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Nearest Communities to Rannells,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Rannells.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Rannells is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Riverside County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Riverside County: La Paz (AZ), Imperial, Orange, San Bernardino & San Diego.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 25 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Rannells. Of these communities, 14 are located in counties other than Riverside 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 Rannells (which is Riverside 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 Rannells

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

  • Riverside County   (where Rannells resides)
    • County Website:   https://rivco.org/
    • County Seat for Riverside:   Riverside
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rannells   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rannells.
      • Ripley
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Ripley is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
      • Miller Farms
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Miller Farms is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Farms
      • Mesa Verde
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Mesa Verde is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Verde
      • Blythe
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Blythe is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythe
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,673 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blythe <4>
      • East Blythe
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • East Blythe is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Blythe
      • Mesaville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Mesaville is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesaville
      • Tosco ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Tosco is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tosco
      • Inca
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Inca is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inca
      • Cox
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Cox is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox
      • Midland ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Midland is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
      • Styx
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Styx is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Styx
  • Imperial County
  • La Paz County
    • County Website:   https://www.lapaz.gov/
    • County Seat for La Paz:   Parker (AZ)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rannells   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rannells.
      • Cibola
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Cibola is located in La Paz County (AZ)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cibola
      • Ehrenberg
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Olive City ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Olive City is located in La Paz County (AZ)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive City
        • Olive City has also been known as:
        • Bradshaw's Ferry
        • Olivia
      • Morgantown
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Morgantown is located in La Paz County (AZ)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgantown
      • La Paz ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • La Paz is located in La Paz County (AZ)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
      • La Paz Valley
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • La Paz Valley is located in La Paz County (AZ)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz Valley
      • Nommel Place
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Nommel Place is located in La Paz County (AZ)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nommel Place
      • Quartzsite
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Nortons Landing
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Nortons Landing is located in La Paz County (AZ)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nortons Landing

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rannells) 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 Rannells, 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.