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Nearest Communities to Musselshell,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>

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


Musselshell is located in Clearwater County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clearwater County: Idaho, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, Shoshone, Mineral (MT) & Missoula (MT).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Musselshell. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Clearwater 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 Musselshell (which is Clearwater 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 Musselshell

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

  • Clearwater County   (where Musselshell resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.clearwatercounty.org/
    • County Seat for Clearwater:   Orofino
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Musselshell   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Musselshell.
      • Cardiff Mill
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Cardiff Mill is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff Mill
      • Judge Town
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Judge Town is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge Town
      • Pierce
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Johnsons Mill
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Johnsons Mill is located in Clearwater County
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      • Weippe
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jaype
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Jaype is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaype
      • Haley
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Haley is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
      • Omill
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Omill is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omill
      • Cow Creek
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Cow Creek is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Creek
      • Hollywood
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Hollywood is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
      • Cardiff
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Cardiff is located in Clearwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
      • Rudo ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Rudo is located in Clearwater County
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      • Continue List   (19 more) ...
        • Cully Moores
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Cully Moores is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cully Moores
        • Cooper
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Cooper is located in Clearwater County
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        • Slocum
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Slocum is located in Clearwater County
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        • Fraser
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Fraser is located in Clearwater County
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        • Headquarters
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Headquarters is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headquarters
        • Brunning
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Brunning is located in Clearwater County
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        • Greer
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Greer is located in Clearwater County
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        • Hansberg
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Hansberg is located in Clearwater County
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        • Johnson
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Johnson is located in Clearwater County
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        • Blake
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Blake is located in Clearwater County
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        • Best Corner
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Best Corner is located in Clearwater County
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        • Konkolville
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Konkolville is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Konkolville
        • Orofino
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Bingo Creek Landing
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Bingo Creek Landing is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingo Creek Landing
        • Dent
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Dent is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dent
        • Five Corners ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Five Corners is located in Clearwater County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
        • Bruce Eddy
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Bruce Eddy is located in Clearwater County
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        • Riverside
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Riverside is located in Clearwater County
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        • Ahsahka
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Idaho County
    • County Website:   https://idahocounty.org/planb/
    • County Seat for Idaho:   Grangeville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Musselshell   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Musselshell.
      • Clark Tree
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Clark Tree is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Tree
      • Glenwood
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Glenwood is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
      • Caribel
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Caribel is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribel
      • Syringa
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Syringa is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syringa
      • Harrisburg
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Harrisburg is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
      • Woodland
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Woodland is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
      • Lowell
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • East Kamiah
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • East Kamiah is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kamiah
      • Kamiah
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Pardee Corner
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Pardee Corner is located in Idaho County
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      • Tahoe
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Tahoe is located in Idaho County
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      • Kooskia
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Continue List   (9 more) ...
        • Pardee
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Pardee is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee
        • Tramway
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Tramway is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tramway
        • Big Cedar
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Big Cedar is located in Idaho County
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        • Stites
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Winona
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Winona is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
        • Clearwater
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Clearwater is located in Idaho County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
        • Dryden
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Dryden is located in Idaho County
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        • Harpster
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Harpster is located in Idaho County
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        • Greencreek
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Greencreek is located in Idaho County
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  • Lewis County

Footnotes ...

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