin Lakes
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Twin Lakes is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
        • Eric ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Eric is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eric
        • Rich
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Rich is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich
  • San Bernardino County

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- Lancaster) 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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