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Nearest Communities to Summertown,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 from Summertown.<1>

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


Summertown is located in Shasta County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Shasta County: Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Siskiyou, Tehama & Trinity.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 81 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Summertown. Of these communities, 42 are located in counties other than Shasta 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 Summertown (which is Shasta 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 Summertown

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

  • Shasta County   (where Summertown resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.shastacounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Shasta:   Redding
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Summertown   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Summertown.
      • Manzanita Lake
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
        • Manzanita Lake is located in Shasta County
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      • Viola ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Viola is located in Shasta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
      • Eastman Place
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Eastman Place is located in Shasta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman Place
      • Bateman Place
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Bateman Place is located in Shasta County
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      • Beal Place
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Beal Place is located in Shasta County
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      • Old Station
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Whittington Place
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Whittington Place is located in Shasta County
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      • Shingletown
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Hat Creek
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Eudora Colony ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Eudora Colony is located in Shasta County
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      • Redwoods
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Redwoods is located in Shasta County
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      • Whitmore
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
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        • Inwood
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Inwood is located in Shasta County
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        • Fern
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Fern is located in Shasta County
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        • Midway
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Midway is located in Shasta County
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        • Burney
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Doyles Corner
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Doyles Corner is located in Shasta County
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        • Bullskin ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Bullskin is located in Shasta County
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        • Ellis ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Ellis is located in Shasta County
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        • Pawnee ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Pawnee is located in Shasta County
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        • Wagoner
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Wagoner is located in Shasta County
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        • Cassel
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Johnson Park
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Johnson Park is located in Shasta County
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        • Oak Run
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Smith
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Smith is located in Shasta County
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        • Round Mountain
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Four Corners
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Four Corners is located in Shasta County
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        • Montgomery Creek Rancheria
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Montgomery Creek
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Osborne
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Osborne is located in Shasta County
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        • Basin Hollow ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Basin Hollow is located in Shasta County
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        • Fleaville ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Fleaville is located in Shasta County
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        • Wilkinson
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Wilkinson is located in Shasta County
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        • Hatchet Mountain ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Hatchet Mountain is located in Shasta County
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        • Hillcrest
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Hillcrest is located in Shasta County
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        • Furnaceville ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Furnaceville is located in Shasta County
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        • Ingot
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Ingot is located in Shasta County
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          • Former names for Ingot:
          • Afterthought
          • Silverton
        • Pineland ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Pineland is located in Shasta County
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        • Henryford ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Henryford is located in Shasta County
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  • Butte County
  • Lassen County
    • County Website:   https://co.lassen.ca.us/
    • County Seat for Lassen:   Susanville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Summertown   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Summertown.
      • Halls Flat ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Halls Flat is located in Lassen County
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      • Jellico
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Jellico is located in Lassen County
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      • Norvell
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Norvell is located in Lassen County
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      • Peninsula Village
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Peninsula Village is located in Lassen County
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  • Plumas County
    • County Website:   https://www.plumascounty.us/
    • County Seat for Plumas:   Quincy
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Summertown   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Summertown.
      • Drakesbad
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Drakesbad is located in Plumas County
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      • Chester
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Foxwood
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Foxwood is located in Plumas County
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      • Lake Almanor West
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Lake Almanor West is located in Plumas County
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        • Lake Almanor West has also been known as:
        • Almanor West
      • Lake Almanor Peninsula
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Peninsula Village
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Almanor Country Club
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Tehama County
    • County Website:   https://www.tehama.gov/
    • County Seat for Tehama:   Red Bluff
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Summertown   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Summertown.
      • Morgan Springs
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Morgan Springs is located in Tehama County
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      • Childs Meadows
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Childs Meadows is located in Tehama County
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      • Mineral
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Mill Creek
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Manton
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Lyonsville
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Lyonsville is located in Tehama County
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      • Lyman Springs
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Lyman Springs is located in Tehama County
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      • Marian Place
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Marian Place is located in Tehama County
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      • Yellowjacket
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Yellowjacket is located in Tehama County
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      • Deer Creek
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Deer Creek is located in Tehama County
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      • Dantuma Place
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Dantuma Place is located in Tehama County
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      • Finley Place
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Finley Place is located in Tehama County
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        • Black Forest
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Black Forest is located in Tehama County
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        • Saint Bernard
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Saint Bernard is located in Tehama County
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        • McClure Place
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • McClure Place is located in Tehama County
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        • Paynes Creek
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Summerville ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Summerville is located in Tehama County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
        • McKenzie Place
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • McKenzie Place is located in Tehama County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKenzie Place
        • Savercool Place
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Savercool Place is located in Tehama County
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        • Cedar Crossing
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Cedar Crossing is located in Tehama County
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        • Peligreen Place
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Peligreen Place is located in Tehama County
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        • Wade Place
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Wade Place is located in Tehama County
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        • Meyers Place
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Meyers Place is located in Tehama County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyers Place
        • Payne Place
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Payne Place is located in Tehama County
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        • Avery Place
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Avery Place is located in Tehama County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery Place
        • Pape Place
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Pape Place is located in Tehama County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pape Place
        • Polk Springs
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Polk Springs is located in Tehama County
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        • Facht Place
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Facht Place is located in Tehama County
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        • Dales
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Dales is located in Tehama County
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        • Wells Place
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Wells Place is located in Tehama County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Place

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- Summertown) 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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