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Nearest Communities to Winter Beach,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Winter Beach is located in Indian River County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Indian River County: Brevard, Okeechobee, Osceola & Saint Lucie.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 70 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Winter Beach. Of these communities, 48 are located in counties other than Indian River 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 Winter Beach (which is Indian River 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 Winter Beach

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

  • Indian River County   (where Winter Beach resides)
    • County Website:   https://indianriver.gov/
    • County Seat for Indian River:   Vero Beach
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Winter Beach   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Winter Beach.
      • Indian River Shores
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Wabasso
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Orchid
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Orchid is located in Indian River County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchid
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
      • Wabasso Beach
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Wabasso Beach is located in Indian River County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabasso Beach
      • Gifford
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Gifford is located in Indian River County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
      • North Beach
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • North Beach is located in Indian River County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Beach
      • Cummings
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Cummings is located in Indian River County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
      • Vero Beach
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Riomar
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Riomar is located in Indian River County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riomar
      • Sebastian
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Nevins
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Nevins is located in Indian River County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevins
      • Poinciana Park
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Poinciana Park is located in Indian River County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poinciana Park
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        • Royal Poinciana Park
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
          • Royal Poinciana Park is located in Indian River County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Poinciana Park
        • Vero Lake Estates
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Vero Lake Estates is located in Indian River County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vero Lake Estates
        • Brookside
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
          • Brookside is located in Indian River County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
        • Roseland
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Florida Ridge
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
          • Florida Ridge is located in Indian River County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida Ridge
        • Oslo
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
          • Oslo is located in Indian River County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oslo
        • Fleming Grant
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Fleming Grant is located in Indian River County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming Grant
        • South Beach
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
          • South Beach is located in Indian River County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Beach
        • Fellsmere
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Yeehaw
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Yeehaw is located in Indian River County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeehaw
  • Brevard County
  • Okeechobee County
  • Osceola County
  • Saint Lucie County
    • County Website:   https://www.stlucieco.gov/
    • County Seat for Saint Lucie:   Fort Pierce
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Winter Beach   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Winter Beach.
      • Viking
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Viking is located in Saint Lucie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking
      • Indrio
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Indrio is located in Saint Lucie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indrio
      • Queens Cove
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Queens Cove is located in Saint Lucie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Cove
      • Lakewood Park
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Lakewood Park is located in Saint Lucie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Park
      • Saint Lucie Village
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Saint Lucie Village is located in Saint Lucie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lucie Village
        • Estimated population in 2015: 619 people
      • Saint Lucie
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Saint Lucie is located in Saint Lucie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lucie
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 648 people
      • Harmony Heights
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Harmony Heights is located in Saint Lucie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Heights
      • Paradise Park
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Paradise Park is located in Saint Lucie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Park
      • Fort Pierce Shores
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Fort Pierce Shores is located in Saint Lucie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pierce Shores
      • Anglevillas
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Anglevillas is located in Saint Lucie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglevillas
      • Sunland Gardens
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Sunland Gardens is located in Saint Lucie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunland Gardens
      • Fort Pierce
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Glidden Park
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Glidden Park is located in Saint Lucie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glidden Park
        • Cortez Estates
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Cortez Estates is located in Saint Lucie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortez Estates
        • Collins Park Estates
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Collins Park Estates is located in Saint Lucie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins Park Estates
        • White City
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • White City is located in Saint Lucie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
        • Carlton
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Carlton is located in Saint Lucie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
        • Indian River Estates
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Indian River Estates is located in Saint Lucie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian River Estates
        • Ankona
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Ankona is located in Saint Lucie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ankona
        • Eldred
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Eldred is located in Saint Lucie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldred
        • River Park
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • River Park is located in Saint Lucie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Park
        • Cana
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Cana is located in Saint Lucie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
        • Walton
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Walton is located in Saint Lucie County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walton

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Winter 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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