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Nearest Communities to Sebring,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast 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 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.

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

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

Sebring is located in Highlands County and is the County Seat.

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 79 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sebring. Of these communities, 49 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 Sebring (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 Sebring

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

  • Highlands County   (where Sebring resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.highlandsfl.gov/
    • County Seat for Highlands:   Sebring
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sebring   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sebring.
      • Lakemont
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Lakemont is located in Highlands County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont
      • Sebring Shores
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Sebring Shores is located in Highlands County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebring Shores
      • De Soto City
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • De Soto City is located in Highlands County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto City
      • Kuhlman
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Kuhlman is located in Highlands County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuhlman
      • Istokpoga
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Istokpoga is located in Highlands County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Istokpoga
      • Avon Park
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Alpine
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Highland Lakes
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Highland Lakes is located in Highlands County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lakes
      • Avon Park Lakes
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Avon Park Lakes is located in Highlands County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Park Lakes
      • Lorida
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Hen Scratch
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Hen Scratch is located in Highlands County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hen Scratch
      • Sylvan Shores
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Sylvan Shores is located in Highlands County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Shores
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        • Lake Placid
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Negrotown Knoll
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Negrotown Knoll is located in Highlands County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Negrotown Knoll
        • Highlands Park Estates
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Plains
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Plains is located in Highlands County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
        • Marland
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Marland is located in Highlands County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marland
        • Sunvale
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Sunvale is located in Highlands County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunvale
        • Wild Island
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Wild Island is located in Highlands County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Island
        • Placid Lakes
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Placid Lakes is located in Highlands County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placid Lakes
        • Parker Island
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Parker Island is located in Highlands County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Island
        • Bairs Den
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Bairs Den is located in Highlands County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairs Den
        • Childs
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Childs is located in Highlands County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
        • Bear Hollow
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Bear Hollow is located in Highlands County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Hollow
        • Cornwell
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Cornwell is located in Highlands County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwell
        • Archbold
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Hicoria
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Hicoria is located in Highlands County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicoria
        • Fort Basinger
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Fort Basinger is located in Highlands County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Basinger
        • Brighton
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Brighton is located in Highlands County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
        • Venus
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • DeSoto County
  • Hardee County
    • County Website:   https://www.hardeecountyfl.gov/
    • County Seat for Hardee:   Wauchula
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sebring   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sebring.
      • Crewsville
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Lemon Grove
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Lemon Grove is located in Hardee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Grove
      • Sweetwater
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Sweetwater is located in Hardee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
      • Griffins Corner
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Griffins Corner is located in Hardee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins Corner
      • Moffitt
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Moffitt is located in Hardee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
      • Zolfo Springs
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Buchanan
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Buchanan is located in Hardee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
      • Wauchula
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Gardner
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Gardner is located in Hardee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
      • Coker
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Coker is located in Hardee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker
      • Wauchula Hills
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Wauchula Hills is located in Hardee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauchula Hills
      • Torrey
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Torrey is located in Hardee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torrey
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Bowling Green
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Oak Grove
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Oak Grove is located in Hardee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
        • Bridges
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Bridges is located in Hardee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
        • Kinsey
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Kinsey is located in Hardee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinsey
        • Limestone
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Limestone is located in Hardee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
        • Ona
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Vandolah
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Vandolah is located in Hardee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandolah
  • Okeechobee County
  • Polk 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- Sebring) 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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