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Nearest Communities to Planada,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

Planada 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 120 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Planada. Of these communities, 72 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 Planada (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 Planada

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

  • Merced County   (where Planada 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 Planada   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Planada.
      • Sierra Vista
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Sierra Vista is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Vista
      • Minturn
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Minturn is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minturn
      • Chowchilla
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Medano ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Medano is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medano
      • Ash ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Ash is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
      • Califa ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Califa is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Califa
      • Ovejo ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Ovejo is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovejo
      • Tyler ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Tyler is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
      • Fairmead
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Fairmead is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmead
      • Sharon
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Sharon is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
      • Tillman ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Tillman is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
      • Dairyland
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Dairyland is located in Madera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairyland
      • Continue List   (30 more) ...
        • Lincoln ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Lincoln is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
        • Plains ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Plains is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
        • Berenda
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Kismet
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Kismet is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kismet
        • Daulton
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Daulton is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daulton
        • Talbot ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Talbot is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot
        • Jesbel ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Jesbel is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesbel
        • Notarb
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Notarb is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notarb
        • Valley Lake Ranchos
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Valley Lake Ranchos is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Lake Ranchos
        • Knowles Junction
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Raymond
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Madera Acres
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Madera Country Club Estates
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Madera Highlands
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Madera Highlands is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madera Highlands
        • Hillside ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Hillside is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
        • Knowles ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Bonita
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Bonita is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
        • Lake Madera Country Estates
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Madera
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Bailey Flats ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Bailey Flats is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Flats
        • Italian Swiss Colony
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Italian Swiss Colony is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italian Swiss Colony
        • River Road Estates
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • River Road Estates is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Road Estates
        • Storey
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Storey is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storey
        • Parksdale
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Borden
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Borden is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden
        • Parkwood
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Fresno Crossing
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Fresno Crossing is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresno Crossing
        • Grub Gulch ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Grub Gulch is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grub Gulch
        • La Vina
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Lankershim ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Lankershim is located in Madera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankershim
  • Mariposa County
  • Stanislaus 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Planada) 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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