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Nearest Communities to Armells,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Armells.<1>

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


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

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fergus County: Blaine, Chouteau, Golden Valley, Judith Basin, Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips & Wheatland.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 60 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Armells. Of these communities, 1 are located in counties other than Fergus 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 Armells (which is Fergus 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 Armells

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

  • Fergus County   (where Armells resides)
    • County Website:   https://fergusmt.gov/
    • County Seat for Fergus:   Lewistown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Armells   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Armells.
      • Fergus
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Fergus is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fergus
      • Roy Junction
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Roy Junction is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy Junction
      • Christina
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Christina is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christina
      • Fort Maginnis ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Fort Maginnis is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Maginnis
      • Rustle ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Rustle is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustle
      • Moulton
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Moulton is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moulton
      • Canyon ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Canyon is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
      • Maiden
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Maiden is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden
      • Hilger
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Roy
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Andersonville ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Andersonville is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
      • New Year
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • New Year is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Year
      • Continue List   (47 more) ...
        • Box Elder ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
          • Box Elder is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder
        • Giltedge ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
          • Giltedge is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giltedge
        • Suffolk
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Suffolk is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffolk
        • Brooks
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
          • Brooks is located in Fergus County
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        • Kendall ‑ Historic
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
          • Kendall is located in Fergus County
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        • Cone Butte ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Cone Butte is located in Fergus County
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        • Nelson ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
          • Nelson is located in Fergus County
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        • Ruby Gulch ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
          • Ruby Gulch is located in Fergus County
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        • Salt Creek ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Salt Creek is located in Fergus County
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        • Baxter
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Baxter is located in Fergus County
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        • Cheadle ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Cheadle is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheadle
        • Skaggs ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Skaggs is located in Fergus County
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        • Bell Ranch Colony
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Bell Ranch Colony is located in Fergus County
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        • Novary ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Novary is located in Fergus County
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        • Corbly ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Corbly is located in Fergus County
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        • Winifred
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Chippewa ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Chippewa is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa
        • Roy - Winifred Junction
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • West Lewistown
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • West Lewistown is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lewistown
        • Akerville ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Akerville is located in Fergus County
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        • Lewistown Heights
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Lewistown Heights is located in Fergus County
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        • Ayers Ranch Colony
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Ayers Ranch Colony is located in Fergus County
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        • Hanover
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Hanover is located in Fergus County
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        • Lewistown Junction
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Lewistown Junction is located in Fergus County
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        • Rumble Creek ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Rumble Creek is located in Fergus County
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        • Box Springs ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Box Springs is located in Fergus County
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        • Forestgrove
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Heath
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Heath is located in Fergus County
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        • Piper
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Piper is located in Fergus County
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        • Lewistown
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Spring Creek Junction
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Dryland ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Dryland is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryland
        • Amherst
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Amherst is located in Fergus County
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        • Kingston
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Kingston is located in Fergus County
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        • Deerfield Colony
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Deerfield Colony is located in Fergus County
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        • Ware
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Ware is located in Fergus County
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        • Becket
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Becket is located in Fergus County
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        • Danvers
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Danvers is located in Fergus County
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        • Samples Crossing
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Samples Crossing is located in Fergus County
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        • Grass Range
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Cottonwood
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Cottonwood is located in Fergus County
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        • Glengarry
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Glengarry is located in Fergus County
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        • Woodhawk ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Woodhawk is located in Fergus County
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        • King Colony Ranch
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • King Colony Ranch is located in Fergus County
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        • Beaver Creek
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Beaver Creek is located in Fergus County
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        • Ross Fork
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Ross Fork is located in Fergus County
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        • Hoosac
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Hoosac is located in Fergus County
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  • Petroleum 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- Armells) 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 Armells, 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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