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Nearest Communities to San Benito,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

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

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

San Benito is located in San Benito County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of San Benito County: Fresno, Merced, Monterey, Santa Clara & Santa Cruz.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 64 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of San Benito. Of these communities, 44 are located in counties other than San Benito 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 San Benito (which is San Benito 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 San Benito

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

  • San Benito County   (where San Benito resides)
  • Fresno County
  • Merced County
  • Monterey County
    • County Website:   https://www.countyofmonterey.gov/
    • County Seat for Monterey:   Salinas
    • Note: The western boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to San Benito   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from San Benito.
      • Harlem
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Harlem is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
      • Metz
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Metz is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
      • Los Coches
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Los Coches is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Coches
      • Soledad
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Coburn
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Coburn is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburn
      • San Lorenzo
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • San Lorenzo is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Lorenzo
      • Greenfield
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Arroyo Seco
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Arroyo Seco is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arroyo Seco
      • Fort Romie
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Fort Romie is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Romie
      • Camphora
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Camphora is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camphora
      • Posa De Los Ositos
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Posa De Los Ositos is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posa De Los Ositos
      • Lonoak
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Lonoak is located in Monterey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonoak
      • Continue List   (27 more) ...
        • Ex Mission Soledad
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Ex Mission Soledad is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ex Mission Soledad
        • Molus
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Molus is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molus
        • San Vicente
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • San Vicente is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Vicente
        • Elsa
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Elsa is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsa
        • Gonzales
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • King City
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Dean
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Dean is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
        • Paraje de Sanchez
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Paraje de Sanchez is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paraje de Sanchez
        • Rincon de la Puente del Monte
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • San Bernabe
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • San Bernabe is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Bernabe
        • Welby
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Welby is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welby
        • Penvir
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Penvir is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penvir
        • Zanjones
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Zanjones is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zanjones
        • Encinal Y Buena Esperanga
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Gabilan ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Gabilan is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabilan
        • Sycamore Flat
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Sycamore Flat is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Flat
        • Chualar
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • San Benito
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • San Benito is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Benito
        • Guadalupe Y Llanitos de los Correos
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • San Lucas
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Mascorini Place
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Mascorini Place is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascorini Place
        • Millers Ranch
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Millers Ranch is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Ranch
        • Spence
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Spence is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spence
        • El Alisal
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • El Alisal is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Alisal
        • Los Tularcitos
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Los Tularcitos is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Tularcitos
        • Jamesburg
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Jamesburg is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg
        • Docas ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Docas is located in Monterey County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Docas

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- San Benito) 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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