Nearest Communities to Packwood,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Packwood, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Packwood:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Packwood.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Packwood is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Kern County.
The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kern County: Inyo, Kings, Los Angeles, Monterey, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare & Ventura.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 38 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Packwood. Of these communities, 27 are located in counties other than Kern County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Packwood (which is Kern 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 Packwood
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Kern County (where Packwood resides)
- County Website: https://www.kerncounty.com/
- County Seat for Kern: Bakersfield
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Packwood ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Packwood.
- Summers ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Summers is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summers
- Kecks Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kecks Corner is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecks Corner
- Annette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Annette is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annette
- Blackwells Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Blackwells Corner is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwells Corner
- North Belridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- North Belridge is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Belridge
- Lost Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Missouri Triangle
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Missouri Triangle is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri Triangle
- Spicer City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Spicer City is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicer City
- Reward ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reward is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward
- Olig ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Olig is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olig
- Semitropic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Semitropic is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Semitropic
- Kings County
- County Website: https://www.countyofkingsca.gov/
- County Seat for Kings: Hanford
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Packwood ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Packwood.
- Acebedo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Acebedo is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acebedo
- Reef Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Reef Station is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reef Station
- Kettleman Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Kettleman Station is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettleman Station
- Avenal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hydril
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hydril is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydril
- Kettleman City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Monterey County
- County Website: https://www.countyofmonterey.gov/
- County Seat for Monterey: Salinas
- Note: The western boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Packwood ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Packwood.
- Cholame
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cholame is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cholame
- Parkfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- San Luis Obispo County
- County Website: https://www.slocounty.ca.gov/
- County Seat for San Luis Obispo: San Luis Obispo
- Note: The western boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Packwood ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Packwood.
- Cholame
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Simmler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Simmler is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmler
- Wolforts ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wolforts is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolforts
- La Panza ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- La Panza is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Panza
- California Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- California Valley is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Valley
- Shandon
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Navajo ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Navajo is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo
- Wilson Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson Corner is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corner
- Martinez Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Martinez Place is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez Place
- Todd Place
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Todd Place is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Place
- Whitley Gardens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Whitley Gardens is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitley Gardens
- Pozo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pozo is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pozo
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- Creston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Huerhuero
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Huerhuero is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huerhuero
- Pippin Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pippin Corner is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippin Corner
- Bern
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bern is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bern
- Linne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Linne is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linne
- Union
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Union is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Renshaw Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Renshaw Place is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renshaw Place
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Packwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Packwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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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