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Nearest Communities to Wolforts,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Wolforts.<1>

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


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

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of San Luis Obispo County: Kern, Kings, Monterey, Santa Barbara & Ventura.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 39 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wolforts. Of these communities, 25 are located in counties other than San Luis Obispo 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 Wolforts (which is San Luis Obispo 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 Wolforts

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

  • San Luis Obispo County   (where Wolforts resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.slocounty.ca.gov/
    • County Seat for San Luis Obispo:   San Luis Obispo
    • Note: The western boundary of the county is on the Pacific Ocean
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wolforts   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wolforts.
      • Simmler
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Simmler is located in San Luis Obispo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmler
      • California Valley
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • California Valley is located in San Luis Obispo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for California Valley
      • Martinez Place
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Martinez Place is located in San Luis Obispo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez Place
      • Todd Place
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Todd Place is located in San Luis Obispo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Place
      • La Panza ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • La Panza is located in San Luis Obispo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Panza
      • Navajo ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Navajo is located in San Luis Obispo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo
      • Hubert Place
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Hubert Place is located in San Luis Obispo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubert Place
      • Renshaw Place
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Renshaw Place is located in San Luis Obispo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renshaw Place
      • Hathaway Place
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Hathaway Place is located in San Luis Obispo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hathaway Place
      • Pozo
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Pozo is located in San Luis Obispo County
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      • Reeves Place
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Reeves Place is located in San Luis Obispo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeves Place
      • Wilson Corner
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Wilson Corner is located in San Luis Obispo County
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      • Pippin Corner
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Pippin Corner is located in San Luis Obispo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippin Corner
      • Musick ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Musick is located in San Luis Obispo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musick
  • Kern County
    • County Website:   https://www.kerncounty.com/
    • County Seat for Kern:   Bakersfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wolforts   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wolforts.
      • North Belridge
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • North Belridge is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Belridge
      • Summers ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Summers is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summers
      • Missouri Triangle
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Missouri Triangle is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri Triangle
      • Reward ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Reward is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward
      • Olig ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Olig is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olig
      • Blackwells Corner
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Blackwells Corner is located in Kern County
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      • Packwood ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Packwood is located in Kern County
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      • McKittrick
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Asphalto ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Asphalto is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asphalto
      • Spicer City
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Spicer City is located in Kern County
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      • Derby Acres
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Derby Acres is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Acres
      • Lokern
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Lokern is located in Kern County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lokern
      • Continue List   (13 more) ...
        • Lost Hills
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Kecks Corner
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Kecks Corner is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecks Corner
        • Annette
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Annette is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annette
        • Fellows
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Buttonwillow
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Warren ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Warren is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
        • Kilowatt
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Kilowatt is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilowatt
        • Midoil
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Midoil is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midoil
        • Semitropic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Semitropic is located in Kern County
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        • Bowerbank
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Bowerbank is located in Kern County
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        • Wallace Center
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Wallace Center is located in Kern County
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        • Ford City
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Ford City is located in Kern County
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        • Taft Heights
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Taft Heights is located in Kern County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft Heights

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wolforts) 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 Wolforts, 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.