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Nearest Communities to Lake Wales,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Lake Wales.<1>

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

Lake Wales is located in Polk County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Polk County: Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lake, Manatee, Orange, Osceola, Pasco & Sumter.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 211 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lake Wales. Of these communities, 101 are located in counties other than Polk 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 Lake Wales (which is Polk 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 Lake Wales

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

  • Polk County   (where Lake Wales resides)
  • Hardee County
  • Highlands County
  • Hillsborough County
    • County Website:   https://hcfl.gov/
    • County Seat for Hillsborough:   Tampa
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    • Nearest Communities to Lake Wales   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lake Wales.
      • Fasson South
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Fasson South is located in Hillsborough County
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      • Fasson
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Fasson is located in Hillsborough County
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      • Nehaul
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Nehaul is located in Hillsborough County
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      • Pams Place
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Pams Place is located in Hillsborough County
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      • Pooran
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Pooran is located in Hillsborough County
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      • Scott Place
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Scott Place is located in Hillsborough County
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      • Cook Estates
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Cook Estates is located in Hillsborough County
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      • D And E Acres
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • D And E Acres is located in Hillsborough County
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      • Deep Roots Farms
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Deep Roots Farms is located in Hillsborough County
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      • Dubois Acres
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Dubois Acres is located in Hillsborough County
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      • Edison
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Edison is located in Hillsborough County
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      • Knoxville Acres
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Knoxville Acres is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Mulberry Acres
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Mulberry Acres is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Phillips Trail
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Phillips Trail is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Pollard Place
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Pollard Place is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Pritcher Manor
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Pritcher Manor is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Pritcher Pines
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Pritcher Pines is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Ralston Acres
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Ralston Acres is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Ralston Country Estates
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Ralston Woods
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Ralston Woods is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Rockin T Ranch
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Rockin T Ranch is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Rogers Ranch
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Rogers Ranch is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Smith
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Smith is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Tagliarini
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Tagliarini is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Taman Estates
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Taman Estates is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Thomas Oaks
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Thomas Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Trapnell Acres
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Trapnell Acres is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Trapnell Oaks
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Trapnell Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Trapnell Place
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Trapnell Place is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Wiggins Meadows
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Wiggins Meadows is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Wiggins Trace
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Wiggins Trace is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Wiggs Estates
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Wiggs Estates is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Alderman
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Alderman is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Bealsville
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Bealsville is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Berry Landing
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Berry Landing is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Berry Road Estates
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Berry Road Estates is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Big Water
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Big Water is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Clifford Ham
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Clifford Ham is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Colson Acres
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Colson Acres is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Colson Place
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Colson Place is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Coronet
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Coronet is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Country Oak Park
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Country Oak Park is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Edge
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Edge is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Futch Acres
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Futch Acres is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Futch Place
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Futch Place is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Gemstone Acres
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Gemstone Acres is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Highland Creek
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Highland Creek is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Hobby
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Hobby is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Hunters Hill
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Hunters Hill is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Keysville Estates
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Keysville Estates is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Killebrew
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Killebrew is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Larson Acres
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Larson Acres is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Layton Estates
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Layton Estates is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Lexie Lane
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Lexie Lane is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Maxwell Acres
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Maxwell Acres is located in Hillsborough County
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        • McWetherbee Junction
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • McWetherbee Junction is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Nesmith Estates
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Nesmith Estates is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Orange Crest
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Orange Crest is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Patricks Way Estates
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Patricks Way Estates is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Peacock Grove
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Peacock Grove is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Perry Acres
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Perry Acres is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Pratt Acres
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Pratt Acres is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Raye Ann
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Raye Ann is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Register Country Acres
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Register Country Acres is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Rutland Acres
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Rutland Acres is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Samantha Park
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Samantha Park is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Southwood Estates
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Southwood Estates is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Sparkman Oaks
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Sparkman Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Turner Place
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Turner Place is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Vilma Acres
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Vilma Acres is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Westbrook
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Westbrook is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Windmill Pointe
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Windmill Pointe is located in Hillsborough County
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        • Youmans
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Youmans is located in Hillsborough County
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  • Lake County
  • Osceola County

Footnotes ...

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