Nearest Communities to Westwood Junction,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Westwood Junction, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Westwood Junction:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Westwood Junction is located in Lassen County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lassen County: Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Tehama & Washoe (NV).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 64 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Westwood Junction. Of these communities, 38 are located in counties other than Lassen 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 Westwood Junction (which is Lassen 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 Westwood Junction
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Lassen County (where Westwood Junction resides)
- County Website: https://co.lassen.ca.us/
- County Seat for Lassen: Susanville
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Westwood Junction ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Westwood Junction.
- Lasco
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lasco is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasco
- Goumaz ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Goumaz is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goumaz
- Norvell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Norvell is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norvell
- Robbers Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Robbers Creek is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbers Creek
- Coppervale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Coppervale is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppervale
- Pine Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pine Town is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Town
- Westwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clear Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Creek is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Peninsula Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Peninsula Village is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peninsula Village
- Susanville Indian Rancheria
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Susanville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Spalding Tract
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spalding Tract is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spalding Tract
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Johnstonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Johnstonville is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstonville
- Leavitt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Leavitt is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavitt
- Stones Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stones Landing is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Landing
- Janesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- The Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- The Crossing is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Crossing
- Belfast
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Belfast is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfast
- Buntingville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Buntingville is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buntingville
- Edgemont ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Edgemont is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont
- Standish
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Halls Flat ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Halls Flat is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Flat
- Litchfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sheepshead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sheepshead is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheepshead
- Antelope ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Antelope is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
- Shumway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shumway is located in Lassen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumway
- Plumas County
- County Website: https://www.plumascounty.us/
- County Seat for Plumas: Quincy
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Westwood Junction ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Westwood Junction.
- Foxwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Foxwood is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxwood
- Hamilton Branch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Peninsula Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Shore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Shore is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Shore
- Lake Almanor Peninsula
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Almanor Country Club
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Almanor
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Almanor is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almanor
- Lake Almanor West
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Almanor West is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Almanor West
- Lake Almanor West has also been known as:
- Almanor West
- Prattville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Canyondam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Greenville Rancheria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Greenville Rancheria is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Rancheria
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Greenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Round Valley ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Round Valley is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Valley
- Crescent Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Seneca ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Seneca is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Moccasin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Moccasin is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moccasin
- Drakesbad
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Drakesbad is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesbad
- Indian Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Indian Falls is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Falls
- Tasikoyo ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tasikoyo is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tasikoyo
- Taylorsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Longville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Longville is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
- Babcock Crossing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Babcock Crossing is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babcock Crossing
- Caribou
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Caribou is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou
- Paxton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Paxton is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Genesee ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Genesee is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesee
- Hot Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hot Springs is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Keddie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Keddie is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keddie
- Grays Flat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Grays Flat is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Flat
- Twain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Virgilia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Virgilia is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgilia
- Murdock Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Murdock Crossing is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murdock Crossing
- Shasta County
- County Website: https://www.shastacounty.gov/
- County Seat for Shasta: Redding
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Westwood Junction ...
- Old Station
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tehama County
- County Website: https://www.tehama.gov/
- County Seat for Tehama: Red Bluff
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Westwood Junction ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Westwood Junction.
- Black Forest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Black Forest is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Forest
- Saint Bernard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Bernard is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Bernard
- Deer Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Creek is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Childs Meadows
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Childs Meadows is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs Meadows
- Morgan Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Morgan Springs is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Springs
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- Westwood Junction) 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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