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Nearest Communities to Wawona,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 Wawona.<1>

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

Wawona is located in Mariposa County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mariposa County: Madera, Merced, Mono, Stanislaus & Tuolumne.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 80 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wawona. Of these communities, 43 are located in counties other than Mariposa 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 Wawona (which is Mariposa 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 Wawona

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

  • Mariposa County   (where Wawona resides)
    • County Website:   https://mariposacounty.org/
    • County Seat for Mariposa:   Mariposa
    • Note: The eastern boundary of the county is defined by the Sierra Nevada Mountains
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wawona   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wawona.
      • South Wawona ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
        • South Wawona was located in Mariposa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wawona
      • North Wawona
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
        • North Wawona is also located in Mariposa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wawona
      • Big Tree
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Big Tree is also located in Mariposa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Tree
      • Fish Camp
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Ponderosa Basin
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Ponderosa Basin is also located in Mariposa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa Basin
      • Yosemite West
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Elliott Corner
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Elliott Corner is also located in Mariposa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Corner
      • Darrah
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • El Portal
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jerseydale
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Foresta
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Foresta is also located in Mariposa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foresta
      • Hite Cove
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Hite Cove is also located in Mariposa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hite Cove
      • Continue List   (25 more) ...
        • Incline
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Incline is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Incline
        • Bootjack
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Curry Village
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • Curry Village is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Village
        • Yosemite Valley
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Yosemite Village
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Buena Vista
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Buena Vista is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
        • Clearing House
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Clearing House is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearing House
        • Midpines
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Mormon Bar ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Mormon Bar was located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Bar
        • Briceburg
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Briceburg is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briceburg
        • Mariposa
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Colorado ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Ben Hur
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Ben Hur is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
        • Agua Fria ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Agua Fria was located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agua Fria
        • Bridgeport
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Bridgeport is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
        • Mount Bullion
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Las Mariposas
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Las Mariposas is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Mariposas
        • Bear Valley
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Catheys Valley
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Bagby ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Ragby
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Ragby is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragby
        • Dogtown
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Buck Meadows
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Buck Meadows is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Meadows
        • Split Rock Ferry
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Split Rock Ferry is also located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock Ferry
        • Indian Gulch ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Indian Gulch was located in Mariposa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Gulch
  • Fresno County
  • Madera County
  • Tuolumne County
    • County Website:   https://tuolumnecounty.ca.gov/
    • County Seat for Tuolumne:   Sonora
    • Note: The eastern boundary of the county is defined by the Sierra Nevada Mountains
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wawona   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wawona.
      • Aspen Valley
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Aspen Valley is located in Tuolumne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen Valley
      • White Wolf
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • White Wolf is located in Tuolumne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Wolf
      • Sequoia
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Sequoia is located in Tuolumne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequoia
      • Harden Flat
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Harden Flat is located in Tuolumne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harden Flat
      • Mather
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Mather is located in Tuolumne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
      • Colfax Spring
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Colfax Spring is located in Tuolumne County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax Spring

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 from Point A (ie- Wawona) 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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