How to Search Facebook by Location

You've finally done it. You have followed your friend's advice and joined Facebook. You'd like to meet others in your local area and become their friends on Facebook also. Follow the steps below to search Facebook by location.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• A Facebook Account
• A desire to meet others in your local area

1. 

   Log onto Facebook. Input your login information - email and password, into the boxes. Click "Login" Button.

2. 
   facebook friend

   Go to the left-hand top of your Facebook page to the "Friends" button. Click and drag down to "Find Friends" menu. Select item.

3. 

   This will bring you to the "Find Your Friends on Facebook" page.

4. 
   search for people

   Venture to the bottom of this page to the "Search For People" box. Type in a name, an email or in our instance a location, like Lebanon, PA. Click on the "Search" button.

5. 
   found a friend

   You will see a list of friends who have Lebanon, PA in their listing. Searches are shown in increments of 500.

6. 
   add a person as a friend

   If you find someone you would like to make as your friend, select the "Add as a Friend" button. This will send out a message to that person, asking if they would like to approve you as a friend.

7. 
   search by email

   You can also search by email for people in your local area on Facebook.

Resources

• Facebook
• Find Friends on Facebook

[IcyCucky]

on 7/2/2009 Good to know!

[ScarlettOHairy]

on 6/11/2009 I use Facebook mostly to play Wordscraper (I'm addicted) but this is good to know!

[JoyNmyHeart]

on 4/17/2009 Gotta love facebook and it is good to see great tips for finding people there! Great article!

[lastgunslinger]

on 4/12/2009 Nice tips. Good way to meet local people. Thanks for sharing. 5*

[alystarcrane]

on 4/3/2009 New to facebook�thanks for the search by location tip.