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Nearest Communities to Island Park,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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 Island Park.<1>

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

Island Park is located in Fremont County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fremont County: Clark, Jefferson, Madison, Teton, Beaverhead (MT), Gallatin (MT), Madison (MT) & Teton (WY).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 32 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Island Park. Of these communities, 18 are located in counties other than Fremont 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 Island Park (which is Fremont 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 Island Park

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

  • Fremont County   (where Island Park resides)
    • County Website:   https://co.fremont.id.us/
    • County Seat for Fremont:   Saint Anthony
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Island Park   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Island Park.
      • Flat Rock
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
        • Flat Rock is located in Fremont County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
      • Macks Inn
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Big Springs
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Big Springs is located in Fremont County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
      • Trude
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Trude is located in Fremont County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trude
      • Rea
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Rea is located in Fremont County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea
      • Lake
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Lake is located in Fremont County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
      • Staley Springs
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Staley Springs is located in Fremont County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staley Springs
      • Box Canyon
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Box Canyon is located in Fremont County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Canyon
      • Last Chance
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Last Chance is located in Fremont County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Last Chance
      • Eccles
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Eccles is located in Fremont County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eccles
      • Pineview
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Pineview is located in Fremont County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineview
      • Gerrit
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Gerrit is located in Fremont County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerrit
      • Bedstead Corner
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Bedstead Corner is located in Fremont County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedstead Corner
      • Warm River
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Warm River is located in Fremont County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm River
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
  • Clark County
  • Beaverhead County
  • Gallatin County
    • County Website:   https://www.gallatinmt.gov/
    • County Seat for Gallatin:   Bozeman (MT)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Island Park   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Island Park.
      • Corette
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Corette is located in Gallatin County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corette
      • Railroad Summer Home Area
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Lonesome Hurst Summer Home Area
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • West Yellowstone
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Romsett Summer Home Area
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Lakeshore Summer Home Area
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Riverside
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Riverside is located in Gallatin County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Grayling
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Grayling is located in Gallatin County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayling
      • Lakeview
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Lakeview is located in Gallatin County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Madison County
    • County Website:   https://madisoncountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Madison:   Virginia City (MT)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Island Park   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Island Park.
      • Missouri Flats ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Missouri Flats is located in Madison County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri Flats
      • Cliff Lake
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Cliff Lake is located in Madison County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Lake
      • Grahams Place
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Grahams Place is located in Madison County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahams Place
      • Schusters Place
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Schusters Place is located in Madison County (MT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schusters Place
  • Park County
  • Teton 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Island Park) 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.