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Nearest Communities to Mayflower,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Mayflower.<1>

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


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

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Imperial County: Yuma (AZ), Riverside & San Diego.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Mayflower.

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 Mayflower (which is Imperial 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 Mayflower

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

  • Imperial County   (where Mayflower resides)
    • County Website:   https://imperialcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Imperial:   El Centro
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mayflower   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mayflower.
      • Wiest
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
        • Wiest is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiest
      • Munyon
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Munyon is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munyon
      • Rockwood
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Rockwood is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
      • Bernice ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Bernice is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
      • Butlers ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Butlers is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers
      • Calipatria
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Alamorio
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Alamorio is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamorio
      • Moss
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Moss is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss
      • Hovley
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Hovley is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovley
      • Orita
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Orita is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orita
      • Verdant
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Verdant is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdant
      • Brawley
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Continue List   (43 more) ...
        • Estelle
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
          • Estelle is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
        • Shamrock ‑ Historic
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Shamrock is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
        • Citrus View
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
          • Citrus View is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus View
        • Iris
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
          • Iris is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iris
        • Curlew
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
          • Curlew is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curlew
        • Westmorland
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Tortuga
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Tortuga is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tortuga
        • Fondo
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
          • Fondo is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fondo
        • Amos ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
          • Amos is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amos
        • Niland
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Sandia
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
          • Sandia is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandia
        • Fuller
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
          • Fuller is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
        • Perrys Corner
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
          • Perrys Corner is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corner
        • Acolita
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Acolita is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acolita
        • Imperial
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Mundo
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Mundo is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mundo
        • Holtville
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Meloland
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Meloland is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meloland
        • Rico
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Rico is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
        • Anza
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Anza is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anza
        • Wister
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Wister is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wister
        • El Centro
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Watermans Corner
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Watermans Corner is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watermans Corner
        • Wilsie
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Wilsie is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsie
        • Elmore Desert Ranch
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Elmore Desert Ranch is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore Desert Ranch
        • Mesquite
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Mesquite is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesquite
        • Date City
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Date City is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Date City
        • Glamis
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Seeley
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Kane Spring
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Kane Spring is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kane Spring
        • Frink
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Frink is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frink
        • Heber
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Edgar
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Edgar is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
        • Bombay Beach
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Bombay Beach is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bombay Beach
        • Dixieland
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Dixieland is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixieland
        • Ruthven
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Ruthven is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthven
        • Pope ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Pope is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
        • Bonds Corner
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Bonds Corner is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonds Corner
        • Calexico
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Mount Signal
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Mount Signal is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Signal
        • Bertram
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Bertram is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertram
        • Plaster City
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Plaster City is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaster City
        • Clyde
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Clyde is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde

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- Mayflower) 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 Mayflower, 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.