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Nearest Communities to Lorida,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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.

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

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

Lorida is located in Highlands County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Highlands County: Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Okeechobee, Osceola & Polk.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 62 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lorida. Of these communities, 32 are located in counties other than Highlands 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 Lorida (which is Highlands 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 Lorida

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

  • Highlands County   (where Lorida resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.highlandsfl.gov/
    • County Seat for Highlands:   Sebring
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lorida   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lorida.
      • Plains
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Plains is located in Highlands County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
      • Wild Island
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Wild Island is located in Highlands County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Island
      • Istokpoga
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Istokpoga is located in Highlands County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Istokpoga
      • Marland
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Marland is located in Highlands County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marland
      • Sunvale
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Sunvale is located in Highlands County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunvale
      • De Soto City
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • De Soto City is located in Highlands County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto City
      • Highlands Park Estates
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Cornwell
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Cornwell is located in Highlands County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwell
      • Sylvan Shores
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Sylvan Shores is located in Highlands County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Shores
      • Kuhlman
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Kuhlman is located in Highlands County
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      • Lake Placid
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Sebring
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
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        • Fort Basinger
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
          • Fort Basinger is located in Highlands County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Basinger
        • Lakemont
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Lakemont is located in Highlands County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont
        • Sebring Shores
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Sebring Shores is located in Highlands County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebring Shores
        • Parker Island
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
          • Parker Island is located in Highlands County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Island
        • Hen Scratch
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Hen Scratch is located in Highlands County
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        • Bairs Den
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
          • Bairs Den is located in Highlands County
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        • Bear Hollow
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
          • Bear Hollow is located in Highlands County
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        • Placid Lakes
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Placid Lakes is located in Highlands County
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        • Childs
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Childs is located in Highlands County
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        • Brighton
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Brighton is located in Highlands County
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        • Alpine
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Avon Park
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Archbold
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Negrotown Knoll
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Negrotown Knoll is located in Highlands County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Negrotown Knoll
        • Highland Lakes
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Highland Lakes is located in Highlands County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lakes
        • Hicoria
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Hicoria is located in Highlands County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicoria
        • Avon Park Lakes
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Avon Park Lakes is located in Highlands County
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        • Venus
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Glades County
  • Hardee County
  • Indian River County
  • Okeechobee County
    • County Website:   https://www.okeechobeecountyfl.gov/
    • County Seat for Okeechobee:   Okeechobee
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lorida   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lorida.
      • Fort Kissimmee
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Fort Kissimmee is located in Okeechobee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kissimmee
      • Basinger
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Basinger is located in Okeechobee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basinger
      • Dixie Ranch Acres
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Dixie Ranch Acres is located in Okeechobee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Ranch Acres
      • Mildred
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Mildred is located in Okeechobee County
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      • Eagle Island
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Eagle Island is located in Okeechobee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Island
      • Basswood Estates
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Basswood Estates is located in Okeechobee County
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      • Fort Drum
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Fort Drum is located in Okeechobee County
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      • Osowaw Junction
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Osowaw Junction is located in Okeechobee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osowaw Junction
      • Whispering Pines
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Whispering Pines is located in Okeechobee County
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      • Barber Quarters
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Barber Quarters is located in Okeechobee County
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      • Hilolo
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Hilolo is located in Okeechobee County
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      • Okeechobee
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cypress Quarters
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Cypress Quarters is located in Okeechobee County
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  • Osceola County
  • Polk County

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 from Point A (ie- Lorida) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.