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Nearest Communities to Miranda,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Miranda is located in Humboldt County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Humboldt County: Del Norte, Mendocino, Siskiyou & Trinity.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 100 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Miranda. Of these communities, 38 are located in counties other than Humboldt 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 Miranda (which is Humboldt 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 Miranda

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

  • Humboldt County   (where Miranda resides)
  • Mendocino County
    • 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 Miranda   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Miranda.
      • Andersonia
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Andersonia is located in Mendocino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonia
      • Piercy
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Reynolds ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Reynolds is located in Mendocino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
      • Kenny
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Kenny is located in Mendocino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenny
      • Pratt Place
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Pratt Place is located in Mendocino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Place
      • Lane Redwood Flat ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Lane Redwood Flat is located in Mendocino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Redwood Flat
      • Bell Springs ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Riverdale
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Riverdale is located in Mendocino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
      • Wheeler
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Wheeler is located in Mendocino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
      • Leggett
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Underwood Park
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Underwood Park is located in Mendocino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underwood Park
      • Ramsey
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Ramsey is located in Mendocino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • South Leggett
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Hales Grove
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Hales Grove is located in Mendocino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Grove
        • Cummings
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Cummings is located in Mendocino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
        • Empire ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Empire is located in Mendocino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
        • Mina
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Mina is located in Mendocino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mina
        • Tan Oak Park
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Tan Oak Park is located in Mendocino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tan Oak Park
  • Trinity County
    • County Website:   https://www.trinitycounty.org/
    • County Seat for Trinity:   Weaverville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Miranda   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Miranda.
      • Zenia
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Kekawaka
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Kekawaka is located in Trinity County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kekawaka
      • Kettenpom
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Kettenpom is located in Trinity County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettenpom
      • Island Mountain
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Island Mountain is located in Trinity County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Mountain
      • Ueland Place
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Ueland Place is located in Trinity County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ueland Place
      • Sids Place
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Sids Place is located in Trinity County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sids Place
      • Crabtree Place
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Crabtree Place is located in Trinity County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree Place
      • Shannon Place
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Shannon Place is located in Trinity County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Place
      • Graham Place
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Graham Place is located in Trinity County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Place
      • Norgaar ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Norgaar is located in Trinity County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norgaar
      • Ruth
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Yellowjacket Place
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Yellowjacket Place is located in Trinity County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowjacket Place
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Miller Place
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Miller Place is located in Trinity County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Place
        • Bob Hoaglin Place
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Bob Hoaglin Place is located in Trinity County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bob Hoaglin Place
        • Forest Glen
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Forest Glen is located in Trinity County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
        • Willie Hoaglin Place
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Willie Hoaglin Place is located in Trinity County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willie Hoaglin Place
        • McClellan Place
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Russ Place
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Russ Place is located in Trinity County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russ Place
        • Friend Place
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Friend Place is located in Trinity County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friend Place
        • Nielson Place
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Nielson Place is located in Trinity County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nielson Place

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- Miranda) 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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