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Nearest Communities to Allens Spur,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Allens Spur.<1>

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


Allens Spur is located in Boundary County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Boundary County: Bonner, Lincoln (MT), Sanders (MT) & Pend Oreille (WA).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Allens Spur. Of these communities, 20 are located in counties other than Boundary 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 Allens Spur (which is Boundary 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 Allens Spur

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

  • Boundary County   (where Allens Spur resides)
    • County Website:   https://boundarycountyid.org/
    • County Seat for Boundary:   Bonners Ferry
    • Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Allens Spur   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Allens Spur.
      • Ritz
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
        • Ritz is located in Boundary County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritz
      • Threemile Corner
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Threemile Corner is located in Boundary County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threemile Corner
      • Schnoors
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Schnoors is located in Boundary County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnoors
      • Bonners Ferry
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Moravia
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Moravia is located in Boundary County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
      • Crossport
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Crossport is located in Boundary County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossport
      • Moyie Springs
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Burns
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Burns is located in Boundary County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
      • Deep Creek
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Deep Creek is located in Boundary County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
      • Eileen
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Eileen is located in Boundary County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eileen
      • Meadow Creek
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Meadow Creek is located in Boundary County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Creek
      • Katka
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Katka is located in Boundary County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katka
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Copeland
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
          • Copeland is located in Boundary County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
        • Naples
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Shiloh
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
          • Shiloh is located in Boundary County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
        • Sinclair
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Sinclair is located in Boundary County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinclair
        • McArthur
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
          • McArthur is located in Boundary County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McArthur
        • Good Grief
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Good Grief is located in Boundary County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Grief
        • Boulder City ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Boulder City is located in Boundary County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder City
        • Leonia
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Leonia is located in Boundary County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonia
        • Addie
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Addie is located in Boundary County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addie
        • Porthill
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Eastport
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Bonner County
    • County Website:   https://www.bonnercountyid.gov/
    • County Seat for Bonner:   Sandpoint
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Allens Spur   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Allens Spur.
      • Elmira
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Elmira is located in Bonner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
      • Samuels
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Samuels is located in Bonner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samuels
      • Colburn
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Selle
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Selle is located in Bonner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selle
      • Sherwood Beach
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Sherwood Beach is located in Bonner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Beach
      • Nordman
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Bronx
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Bronx is located in Bonner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronx
      • Oden
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Oden is located in Bonner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oden
      • Coolin
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Boyer
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Boyer is located in Bonner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyer
      • Culver
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Culver is located in Bonner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
      • Lamb Creek
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Lamb Creek is located in Bonner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Creek
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Outlet Bay
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Outlet Bay is located in Bonner County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlet Bay
        • Kootenai
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Ponderay
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Vans Corner
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Vans Corner is located in Bonner County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Corner
  • Lincoln County
    • County Website:   https://lincolncountymt.us/
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   Libby (MT)
    • Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Allens Spur   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Allens Spur.
      • Sylvanite
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Sylvanite is located in Lincoln County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvanite
      • Yakt
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Yakt is located in Lincoln County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yakt
      • Troy
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Troy is located in Lincoln County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 982 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <3>
      • Yaak
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Yaak is located in Lincoln County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yaak

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Allens Spur) 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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