Nearest Communities to Rock Springs,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Rock Springs, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Rock Springs:
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 starting from Rock Springs.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Rock Springs 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 146 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Rock Springs. Of these communities, 11 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 Rock Springs (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 Rock Springs
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Kern County (where Rock Springs resides)
- Given the large number of communities that are located in Kern County, we have limited the list to those within 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> of Rock Springs (about 100 communities).
- County Website: https://www.kerncounty.com/
- County Seat for Kern: Bakersfield
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rock Springs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rock Springs.
- Bena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bena is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bena
- Treves ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Treves was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treves
- Ilmon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ilmon is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ilmon
- Edison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- El Tejon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- El Tejon is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Tejon
- Caliente
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fig Orchard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fig Orchard is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fig Orchard
- Algoso
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Algoso is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoso
- Lonsmith
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lonsmith is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonsmith
- Mayfair
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mayfair is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfair
- Magunden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Magunden is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magunden
- Bealville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bealville is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bealville
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- Fuller Acres
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fuller Acres is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller Acres
- Oil City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Oil City is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Di Giorgio
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Di Giorgio is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Di Giorgio
- Harpertown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harpertown is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpertown
- Ribier
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ribier is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ribier
- East Bakersfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- East Bakersfield is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bakersfield
- Former names for East Bakersfield:
- Kern City
- Sumner
- Kern
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kern is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kern
- Havilah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Havilah is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havilah
- Petersburg ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Petersburg has also been known as:
- Greenhorn
- Edmundson Acres
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Edmundson Acres is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmundson Acres
- Mitchells Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mitchells Corner is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Corner
- Lamont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Patch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Patch is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patch
- Maltha
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Maltha is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maltha
- Lackey Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lackey Place is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey Place
- Miracle Hot Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Miracle Hot Springs is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Hot Springs
- Former name for Miracle Hot Springs:
- Hobo Hot Springs
- Miracle Hot Springs has also been known as:
- Air Compress Springs
- Clear Creek Hot Springs
- Compressor Hot Springs
- Rowen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rowen is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowen
- Weedpatch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Weedpatch is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weedpatch
- Kayandee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kayandee is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kayandee
- Oildale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Oildale is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oildale
- Seguro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Seguro is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seguro
- Pettit Place
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pettit Place is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit Place
- Halfway House
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Halfway House is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House
- Arvin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Vaccaro ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Vaccaro was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaccaro
- Keene
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- El Rita
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- El Rita is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Rita
- Millersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Millersville is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersville
- Woodford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodford is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Wible Orchard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wible Orchard is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wible Orchard
- Bakersfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Oil Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Oil Junction is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Junction
- Bodfish
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Silver City ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Silver City was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Greenfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Jastro
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jastro is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jastro
- Landco
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Landco is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landco
- Burton Mill ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Burton Mill was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Mill
- Piute ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Piute was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piute
- Keyesville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Keyesville was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyesville
- Lake Isabella
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Valley Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Loraine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Loraine is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loraine
- Sand Canyon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Canyon is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Canyon
- Walong
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Walong is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walong
- Alameda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Alameda is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alameda
- Pumpkin Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pumpkin Center is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Venola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Venola is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venola
- Fruitvale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fruitvale is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Quailwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Quailwood is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quailwood
- Saco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Saco is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saco
- Twin Oaks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Twin Oaks is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
- Woody
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Scovern Hot Springs ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Scovern Hot Springs was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scovern Hot Springs
- Girard ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Girard was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
- Marcel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marcel is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcel
- Panama
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Panama is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panama
- Greenacres
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Inmans ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Inmans was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inmans
- Glennville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lavers Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lavers Crossing is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavers Crossing
- Gosford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Gosford is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosford
- Prospero
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Prospero is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospero
- Moreland Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Moreland Mill is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland Mill
- Isabella ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Isabella was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
- Shirley Meadows
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shirley Meadows is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley Meadows
- Bannister
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bannister is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannister
- Joyful ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Joyful was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyful
- Joyful has also been known as:
- Joyfull
- Rosedale ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rosedale was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Claraville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Claraville is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claraville
- Shady Rest ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Shady Rest was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Rest
- Alta Sierra
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Alta Sierra is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Sierra
- Squirrel Mountain Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cable
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cable is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable
- Old Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Old Town is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Meridian
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Meridian is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Old River
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Old River is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old River
- Lerdo
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lerdo is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerdo
- Mountain Mesa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stallion Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stallion Springs is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stallion Springs
- Golden Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Golden Hills is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hills
- Cawelo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cawelo is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawelo
- Dow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dow is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dow
- Una
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Una is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Una
- South Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Lake is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lake
- Wofford Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crome
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Crome is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crome
- Hights Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hights Corner is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hights Corner
- Minter Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Minter Village is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter Village
- Tehachapi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Conner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Conner is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conner
- Stevens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Stevens is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens
- Sullivan ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Summit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Summit is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Kern Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kern Lake is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kern Lake
- Mettler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Slater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Slater is also located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slater
- Strand ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Strand was located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strand
- Tulare County
- County Website: https://tularecounty.ca.gov/
- County Seat for Tulare: Visalia
- Note: The eastern boundary of the county is defined by the Sierra Nevada Mountains
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rock Springs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rock Springs.
- South Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Lake is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lake
- Posey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Balance Rock ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Balance Rock was located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balance Rock
- Idlewild
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Idlewild is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Panorama Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Panorama Heights is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Heights
- Pleasant View
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Poso Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Poso Park is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poso Park
- White River ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- White River was located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River
- Sugarloaf Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sugarloaf Village is located in Tulare County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf Village
- Guernsey Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Guernsey Mill is located in Tulare County
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- Sugarloaf Mountain Park
(29 miles [46.7 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- Rock Springs) 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 Rock Springs, 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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