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Nearest Communities to Arling,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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.


Arling is located in Valley County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Valley County: Adams, Boise, Custer, Gem & Idaho.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 49 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Arling. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Valley 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 Arling (which is Valley 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 Arling

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

  • Valley County   (where Arling resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.valley.id.us/
    • County Seat for Valley:   Cascade
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Arling   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Arling.
      • MacGregor ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • MacGregor is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacGregor
      • Eagle Nest
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Eagle Nest is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Nest
      • Donnelly
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Roseberry
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Roseberry is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseberry
      • Cascade
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Belvidere
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Belvidere is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
      • Spink
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Spink is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spink
      • Norwood
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Norwood is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
      • Old Fort
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Old Fort is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort
      • Cabarton
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Cabarton is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabarton
      • Lake Fork
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Archabal
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Archabal is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archabal
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        • Alpha
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
          • Alpha is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
        • Elo ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Elo is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elo
        • Kinney Point Summer Home Area
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Shoreline Drive Summer Home Area
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Warm Lake
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Warm Lake is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Lake
        • Lakeshore Summer Home Area
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Paradise Valley Summer Home Area
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • McCall
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Lardo ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Lardo is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lardo
        • Smiths Ferry
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Smiths Ferry is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Ferry
        • Landmark
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Landmark is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmark
        • Dale ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Dale is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
        • High Valley
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • High Valley is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Valley
  • Adams County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.adams.id.us/
    • County Seat for Adams:   Council
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Arling   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Arling.
      • Beer Bottle Crossing
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Beer Bottle Crossing is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beer Bottle Crossing
      • Indian Valley
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Mesa
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Hillsdale ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Hillsdale is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
      • Council
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Hoover
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Hoover is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
      • Alpine
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Alpine is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
      • Glendale
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Glendale is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
      • Stevens
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Stevens is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens
      • Fruitvale
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Evergreen
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Evergreen is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
      • Starkey
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Starkey is located in Adams County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkey
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Bacon
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Bacon is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacon
        • Meadows
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Meadows is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
        • Goodrich
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Goodrich is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
        • New Meadows
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Woodland
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Woodland is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
        • Pine Ridge
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Pine Ridge is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
        • Tamarack
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Rubicon
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Rubicon is located in Adams County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubicon
  • Boise County
  • Gem County
  • Washington County

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Arling) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.