Nearest Communities to San Marcos,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to San Marcos, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for San Marcos:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from San Marcos.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
San Marcos is located in Santa Barbara County.
The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Santa Barbara County: Kern, San Luis Obispo & Ventura.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 73 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of San Marcos. Of these communities, 6 are located in counties other than Santa Barbara 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 Marcos (which is Santa Barbara 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 Marcos
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Santa Barbara County (where San Marcos resides)
- County Website: https://www.countyofsb.org/
- County Seat for Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara
- Note: The western and southern boundaries of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to San Marcos ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from San Marcos.
- Tequepis ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tequepis is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tequepis
- Orchams
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Orchams is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchams
- Cachuma Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cachuma Village is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cachuma Village
- Goleta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- La Patera
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- La Patera is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Patera
- Los Prietos Y Najalayegua
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Coromar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Coromar is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coromar
- El Encano Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- El Encano Heights is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Encano Heights
- El Sueno
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- El Sueno is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Sueno
- Ellwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ellwood is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellwood
- La Goleta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- La Goleta is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Goleta
- Los Dos Pueblos
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Los Dos Pueblos is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Dos Pueblos
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- Canada De Los Pinos Or College Rancho
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Junction Camp
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Junction Camp is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction Camp
- Hope Ranch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hope Ranch is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Ranch
- Isla Vista
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Las Positas Y La Calera
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Irma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Irma is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irma
- Mission Canyon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mission Canyon is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Canyon
- Mission
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mission is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Naples ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Naples is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
- Lomas De La Purificacion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Canada del Corral
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Canada del Corral is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada del Corral
- Santa Barbara
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ahwin ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ahwin is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ahwin
- Santa Ynez
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Montecito
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Capitan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Capitan is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitan
- Orella ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Orella is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orella
- Ballard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Los Olivos
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tajiguas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tajiguas is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tajiguas
- Solvang
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ortega ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ortega is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ortega
- Summerland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Nojoqui
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Nojoqui is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nojoqui
- Corral De Quati
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Corral De Quati is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corral De Quati
- La Zaca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- La Zaca is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Zaca
- Serena Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Serena Park is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serena Park
- Toro Canyon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Toro Canyon is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toro Canyon
- San Carlos De Jonata
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- San Carlos De Jonata is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Carlos De Jonata
- Serena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Serena is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serena
- Lento
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lento is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lento
- Buellton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jonata Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jonata Park is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonata Park
- La Laguna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- La Laguna is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Laguna
- Franciscan Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Franciscan Village is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franciscan Village
- Old Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Town is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Sandyland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandyland is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyland
- Nuestra Senora Del Refugio
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Carpinteria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mishopshnow ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mishopshnow is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishopshnow
- Sandyland Cove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sandyland Cove is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyland Cove
- Gaviota
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gaviota is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaviota
- Las Cruces
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Las Cruces is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Cruces
- Port Orford
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Port Orford is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Orford
- New Cuyama
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sisquoc
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sisquoc is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisquoc
- Tinaquaic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tinaquaic is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinaquaic
- Shepards
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shepards is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepards
- Santa Rosa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Santa Rosa is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa
- Cuyama
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cuyama is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuyama
- Ventucopa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ventucopa is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ventucopa
- Drake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Drake is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Los Alamos
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sacate
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sacate is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacate
- San Julian
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- San Julian is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Julian
- Ventura County
- County Website: https://venturacounty.gov/
- County Seat for Ventura: Ventura
- Note: The southwestern boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to San Marcos ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from San Marcos.
- El Rincon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- El Rincon is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Rincon
- Rincon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rincon is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rincon
- Muscle Shoals
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Muscle Shoals is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscle Shoals
- Punta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Punta is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punta
- Vickers Hot Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Vickers Hot Springs is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickers Hot Springs
- Sea Cliff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sea Cliff is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Cliff
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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 Marcos) 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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