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Nearest Communities to Plainsburg,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Plainsburg.<1>

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

Plainsburg is located in Merced County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Merced County: Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, San Benito, Santa Clara & Stanislaus.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 121 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Plainsburg. Of these communities, 73 are located in counties other than Merced 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 Plainsburg (which is Merced 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 Plainsburg

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

  • Merced County   (where Plainsburg resides)
  • Fresno County
  • Madera County
    • County Website:   https://www.maderacounty.com/
    • County Seat for Madera:   Madera
    • Note: The eastern boundary of the county is defined by the Sierra Nevada Mountains
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Plainsburg   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Plainsburg.
      • Sierra Vista
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Sierra Vista is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Vista
      • Minturn
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Minturn is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
      • Chowchilla
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Ash ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Ash was located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
      • Medano ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Medano was located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medano
      • Ovejo ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Ovejo was located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovejo
      • Tyler ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Tyler was located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
      • Califa ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Califa was located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Califa
      • Tillman ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Tillman was located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
      • Fairmead
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Fairmead is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmead
      • Dairyland
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Dairyland is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairyland
      • Lincoln ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Lincoln was located in Madera County
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      • Continue List   (35 more) ...
        • Plains ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
          • Plains was located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
        • Sharon
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Sharon is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
        • Berenda
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Kismet
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Kismet is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kismet
        • Notarb
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Notarb is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notarb
        • Talbot ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Talbot was located in Madera County
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        • Daulton
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Daulton is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daulton
        • Bonita
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Bonita is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
        • Madera Acres
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Madera Country Club Estates
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Madera Highlands
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Madera Highlands is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madera Highlands
        • Valley Lake Ranchos
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Valley Lake Ranchos is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Lake Ranchos
        • Jesbel ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Jesbel was located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesbel
        • Knowles Junction
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Lake Madera Country Estates
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Raymond
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Madera
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Hillside ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Hillside was located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
        • Knowles ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Italian Swiss Colony
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Italian Swiss Colony is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italian Swiss Colony
        • River Road Estates
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • River Road Estates is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road Estates
        • Storey
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Storey is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storey
        • Borden
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Borden is located in Madera County
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        • La Vina
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Parksdale
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Parkwood
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Lankershim ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Lankershim was located in Madera County
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        • Bailey Flats ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Bailey Flats was located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Flats
        • Bonadelle Ranchos - Madera Ranchos
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Trigo
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Trigo is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigo
        • Fresno Crossing
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Fresno Crossing is located in Madera County
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        • Yosemite Lakes Park
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Bonadelle Ranchos
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Bonadelle Ranchos is located in Madera County
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        • Irrigosa
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Irrigosa is located in Madera County
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        • Ripperdan
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Ripperdan is located in Madera County
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  • Mariposa County
  • Stanislaus County

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- Plainsburg) 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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