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Nearest Communities to Niland,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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 starting from Niland.<1>

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


Niland 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 52 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Niland. Of these communities, 5 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 Niland (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 Niland

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

  • Imperial County   (where Niland resides)
    • County Website:   https://imperialcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Imperial:   El Centro
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Niland   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Niland.
      • Mundo
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Mundo is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mundo
      • Estelle
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Iris
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Iris is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iris
      • Wister
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Wister is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wister
      • Calipatria
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Verdant
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Verdant is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdant
      • Bernice ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Bernice was located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
      • Shamrock ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Shamrock was located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
      • Fondo
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Fondo is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fondo
      • Frink
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Frink is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frink
      • Tortuga
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Tortuga is also located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tortuga
      • Mayflower ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Mayflower was located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower
      • Continue List   (35 more) ...
        • Wiest
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
          • Wiest is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiest
        • Rockwood
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
          • Rockwood is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
        • Bombay Beach
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Pope ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Munyon
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Munyon is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munyon
        • Westmorland
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Hovley
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
          • Hovley is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovley
        • Brawley
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Butlers ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Butlers was located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers
        • Moss
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Moss is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss
        • Amos ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Bertram
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Alamorio
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Elmore Desert Ranch
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Elmore Desert Ranch is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore Desert Ranch
        • Citrus View
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Citrus View is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus View
        • Orita
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Orita is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orita
        • Kane Spring
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Kane Spring is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kane Spring
        • Curlew
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Curlew is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curlew
        • Acolita
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Acolita is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acolita
        • Sandia
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Sandia is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandia
        • Salton City
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Squeaky Springs ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Squeaky Springs was located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squeaky Springs
        • Fuller
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Fuller is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
        • Imperial
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Perrys Corner
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Perrys Corner is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corner
        • Mesquite
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Mesquite is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesquite
        • Truckhaven
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Truckhaven is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truckhaven
        • Anza
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Anza is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anza
        • El Centro
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Holtville
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Meloland
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Meloland is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meloland
        • Rico
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Rico is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rico
        • Wilsie
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Wilsie is also located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsie
        • Glamis
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Salton Sea Beach
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Riverside 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- Niland) 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.