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Nearest Communities to Ora,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

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

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

Ora is located in Fresno County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fresno County: Inyo, Kings, Madera, Merced, Mono, San Benito & Tulare.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 39 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ora. Of these communities, 21 are located in counties other than Fresno 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 Ora (which is Fresno 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 Ora

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

  • Fresno County   (where Ora resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.fresnocountyca.gov/
    • County Seat for Fresno:   Fresno
    • Note: The eastern boundary of the county is defined by the Sierra Nevada Mountains
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ora   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ora.
      • Coalinga
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Turk
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Turk is located in Fresno County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turk
      • Parkfield Junction
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Parkfield Junction is located in Fresno County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkfield Junction
      • Huron
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Calflax
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Calflax is located in Fresno County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calflax
      • Westhaven
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Westhaven is located in Fresno County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhaven
      • Westside
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Westside is located in Fresno County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside
      • Giffen Cantua Ranch
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Giffen Cantua Ranch is located in Fresno County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giffen Cantua Ranch
      • Five Points
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Cantua Creek
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Three Rocks
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Three Rocks is located in Fresno County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rocks
      • Panoche Junction
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Panoche Junction is located in Fresno County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panoche Junction
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Helm
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Lanare
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Lanare is located in Fresno County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanare
        • Nares ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Nares is located in Fresno County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nares
        • Schilling
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Schilling is located in Fresno County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schilling
        • Bender ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Bender is located in Fresno County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bender
        • Burrel
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Kings County
    • County Website:   https://www.countyofkingsca.gov/
    • County Seat for Kings:   Hanford
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ora   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ora.
      • Avenal
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Hydril
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Hydril is located in Kings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydril
      • Murray
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Murray is located in Kings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
      • Millham City ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Millham City is located in Kings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millham City
      • Vanguard
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Vanguard is located in Kings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanguard
      • Kettleman City
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Kettleman Station
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Kettleman Station is located in Kings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettleman Station
      • Reef Station
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Reef Station is located in Kings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reef Station
      • Acebedo
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Acebedo is located in Kings County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acebedo
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Lethent ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Lethent is located in Kings County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lethent
        • Marsala ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Marsala is located in Kings County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsala
        • Cuneo ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Cuneo is located in Kings County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuneo
        • Stratford
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Rossi
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Rossi is located in Kings County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossi
        • Cimarron
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Cimarron is located in Kings County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimarron
  • Monterey County
  • San Benito County
  • San Luis Obispo County

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ora) 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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