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Nearest Communities to Bonners Ferry,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 from Bonners Ferry.<1>

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

Bonners Ferry is located in Boundary County and is the County Seat.

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 49 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bonners Ferry. Of these communities, 26 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 Bonners Ferry (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 Bonners Ferry

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

  • Boundary County   (where Bonners Ferry 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 Bonners Ferry   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bonners Ferry.
      • Schnoors
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • Schnoors is located in Boundary County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schnoors
      • Threemile Corner
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Threemile Corner is located in Boundary County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threemile Corner
      • Moravia
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Moravia is located in Boundary County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
      • Crossport
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Crossport is located in Boundary County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossport
      • Allens Spur
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Allens Spur is located in Boundary County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Spur
      • Burns
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Burns is located in Boundary County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
      • Deep Creek
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Deep Creek is located in Boundary County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
      • Ritz
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Ritz is located in Boundary County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritz
      • Moyie Springs
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Katka
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Katka is located in Boundary County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katka
      • Naples
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Eileen
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Eileen is located in Boundary County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eileen
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Shiloh
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
          • Shiloh is located in Boundary County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
        • Meadow Creek
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Meadow Creek is located in Boundary County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Creek
        • Boulder City ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Boulder City is located in Boundary County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder City
        • McArthur
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
          • McArthur is located in Boundary County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McArthur
        • Leonia
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • Leonia is located in Boundary County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonia
        • Copeland
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
          • Copeland is located in Boundary County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
        • Sinclair
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Sinclair is located in Boundary County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinclair
        • Addie
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Addie is located in Boundary County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addie
        • Good Grief
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Good Grief is located in Boundary County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Grief
        • Eastport
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Porthill
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Bonner County
    • County Website:   https://www.bonnercountyid.gov/
    • County Seat for Bonner:   Sandpoint
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bonners Ferry   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bonners Ferry.
      • Elmira
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Elmira is located in Bonner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmira
      • Samuels
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Colburn
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Selle
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Selle is located in Bonner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selle
      • Boyer
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Oden
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Oden is located in Bonner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oden
      • Bronx
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Bronx is located in Bonner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronx
      • Culver
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Culver is located in Bonner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
      • Kootenai
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Ponderay
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Trestle Creek
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Trestle Creek is located in Bonner County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trestle Creek
      • 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
      • Continue List   (9 more) ...
        • Sunnyside
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Sunnyside is located in Bonner County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
        • Coolin
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Nordman
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • 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
        • East Hope
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • East Hope is located in Bonner County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hope
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
        • Hope
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Sandpoint
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Lamb Creek
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Lamb Creek is located in Bonner County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Creek
        • Vans Corner
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Vans Corner is located in Bonner County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vans Corner
  • Lincoln County

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- Bonners Ferry) 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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