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Nearest Communities to Tosco,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Although our information shows that the community of Tosco is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Riverside County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Riverside County: La Paz (AZ), Imperial, Orange, San Bernardino & San Diego.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 24 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Tosco. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Riverside 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 Tosco (which is Riverside 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 Tosco

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

  • Riverside County   (where Tosco resides)
    • County Website:   https://rivco.org/
    • County Seat for Riverside:   Riverside
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Tosco   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Tosco.
      • Mesaville
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Mesaville is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesaville
      • Blythe
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Blythe is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythe
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,673 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blythe <4>
      • East Blythe
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • East Blythe is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Blythe
      • Miller Farms
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Miller Farms is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Farms
      • Mesa Verde
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Mesa Verde is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Verde
      • Ripley
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Ripley is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
      • Inca
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Inca is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inca
      • Cox
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Cox is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox
      • Rannells ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Rannells is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rannells
      • Midland ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Midland is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
      • Styx
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Styx is located in Riverside County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Styx
  • Imperial County
  • San Bernardino County
  • La Paz County
    • County Website:   https://www.lapaz.gov/
    • County Seat for La Paz:   Parker (AZ)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Tosco   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Tosco.
      • Ehrenberg
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Olive City ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Olive City is located in La Paz County (AZ)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive City
        • Olive City has also been known as:
        • Bradshaw's Ferry
        • Olivia
      • La Paz ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • La Paz is located in La Paz County (AZ)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz
      • Morgantown
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Morgantown is located in La Paz County (AZ)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgantown
      • La Paz Valley
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • La Paz Valley is located in La Paz County (AZ)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Paz Valley
      • Quartzsite
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Poston
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Cibola
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Cibola is located in La Paz County (AZ)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cibola
      • Plomosa ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Plomosa is located in La Paz County (AZ)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plomosa

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tosco) 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 Tosco, 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.