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Nearest Communities to Placida,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 Placida.<1>

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

Placida is located in Charlotte County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Charlotte County: DeSoto, Glades, Hendry, Highlands, Lee & Sarasota.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 116 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Placida. Of these communities, 78 are located in counties other than Charlotte 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 Placida (which is Charlotte 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 Placida

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

  • Charlotte County   (where Placida resides)
    • County Seat for Charlotte:   Punta Gorda
    • Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the west
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    • Nearest Communities to Placida   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Placida.
      • Cape Haze
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Gasparilla
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
        • Gasparilla is also located in Charlotte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasparilla
      • Rotonda West
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Grove City
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Shaefer
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Shaefer is also located in Charlotte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaefer
      • Sancassa
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Sancassa is also located in Charlotte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sancassa
      • Mobile Gardens
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Mobile Gardens is also located in Charlotte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobile Gardens
      • Manasota Key
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • New Point Comfort
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • New Point Comfort is also located in Charlotte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Point Comfort
      • Punta Gorda Beach
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Punta Gorda Beach is also located in Charlotte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punta Gorda Beach
      • El Jobean
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Vizcaya Lakes
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Vizcaya Lakes is also located in Charlotte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vizcaya Lakes
      • Continue List   (26 more) ...
        • Punta Gorda Isles
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Punta Gorda Isles is also located in Charlotte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punta Gorda Isles
        • Pirate Harbor
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • Pirate Harbor is also located in Charlotte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pirate Harbor
        • Aqui Esta
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
          • Aqui Esta is also located in Charlotte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqui Esta
        • Charlotte Harbor
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Charlotte Park
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Charlotte Park is also located in Charlotte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte Park
        • Fishermens Village
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Fishermens Village is also located in Charlotte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishermens Village
        • Murdock
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Port Charlotte
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Punta Gorda
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Acline
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Acline is also located in Charlotte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acline
        • Burnt Store Lakes
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Burnt Store Lakes is also located in Charlotte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Store Lakes
        • Riviera Lagoons
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Riviera Lagoons is also located in Charlotte County
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        • Tropical Gulf Acres
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Tropical Gulf Acres is also located in Charlotte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tropical Gulf Acres
        • Harbor View
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Solana
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Solana is also located in Charlotte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solana
        • Blue Heron Pines
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Blue Heron Pines is also located in Charlotte County
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        • South Punta Gorda Heights
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Tee and Green Estates
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Tee and Green Estates is also located in Charlotte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tee and Green Estates
        • Cleveland
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Deep Creek
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Deep Creek is also located in Charlotte County
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        • Harbour Heights
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Harbour Heights is also located in Charlotte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Heights
        • Morgantown
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Morgantown is also located in Charlotte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgantown
        • Sans Souci
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Sans Souci is also located in Charlotte County
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        • Ridge Harbor
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Ridge Harbor is also located in Charlotte County
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        • Gilchrist
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Gilchrist is also located in Charlotte County
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        • Peace River Shores
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Peace River Shores is also located in Charlotte County
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  • DeSoto County
  • Lee County
  • Sarasota County

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- Placida) 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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