California, Pennsylvania

The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Wilkes-Barre. It is located about 45 miles [72 km] to the east of California and has a population of 43,123 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Williamsport. It is located about 19 miles [30 km] to the northwest of California and has a population of 30,706 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Ashland	SE	27 mi [43.45 km]	---
	Bloomsburg	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	12,772	3.21% increase
	Coaldale	E	45 mi [72.4 km]	2,122	7.54% decrease
	Hazleton	E	39 mi [62.8 km]	21,732	6.85% decrease
	Lock Haven	W	38 mi [61.2 km]	8,541	6.65% decrease
	Muncy	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,045	1.32% decrease
	Nanticoke	E	38 mi [61.2 km]	10,199	6.9% decrease
	Pottsville	SE	38 mi [61.2 km]	14,405	7.36% decrease
	Shamokin	SE	20 mi [32.19 km]	7,367	8.02% decrease
	Sunbury	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	9,819	7.46% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance
	Almedia	E	18 mi [28.97 km]
	Buckhorn	E	12 mi [19.31 km]
	Elysburg	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]
	Espy	E	17 mi [27.36 km]
	Eyers Grove	E	10 mi [16.09 km]
	Fernville	E	14 mi [22.53 km]
	Hummels Wharf	S	17 mi [27.36 km]
	Iola	NE	11 mi [17.7 km]
	Jerseytown	E	7 mi [11.27 km]
	Kratzerville	SW	16 mi [25.75 km]
	Lightstreet	E	15 mi [24.14 km]
	Linntown	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]
	Mechanicsville	SE	10 mi [16.09 km]
	Rohrsburg	E	16 mi [25.75 km]
	Rupert	SE	14 mi [22.53 km]

Montour County

California is located in Montour County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Montour: Columbia, Lycoming and Northumberland.

While not sharing a border with Montour, the following counties are close to California: Union, Snyder and Sullivan.

Below are counties that are near California (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to California:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From California
	Bradford County	N	Cold Spring	36 miles [57 km]
	Carbon County	E	Audenried	39 miles [62 km]
	Centre County	W	Shakespeare Club	23 miles [37 km]
	Clinton County	W	Carroll	25 miles [40 km]
	Columbia County	E	Derry	5 miles [8 km]
	Dauphin County	S	Erdman	29 miles [46 km]
	Juniata County	SW	Richfield	32 miles [51 km]
	Lebanon County	S	Gold Mine	38 miles [61 km]
	Luzerne County	NE	Cambra	23 miles [37 km]
	Lycoming County	N	Clarkstown	9 miles [14 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Pennsylvania<3>

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People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) California. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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