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Nearest Communities to Sands,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>

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


Sands is located in San Bernardino County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of San Bernardino County: La Paz (AZ), Mohave (AZ), Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside & Clark (NV).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 38 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sands.

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 Sands (which is San Bernardino 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 Sands

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

  • San Bernardino County   (where Sands resides)
    • County Website:   https://main.sbcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for San Bernardino:   San Bernardino
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sands   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sands.
      • Glasgow ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Glasgow is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
      • Balch
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Balch is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balch
      • Kerens ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Kerens is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerens
      • Belfast ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Belfast is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
      • Flynn
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Flynn is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn
      • Zzyzx
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Zzyzx is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zzyzx
        • Former names for Zzyzx:
        • Camp Soda
        • Soda Springs
      • Crucero
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Crucero is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crucero
      • King ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • King is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
      • Kelso
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Kelso is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso
      • Beacon Station
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Beacon Station is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Station
      • Broadwell
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Broadwell is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadwell
      • Hayden
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Hayden is located in San Bernardino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
      • Continue List   (26 more) ...
        • Baker
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Baxter ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Baxter is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
        • Cronese Valley
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Cronese Valley is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronese Valley
        • Cronise ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Cronise is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronise
        • Basin
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Basin is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin
        • Rainbow Wells
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Rainbow Wells is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Wells
        • Ash Hill
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Ash Hill is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Hill
        • Ludlow
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Elora
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Elora is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elora
        • Halloran Springs
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Halloran Springs is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halloran Springs
        • Klondike
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Klondike is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
        • Afton ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Afton is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
        • Argos
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Argos is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argos
        • Ragtown ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Ragtown is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragtown
        • Chase
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Chase is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
        • Siberia ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Siberia is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siberia
        • New Dunn
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • New Dunn is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dunn
        • Yucca Grove
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Yucca Grove is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucca Grove
        • Lavic ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Lavic is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavic
        • Dunn
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Dunn is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
        • Cima
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Thomas Place
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Thomas Place is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Place
        • Pisgah
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Pisgah is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
        • Stedman ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Stedman is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stedman
        • Midway
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Midway is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
        • Bagdad ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Bagdad is located in San Bernardino County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad

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 from Point A (ie- Sands) 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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