Nearest Communities to Abbott Lake,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Abbott Lake, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Abbott Lake:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Abbott Lake.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Abbott Lake is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Pondera County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pondera County: Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Rosebud, Campbell (WY), Crook (WY) & Sheridan (WY).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Abbott Lake. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Pondera County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Abbott Lake (which is Pondera 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 Abbott Lake
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Pondera County (where Abbott Lake resides)
- County Website: https://www.ponderacountymontana.org/
- County Seat for Pondera: Conrad
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Abbott Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Abbott Lake.
- Blair Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Blair Crossing is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Crossing
- Shields Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shields Crossing is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields Crossing
- Valier
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wingina ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wingina is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingina
- Lone Tree ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lone Tree is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
- Aubrey Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Aubrey Crossing is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey Crossing
- Williams
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Williams is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Kuka Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kuka Crossing is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuka Crossing
- Edwards Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Edwards Crossing is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossing
- Belgian Colony ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Belgian Colony is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgian Colony
- Pondera Colony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pondera Colony is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondera Colony
- Pierce Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pierce Crossing is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Crossing
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- Broadhead ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Broadhead is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadhead
- Kingsbury Colony
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kingsbury Colony is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury Colony
- Hagans Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hagans Crossing is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagans Crossing
- New Miami Colony
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- New Miami Colony is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miami Colony
- Manson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Manson is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Birch Creek Colony
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Birch Creek Colony is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Creek Colony
- Robere ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Robere is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robere
- Dupuyer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Conrad
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fowler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fowler is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Erickson ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Erickson is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erickson
- Ledger
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gallup City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gallup City is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup City
- Midway ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Pondera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Heart Butte
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Glacier County
- County Website: https://glaciercountymt.gov/
- County Seat for Glacier: Cut Bank
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Abbott Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Abbott Lake.
- Cut Bank
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Gunsight
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gunsight is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunsight
- Santa Rita
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hidden Lake Colony
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hidden Lake Colony is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake Colony
- Sundance
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sundance is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance
- Piegan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Piegan is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piegan
- Fort Piegan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Piegan is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Piegan
- Family ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Family is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Family
- Seville Colony
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Seville Colony is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seville Colony
- Meriwether
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Meriwether is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriwether
- Glacier Colony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Glacier Colony is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glacier Colony
- Tipville ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Tipville is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipville
- Teton County
- County Website: https://tetoncountymt.gov/
- County Seat for Teton: Choteau
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Abbott Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Abbott Lake.
- Pendroy
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rockport Colony
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockport Colony is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Colony
- Agawam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Agawam is located in Teton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agawam
- Bynum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Toole County
- County Website: https://www.toolecountymt.gov/
- County Seat for Toole: Shelby
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Abbott Lake ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Abbott Lake.
- Ethridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Virden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Virden is located in Toole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virden
- Shelby
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Aloe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Aloe is located in Toole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloe
- Naismith
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Naismith is located in Toole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naismith
- Dunkirk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dunkirk is located in Toole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Kevin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oilmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Abbott Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Abbott Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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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