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Nearest Communities to West Palm Beach,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.<1>

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

West Palm Beach is located in Palm Beach County and is the County Seat.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Palm Beach County: Broward, Glades, Hendry, Martin & Okeechobee.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 160 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of West Palm Beach. Of these communities, 47 are located in counties other than Palm Beach 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 West Palm Beach (which is Palm Beach 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 West Palm Beach

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

  • Palm Beach County   (where West Palm Beach resides)
    • Given the large number of communities that are located in Palm Beach County, we have limited the list to those within 25 miles [40.2 km]<1> of West Palm Beach (about 100 communities).
    • County Website:   https://discover.pbc.gov/
    • County Seat for Palm Beach:   West Palm Beach
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to West Palm Beach   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from West Palm Beach.
      • Palm Beach Lakes
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
        • Palm Beach Lakes is located in Palm Beach County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Beach Lakes
      • Palm Beach
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • West Gate
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • West Gate is located in Palm Beach County
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      • Mangonia Park
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Mangonia Park is located in Palm Beach County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangonia Park
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
      • Cloud Lake
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Cloud Lake is located in Palm Beach County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Lake
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
      • Glen Ridge
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Glen Ridge is located in Palm Beach County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
      • Military Park
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Military Park is located in Palm Beach County
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      • Schall Circle
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Schall Circle is located in Palm Beach County
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      • Palm Beach Shores
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Riviera Beach
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Lakeside Green
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Lakeside Green is located in Palm Beach County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Green
      • Lake Clarke Shores
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Lake Clarke Shores is located in Palm Beach County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Clarke Shores
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,619 people
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  • Broward County
    • County Website:   https://www.broward.org/
    • County Seat for Broward:   Fort Lauderdale
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to West Palm Beach   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from West Palm Beach.
      • Carver Heights
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Carver Heights is located in Broward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Heights
      • College Park
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • College Park is located in Broward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
      • The Cove
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Deerfield Beach
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Little Harbor on the Hillsboro
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Ocean Vue
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Ocean Vue is located in Broward County
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      • Arlington Park
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Arlington Park is located in Broward County
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      • Barwal
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Barwal is located in Broward County
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      • Broward Highlands
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Broward Highlands is located in Broward County
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      • Coral Manor
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Coral Manor is located in Broward County
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      • Fairlawn
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Fairlawn is located in Broward County
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      • Floresta Estates
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Floresta Estates is located in Broward County
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        • Hillsboro Pines
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Hillsboro Ranches
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Shorewood
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Shorewood is located in Broward County
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        • West Deerfield Beach
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • West Deerfield Beach is located in Broward County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Deerfield Beach
        • West Dixie Bend
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • West Dixie Bend is located in Broward County
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        • Coral Villas
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Coral Villas is located in Broward County
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        • Eastway Park
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Eastway Park is located in Broward County
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        • Hillsboro Beach
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Lakeview
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Lakeview is located in Broward County
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        • Park Haven
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Park Haven is located in Broward County
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        • Pompano Beach Highlands
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Pompano Estates
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Pompano Estates is located in Broward County
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        • Woodsetter North
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Woodsetter North is located in Broward County
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        • Bonnie Lock - Woodsetter North
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Bonnie Lock
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Bonnie Lock is located in Broward County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Lock
        • Cresthaven
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Cresthaven is located in Broward County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresthaven
        • Crystal Lake
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Crystal Lake is located in Broward County
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        • Godfrey Road
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Godfrey Road is located in Broward County
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        • Lighthouse Point
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Loch Lomond
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Loch Lomond is located in Broward County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lomond
        • North Pompano Beach
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • North Pompano Beach is located in Broward County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pompano Beach
        • Tedder
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Tedder is located in Broward County
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        • Parkland
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Martin County
    • County Website:   https://www.martin.fl.us/
    • County Seat for Martin:   Stuart
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to West Palm Beach   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from West Palm Beach.
      • Blowing Rocks
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Blowing Rocks is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blowing Rocks
      • Hell Gate
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Hell Gate is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell Gate
      • Jupiter Island
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Jupiter Island is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jupiter Island
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 941 people
      • Hobe Sound
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Gomez Grant
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Gomez Grant is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez Grant
      • Gomez
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Gomez is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez
      • Fruita
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Fruita is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruita
      • Pinelake Gardens Estates
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Arundel
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Arundel is located in Martin County
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      • Tropical Park
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Tropical Park is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tropical Park
      • Coral Gardens
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Coral Gardens is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Gardens
      • Queens Park
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Queens Park is located in Martin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Park

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 from Point A (ie- West Palm Beach) 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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