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Nearest Communities to Absher,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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 starting from Absher.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Absher is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Musselshell County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Musselshell County: Fergus, Golden Valley, Petroleum, Rosebud, Treasure & Yellowstone.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 26 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Absher. Of these communities, 11 are located in counties other than Musselshell 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 Absher (which is Musselshell 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 Absher

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

  • Musselshell County   (where Absher resides)
    • County Website:   https://musselshellcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Musselshell:   Roundup
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Absher   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Absher.
      • Queens Point
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
        • Queens Point is located in Musselshell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Point
      • Musselshell
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Melstone
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Delphia
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Delphia is located in Musselshell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphia
      • Kilby Butte Colony
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Kilby Butte Colony is located in Musselshell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilby Butte Colony
      • Fattig ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Fattig is located in Musselshell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fattig
      • Gage
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Gage is located in Musselshell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
      • Flatwillow Colony
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Flatwillow Colony is located in Musselshell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwillow Colony
      • Roundup
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Roundup is located in Musselshell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundup
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,864 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roundup <4>
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Camp Three
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Camp Three is located in Musselshell County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Three
        • Gibbtown
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Gibbtown is located in Musselshell County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbtown
        • Klein
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Klein is located in Musselshell County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klein
        • Republic ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Republic is located in Musselshell County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
        • Farralltown
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Farralltown is located in Musselshell County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farralltown
        • Riverside
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Riverside is located in Musselshell County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
  • Garfield County
  • Petroleum County
    • County Website:   https://petroleumcountymt.org/
    • County Seat for Petroleum:   Winnett
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Absher   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Absher.
      • Kelley
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Kelley is located in Petroleum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelley
      • Weede ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Weede is located in Petroleum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weede
      • Wallview ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Wallview is located in Petroleum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallview
      • Flatwillow
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Flatwillow is located in Petroleum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwillow
  • Rosebud 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- Absher) 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 Absher, 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.