Nearest Communities to Westwood,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Westwood, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Westwood:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small village in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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 starting from Westwood.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Westwood is located in Los Angeles County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Los Angeles County: Kern, Orange, San Bernardino & Ventura.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 555 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Westwood. Of these communities, 38 are located in counties other than Los Angeles 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 (which is Los Angeles 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
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Los Angeles County (where Westwood resides)
- Given the large number of communities that are located in Los Angeles County, we have limited the list to those within 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> of Westwood (about 100 communities).
- County Website: https://lacounty.gov/
- County Seat for Los Angeles: Los Angeles
- Note: The southwestern boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Westwood ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Westwood.
- San Jose De Buenos Ayres
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Westwood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Century City
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Holmby Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- West Los Angeles
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Brentwood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Brentwood Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Brentwood Heights is located in Los Angeles County
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- Westgate Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Westgate Heights is located in Los Angeles County
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- Beverly Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- San Antonio or Rodeo De Las Aguas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bel Air
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- San Vicente Y Santa Monica
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (505 more) ...
- Home Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Home Junction is located in Los Angeles County
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- Sawtelle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Westgate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Westgate is located in Los Angeles County
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- Brentwood Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Brentwood Park is located in Los Angeles County
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- Beverly Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Beverly Glen is located in Los Angeles County
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- Ballona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ballona is located in Los Angeles County
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- Mar Vista
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Culver Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Culver Junction is located in Los Angeles County
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- Palms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Palms is located in Los Angeles County
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- Rincon De Los Bueyes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rincon De Los Bueyes is located in Los Angeles County
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- Riviera
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Riviera is located in Los Angeles County
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- Carthay Circle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Carthay Circle is located in Los Angeles County
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- Carthay Square
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Carthay Square is located in Los Angeles County
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- Little Ethiopia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Little Ethiopia is located in Los Angeles County
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- Picfair Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Picfair Village is located in Los Angeles County
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- South Carthay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Carthay is located in Los Angeles County
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- Crescent
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crescent is located in Los Angeles County
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- Trousdale Estates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Trousdale Estates is located in Los Angeles County
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- Culver Garden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Culver Garden is located in Los Angeles County
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- Culver City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sentous
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sentous is located in Los Angeles County
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- Ocean Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ocean Park is located in Los Angeles County
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- Santa Monica
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pacific Palisades
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- La Brea
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- La Brea is located in Los Angeles County
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- Parklabrea
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Parklabrea is located in Los Angeles County
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- West Hollywood
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Alla
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Alla is located in Los Angeles County
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- Cypress Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cypress Grove is located in Los Angeles County
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- Del Ray
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Del Ray is located in Los Angeles County
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- Machado ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Machado is located in Los Angeles County
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- Marina del Rey
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Venice
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Baldwin Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hancock Park is located in Los Angeles County
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- Lafayette Square
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lafayette Square is located in Los Angeles County
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- Larchmont Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Larchmont Village is located in Los Angeles County
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- Las Cienegas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Las Cienegas is located in Los Angeles County
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- Vineyard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Vineyard is located in Los Angeles County
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- Sherman Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hollywood Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hollywood Heights is located in Los Angeles County
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- Outpost Estates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Outpost Estates is located in Los Angeles County
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- Studio City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alsace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Alsace is located in Los Angeles County
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- Motordrome ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Motordrome is located in Los Angeles County
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- Playa Vista
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Baldwin Hills Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cienega O Paso De La Tijera
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crenshaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ladera Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ladera Heights is located in Los Angeles County
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- Boca De Santa Monica
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Boca De Santa Monica is located in Los Angeles County
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- Castellammare
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Inceville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Inceville is located in Los Angeles County
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- Arlington Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Arlington Heights is located in Los Angeles County
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- Country Club Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Country Club Park is located in Los Angeles County
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- Hollywood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jefferson Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jefferson Park is located in Los Angeles County
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- Windsor Square
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Windsor Square is located in Los Angeles County
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- El Encino
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- El Encino is located in Los Angeles County
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- Garnsey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Garnsey is located in Los Angeles County
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- Kester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kester is located in Los Angeles County
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- Hollywood Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Toluca Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Universal City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Valley Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Whitley Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Whitley Heights is located in Los Angeles County
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- Encino
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Playa del Rey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Westchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Westchester is located in Los Angeles County
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- Aguaje de la Centinella
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cienega
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leimert Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leimert Park is located in Los Angeles County
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- View Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Windsor Hills is located in Los Angeles County
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- Topanga Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Topanga Beach is located in Los Angeles County
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- Harvard Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Harvard Heights is located in Los Angeles County
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- Koreatown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Koreatown is located in Los Angeles County
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- Van Nuys
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- La Paco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- La Paco is located in Los Angeles County
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- Santa Maria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Santa Maria is located in Los Angeles County
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- Sylvia Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sylvia Park is located in Los Angeles County
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- Tarzana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Holton ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Holton is located in Los Angeles County
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- Palisades Del Rey ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Palisades Del Rey is located in Los Angeles County
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- Surfridge ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dorset Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dorset Village is located in Los Angeles County
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- Hyde Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Inglewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Topanga Oaks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Topanga Oaks is located in Los Angeles County
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- Wildwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wildwood is located in Los Angeles County
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- Saint James Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Saint James Park is located in Los Angeles County
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- Hewitt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hewitt is located in Los Angeles County
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- North Sherman Way
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- North Sherman Way is located in Los Angeles County
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- Cahuenga ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cahuenga is located in Los Angeles County
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- Magnolia Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia Park is located in Los Angeles County
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- McNeil
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- McNeil is located in Los Angeles County
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- North Hollywood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Providencia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Providencia is located in Los Angeles County
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- Glenview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hyperion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hyperion is located in Los Angeles County
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- Morningside Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Morningside Park is located in Los Angeles County
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- Van Ness
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Van Ness is located in Los Angeles County
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- Wildasin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wildasin is located in Los Angeles County
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- Fernwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fernwood is located in Los Angeles County
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- Topanga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Orange County
- County Website: https://ocgov.com/
- County Seat for Orange: Santa Ana
- Note: The western boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Westwood ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Westwood.
- Bingham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bingham is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
- La Palma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Los Alamitos
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Moody
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Moody is located in Orange County
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- Des Moines
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Des Moines is located in Orange County
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- Cypress
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Halcon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Halcon is located in Orange County
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- Northam ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Northam is located in Orange County
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- Rossmoor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rossmoor is located in Orange County
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- La Habra
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Almond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Almond is located in Orange County
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- Buena Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
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- Fuller Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fuller Park is located in Orange County
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- Leisure World
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leisure World is located in Orange County
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- Seal Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shirley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shirley is located in Orange County
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- Hansen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hansen is located in Orange County
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- La Belle Fontane Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ventura County
- County Website: https://venturacounty.gov/
- County Seat for Ventura: Ventura
- Note: The southwestern boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Westwood ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Westwood.
- Corriganville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Corriganville is located in Ventura County
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- Santa Susana Knolls
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Santa Susana Knolls is located in Ventura County
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- Oak Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Santa Susana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Santa Susana is located in Ventura County
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- Community Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Community Center is located in Ventura County
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- Triunfo Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Triunfo Corner is located in Ventura County
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- North Ranch
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- North Ranch is located in Ventura County
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- Simi Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Thousand Oaks
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Strathearn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Strathearn is located in Ventura County
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- Greenwich Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Greenwich Village is located in Ventura County
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- El Conejo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- El Conejo is located in Ventura County
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- Mountclef Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mountclef Village is located in Ventura County
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- Newbury Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Virginia Colony
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Virginia Colony is located in Ventura County
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- Camulos
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Camulos is located in Ventura County
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- Moorpark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Casa Conejo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Casa Conejo is located in Ventura County
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- Solromar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Solromar is located in Ventura County
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- Epworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Epworth is located in Ventura County
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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- Westwood) 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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