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Nearest Communities to Merced,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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.<1>

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

Merced is located in Merced County and is the County Seat.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Merced County: Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, San Benito, Santa Clara & Stanislaus.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 117 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Merced. Of these communities, 62 are located in counties other than Merced 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 Merced (which is Merced 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 Merced

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

  • Merced County   (where Merced resides)
  • Fresno County
  • Madera County
    • County Website:   https://www.maderacounty.com/
    • County Seat for Madera:   Madera
    • Note: The eastern boundary of the county is defined by the Sierra Nevada Mountains
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Merced   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Merced.
      • Sierra Vista
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Sierra Vista is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Vista
      • Minturn
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Minturn is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
      • Chowchilla
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Ash ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Ash is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
      • Ovejo ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Ovejo is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovejo
      • Tyler ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Tyler is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
      • Plains ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Plains is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
      • Tillman ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Tillman is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
      • Lincoln ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Lincoln is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
      • Califa ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Califa is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Califa
      • Dairyland
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Dairyland is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairyland
      • Medano ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Medano is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medano
      • Continue List   (12 more) ...
        • Fairmead
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Fairmead is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmead
        • Sharon
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Sharon is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
        • Berenda
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Kismet
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Kismet is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kismet
        • Bonita
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Bonita is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
        • Notarb
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Notarb is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notarb
        • Talbot ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Talbot is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot
        • Daulton
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Daulton is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daulton
        • Madera Acres
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Madera Country Club Estates
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Madera Highlands
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Madera Highlands is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madera Highlands
        • Valley Lake Ranchos
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Valley Lake Ranchos is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Lake Ranchos
  • Mariposa County
    • County Website:   https://mariposacounty.org/
    • County Seat for Mariposa:   Mariposa
    • Note: The eastern boundary of the county is defined by the Sierra Nevada Mountains
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Merced   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Merced.
      • Indian Gulch ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Indian Gulch is located in Mariposa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Gulch
      • Hornitos
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Catheys Valley
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Hayward
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Hayward is located in Mariposa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
      • Barrett
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Barrett is located in Mariposa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
      • Las Mariposas
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Las Mariposas is located in Mariposa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Mariposas
      • Bear Valley
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bridgeport
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Bridgeport is located in Mariposa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
      • Agua Fria ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Agua Fria is located in Mariposa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agua Fria
      • Bagby ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Bullion
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Ragby
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Ragby is located in Mariposa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragby
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Ben Hur
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Ben Hur is located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
        • Granite Springs
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Granite Springs is located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Springs
        • Split Rock Ferry
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Split Rock Ferry is located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock Ferry
        • Blanchard
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Blanchard is located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
  • Stanislaus County

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 from Point A (ie- Merced) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.