Nearest Communities to Basinger,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Basinger, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Basinger:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Basinger.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Basinger is located in Okeechobee County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Okeechobee County: Glades, Highlands, Indian River, Martin, Osceola, Palm Beach & Saint Lucie.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 50 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Basinger. Of these communities, 35 are located in counties other than Okeechobee 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 Basinger (which is Okeechobee 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 Basinger
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Okeechobee County (where Basinger resides)
- County Website: https://www.okeechobeecountyfl.gov/
- County Seat for Okeechobee: Okeechobee
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Basinger ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Basinger.
- Dixie Ranch Acres
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dixie Ranch Acres is located in Okeechobee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Ranch Acres
- Mildred
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mildred is located in Okeechobee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Eagle Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Eagle Island is located in Okeechobee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Island
- Basswood Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Basswood Estates is located in Okeechobee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basswood Estates
- Whispering Pines
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Whispering Pines is located in Okeechobee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Barber Quarters
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barber Quarters is located in Okeechobee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Quarters
- Hilolo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hilolo is located in Okeechobee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilolo
- Fort Drum
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Drum is located in Okeechobee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Drum
- Fort Kissimmee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Kissimmee is located in Okeechobee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kissimmee
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Okeechobee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Osowaw Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Osowaw Junction is located in Okeechobee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osowaw Junction
- Cypress Quarters
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress Quarters is located in Okeechobee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Quarters
- Taylor Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Taylor Creek is located in Okeechobee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Creek
- Sherman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sherman is located in Okeechobee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Up the Grove Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Up the Grove Beach is located in Okeechobee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Up the Grove Beach
- Glades County
- County Website: https://www.myglades.com/
- County Seat for Glades: Moore Haven
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Basinger ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Basinger.
- Buckhead Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Buckhead Ridge is located in Glades County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhead Ridge
- Mayaimi ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mayaimi is located in Glades County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayaimi
- Sarasota Colony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sarasota Colony is located in Glades County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarasota Colony
- Lakeport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Highlands County
- County Website: https://www.highlandsfl.gov/
- County Seat for Highlands: Sebring
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Basinger ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Basinger.
- Fort Basinger
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Basinger is located in Highlands County
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- Cornwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cornwell is located in Highlands County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwell
- Plains
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Plains is located in Highlands County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
- Wild Island
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wild Island is located in Highlands County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Island
- Brighton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Brighton is located in Highlands County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Lorida
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Marland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Marland is located in Highlands County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marland
- Sunvale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sunvale is located in Highlands County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunvale
- Highlands Park Estates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Parker Island
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Parker Island is located in Highlands County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Island
- Istokpoga
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Istokpoga is located in Highlands County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Istokpoga
- Sylvan Shores
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sylvan Shores is located in Highlands County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Shores
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- Bear Hollow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Hollow is located in Highlands County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Hollow
- Lake Placid
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bairs Den
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bairs Den is located in Highlands County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairs Den
- De Soto City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- De Soto City is located in Highlands County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto City
- Childs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Childs is located in Highlands County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
- Kuhlman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kuhlman is located in Highlands County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuhlman
- Archbold
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Archbold is located in Highlands County
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- Hicoria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hicoria is located in Highlands County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicoria
- Placid Lakes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Placid Lakes is located in Highlands County
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- Sebring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hen Scratch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hen Scratch is located in Highlands County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hen Scratch
- Lakemont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lakemont is located in Highlands County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont
- Sebring Shores
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sebring Shores is located in Highlands County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebring Shores
- Indian River County
- County Website: https://indianriver.gov/
- County Seat for Indian River: Vero Beach
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Basinger ...
- Yeehaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Yeehaw is located in Indian River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeehaw
- Martin County
- County Website: https://www.martin.fl.us/
- County Seat for Martin: Stuart
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Basinger ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Basinger.
- Marcy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marcy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Bluefield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bluefield is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluefield
- Osceola County
- County Website: https://www.osceola.org/
- County Seat for Osceola: Kissimmee
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Basinger ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Basinger.
- Yeehaw Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lokosee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lokosee is located in Osceola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lokosee
- Polk County
- County Website: https://www.polk-county.net/
- County Seat for Polk: Bartow
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Basinger ...
- Cacema Town ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cacema Town is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cacema Town
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Basinger) 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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