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Nearest Communities to Rico,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 Rico.<1>

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


Rico is located in Imperial County.

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Imperial County: Yuma (AZ), Riverside & San Diego.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 48 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Rico.

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 Rico (which is Imperial 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 Rico

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

  • Imperial County   (where Rico resides)
    • County Website:   https://imperialcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Imperial:   El Centro
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rico   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rico.
      • Holtville
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Meloland
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Meloland is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meloland
      • Fuller
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Fuller is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
      • Perrys Corner
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Perrys Corner is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corner
      • Watermans Corner
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Watermans Corner is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watermans Corner
      • Date City
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Date City is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Date City
      • Sandia
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Sandia is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandia
      • Anza
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Anza is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anza
      • Curlew
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Curlew is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curlew
      • Bonds Corner
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Bonds Corner is located in Imperial County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonds Corner
      • Heber
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • El Centro
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Continue List   (36 more) ...
        • Calexico
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Imperial
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Orita
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
          • Orita is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orita
        • Wilsie
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
          • Wilsie is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsie
        • Alamorio
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
          • Alamorio is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamorio
        • Butlers ‑ Historic
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
          • Butlers is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butlers
        • Moss
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
          • Moss is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss
        • Brawley
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Citrus View
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Citrus View is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus View
        • Hovley
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Hovley is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovley
        • Munyon
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • Munyon is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munyon
        • Mount Signal
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Mount Signal is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Signal
        • Mayflower ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Mayflower is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower
        • Wiest
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Wiest is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiest
        • Seeley
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Rockwood
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Rockwood is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
        • Edgar
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Edgar is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
        • Westmorland
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Bernice ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Bernice is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
        • Dixieland
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Dixieland is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixieland
        • Amos ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Amos is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amos
        • Acolita
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Acolita is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acolita
        • Mesquite
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Mesquite is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesquite
        • Calipatria
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Glamis
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Shamrock ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Shamrock is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
        • Verdant
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Verdant is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdant
        • Ruthven
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Ruthven is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthven
        • Fondo
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Fondo is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fondo
        • Tortuga
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Tortuga is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tortuga
        • Clyde
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Clyde is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
        • Estelle
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Estelle is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
        • Iris
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Iris is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iris
        • Plaster City
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Plaster City is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaster City
        • Cactus
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Cactus is located in Imperial County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus
        • Niland
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rico) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.