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Nearest Communities to Sanibel,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Sanibel.<1>

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

Sanibel is located in Lee County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lee County: Charlotte, Collier, Glades & Hendry.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 101 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sanibel. Of these communities, 33 are located in counties other than Lee 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 Sanibel (which is Lee 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 Sanibel

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

  • Lee County   (where Sanibel resides)
  • Charlotte County
    • County Seat for Charlotte:   Punta Gorda
    • Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the west
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sanibel   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sanibel.
      • Gilchrist
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Gilchrist is located in Charlotte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilchrist
      • Pirate Harbor
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Pirate Harbor is located in Charlotte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pirate Harbor
      • Tropical Gulf Acres
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Tropical Gulf Acres is located in Charlotte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tropical Gulf Acres
      • South Punta Gorda Heights
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Gasparilla
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Gasparilla is located in Charlotte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasparilla
      • Acline
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Acline is located in Charlotte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acline
      • Blue Heron Pines
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Blue Heron Pines is located in Charlotte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Heron Pines
      • Burnt Store Lakes
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Burnt Store Lakes is located in Charlotte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Store Lakes
      • Riviera Lagoons
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Riviera Lagoons is located in Charlotte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riviera Lagoons
      • Placida
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Collier County
    • County Website:   https://www.colliercountyfl.gov/
    • County Seat for Collier:   Naples
    • Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the west
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sanibel   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sanibel.
      • Barefoot Beach
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Gulf Harbor
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Gulf Harbor is located in Collier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Harbor
      • Naples Park
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Vanderbilt Beach Estates
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Vanderbilt Beach
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Palm River Estates
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Palm River Estates is located in Collier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm River Estates
      • Palm River Shores
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Palm River Shores is located in Collier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm River Shores
      • Palm River
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Palm River is located in Collier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm River
      • Four Seasons
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Four Seasons is located in Collier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Seasons
      • Pelican Bay
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Willoughby Acres
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Willoughby Acres is located in Collier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby Acres
      • North Naples
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • North Naples is located in Collier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Naples
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Pine Ridge
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Pine Ridge is located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
        • The Moorings
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • The Moorings is located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Moorings
        • Naples
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Vineyards
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Vineyards is located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyards
        • East Naples
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • East Naples is located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Naples
        • Golden Gate
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Port Royal
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Port Royal is located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
        • Royal Harbor
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Royal Harbor is located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Harbor
        • Corkscrew
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Corkscrew is located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corkscrew
        • Orangetree
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Orangetree is located in Collier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangetree
        • Lely
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Sanibel) 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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