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Nearest Communities to Mendocino,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Mendocino.<1>

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


Mendocino is located in Mendocino County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mendocino County: Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Sonoma, Tehama & Trinity.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 69 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Mendocino.

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 Mendocino (which is Mendocino 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 Mendocino

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

  • Mendocino County   (where Mendocino resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.mendocinocounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Mendocino:   Ukiah
    • Note: The western boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mendocino   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mendocino.
      • Little River
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Pine Grove
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Pine Grove is located in Mendocino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
      • Caspar
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Albion
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Whitesboro
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Whitesboro is located in Mendocino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesboro
      • Heeser Addition
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Heeser Addition is located in Mendocino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heeser Addition
      • Melbourne
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Melbourne is located in Mendocino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
      • Noyo
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Whiskey Springs
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Whiskey Springs is located in Mendocino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Springs
      • Fort Bragg
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • South Fork
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • South Fork is located in Mendocino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
      • Redwood Lodge
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Redwood Lodge is located in Mendocino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood Lodge
      • Continue List   (57 more) ...
        • Comptche
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Glenblair
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
          • Glenblair is located in Mendocino County
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        • Grove
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Grove is located in Mendocino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
        • Cleone
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
          • Cleone is located in Mendocino County
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        • Cameron
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • Cameron is located in Mendocino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
        • Dunlap ‑ Historic
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • Dunlap is located in Mendocino County
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        • Elk
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Alpine
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Alpine is located in Mendocino County
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        • Cape Horn
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Cape Horn is located in Mendocino County
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        • Inglenook
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Marble Place
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Marble Place is located in Mendocino County
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        • Northspur
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Northspur is located in Mendocino County
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        • Irmulco
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Irmulco is located in Mendocino County
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        • Wanhala
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Wanhala is located in Mendocino County
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        • Navarro
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Newport
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Newport is located in Mendocino County
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        • Kibesillah
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Kibesillah is located in Mendocino County
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        • Shake City
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Shake City is located in Mendocino County
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        • Old Bailey Place
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Old Bailey Place is located in Mendocino County
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        • Burbeck
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Burbeck is located in Mendocino County
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        • Reilly Heights
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Reilly Heights is located in Mendocino County
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        • Clare Mill
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Clare Mill is located in Mendocino County
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        • Crowley
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Crowley is located in Mendocino County
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        • Soda Springs
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Montgomery
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Montgomery is located in Mendocino County
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        • Westport
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Sherwood Valley Rancheria
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Philbrick Mill
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Philbrick Mill is located in Mendocino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philbrick Mill
        • Orrs Springs
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Brooktrails
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Brooktrails is located in Mendocino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooktrails
        • Sylvandale ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Sylvandale is located in Mendocino County
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        • Hendy Grove
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Hendy Grove is located in Mendocino County
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        • Fair Oaks
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Fair Oaks is located in Mendocino County
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        • Ridgewood Park
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Ridgewood Park is located in Mendocino County
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        • Simerson
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Simerson is located in Mendocino County
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        • Upp
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Upp is located in Mendocino County
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        • Willits
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • DeHaven
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • DeHaven is located in Mendocino County
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        • Rowes ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Rowes is located in Mendocino County
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        • Manchester
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • De Camp
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • De Camp is located in Mendocino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Camp
        • Muir
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Muir is located in Mendocino County
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        • Branscomb
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Stronetta
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Philo
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Ridge
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Ridge is located in Mendocino County
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        • Arnold
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Arnold is located in Mendocino County
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        • Longvale
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Longvale is located in Mendocino County
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        • Flumeville
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Flumeville is located in Mendocino County
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        • Iverson Indian Rancheria
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Manchester Rancheria
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Manchester Rancheria is located in Mendocino County
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        • Hardy
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Hardy is located in Mendocino County
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        • Union Landing
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Union Landing is located in Mendocino County
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        • Point Arena
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Rockport
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Rockport is located in Mendocino County
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        • Laytonville Rancheria
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Laytonville Rancheria is located in Mendocino County
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        • Laughlin
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Laughlin is located in Mendocino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laughlin

Footnotes ...

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