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Nearest Communities to Mount Signal,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note 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.


Mount Signal is located in 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 42 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Mount Signal. Of these communities, 2 are located in counties other than Imperial 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 Mount Signal (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 Mount Signal

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

  • Imperial County   (where Mount Signal resides)
    • County Website:   https://imperialcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Imperial:   El Centro
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mount Signal   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mount Signal.
      • Heber
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Calexico
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Calexico is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calexico
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,547 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calexico <3>
      • Seeley
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Wilsie
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Wilsie is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsie
      • El Centro
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Edgar
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Edgar is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
      • Dixieland
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Dixieland is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixieland
      • Anza
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Anza is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anza
      • Imperial
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Imperial is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,663 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Imperial <3>
      • Watermans Corner
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Watermans Corner is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watermans Corner
      • Meloland
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Meloland is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meloland
      • Plaster City
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Plaster City is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaster City
      • Continue List   (28 more) ...
        • Rico
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Rico is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
        • Bonds Corner
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Bonds Corner is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonds Corner
        • Holtville
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Fuller
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Fuller is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
        • Perrys Corner
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Perrys Corner is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corner
        • Sandia
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Sandia is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandia
        • Coyote Wells
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Coyote Wells is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Wells
        • Citrus View
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Citrus View is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus View
        • Date City
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Date City is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Date City
        • Brawley
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Brawley is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brawley
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,015 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brawley <3>
        • Ocotillo
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Curlew
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Curlew is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curlew
        • Hovley
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Hovley is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovley
        • Alamorio
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Alamorio is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamorio
        • Westmorland
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Orita
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Orita is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orita
        • Moss
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Moss is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss
        • Rockwood
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Rockwood is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
        • Butlers ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Butlers was located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers
        • Boulder Park
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Boulder Park is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Park
        • Mayflower ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Mayflower was located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower
        • Wiest
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Wiest is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiest
        • Munyon
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Munyon is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munyon
        • Fondo
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Fondo is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fondo
        • Bernice ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Bernice was located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
        • Elmore Desert Ranch
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Elmore Desert Ranch is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore Desert Ranch
        • Shamrock ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Shamrock was located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
        • Verdant
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Verdant is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdant
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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 from Point A (ie- Mount Signal) 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.