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Nearest Communities to Allard,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 from Allard.<1>

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


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

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lake County: Flathead, Missoula & Sanders.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 54 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Allard. Of these communities, 19 are located in counties other than Lake 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 Allard (which is Lake 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 Allard

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

  • Lake County   (where Allard resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.lakemt.gov/
    • County Seat for Lake:   Polson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Allard   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Allard.
      • Finley Point
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • Finley Point is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley Point
      • Turtle Lake
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Turtle Lake is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
      • Belle-Vue Court
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Belle-Vue Court is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle-Vue Court
      • Polson
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Kings Point
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Kings Point is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
      • Mountain View ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Mountain View is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
      • Jette
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Jette is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jette
      • Rocky Point
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Rocky Point is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
      • Kerr
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Kerr is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
      • Lindisfarne
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Lindisfarne is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindisfarne
      • Pablo
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Dunham
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Dunham is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunham
      • Continue List   (23 more) ...
        • Bear Dance
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
          • Bear Dance is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Dance
        • Snowberg Court
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
          • Snowberg Court is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowberg Court
        • Rollins
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Salmon Prairie
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
          • Salmon Prairie is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Prairie
        • Big Arm
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Swan Lake
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Dayton
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Ronan
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Spring Valley ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
          • Spring Valley is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
        • Proctor
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Elmo
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Woods Bay
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Woods Bay is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Bay
        • Round Butte
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Round Butte is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Butte
        • Idlewise Court
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Idlewise Court is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewise Court
        • Kicking Horse
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Kicking Horse is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kicking Horse
        • Lake Mary Ronan
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Lake Mary Ronan is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mary Ronan
        • Meltons
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Meltons is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltons
        • Sipes
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Sipes is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipes
        • Allentown
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Allentown is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
        • Charlo
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Post Creek
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Post Creek is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
        • Moiese
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Saint Ignatius
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Flathead County
    • County Website:   https://flatheadcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Flathead:   Kalispell
    • Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Allard   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Allard.
      • Ferndale
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Ferndale is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
      • Lakeside
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Bigfork
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Bear Creek Village
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Bear Creek Village is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek Village
      • Hog Heaven ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Hog Heaven is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Heaven
      • Holt
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Holt is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
      • Swan River ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Swan River is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan River
      • Somers
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Quintonkon
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Quintonkon is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintonkon
      • Mud Lake ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Mud Lake is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Lake
      • Negro Prairie ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Negro Prairie is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Negro Prairie
      • Forest Hill Village
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Forest Hill Village is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Village
      • Creston
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Demersville ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Demersville is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Demersville
  • Missoula County
  • Sanders County

Footnotes ...

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