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Nearest Communities to Battrick,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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.

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

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


Although our information shows that the community of Battrick 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 35 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Battrick. Of these communities, 13 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 Battrick (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 Battrick

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

  • Fergus County   (where Battrick resides)
    • County Website:   https://fergusmt.gov/
    • County Seat for Fergus:   Lewistown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Battrick   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Battrick.
      • Warr ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Warr was located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warr
      • Grass Range
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Becket
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Becket is also located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becket
      • Darrel ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Darrel was located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darrel
      • Dryland ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Dryland was located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryland
      • Ayers Ranch Colony
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Ayers Ranch Colony is also located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Ranch Colony
      • Chippewa ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Chippewa was located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa
      • Bell Ranch Colony
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Bell Ranch Colony is also located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Ranch Colony
      • Novary ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Novary was located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novary
      • Forestgrove
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Cheadle ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Cheadle was located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheadle
      • Piper
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Piper is also located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
      • Continue List   (10 more) ...
        • Skaggs ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Skaggs was located in Fergus County
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        • Heath
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Heath is also located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
        • Giltedge ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Giltedge was located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giltedge
        • Fort Maginnis ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Fort Maginnis was located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Maginnis
        • Nelson ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Nelson was located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
        • Canyon ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Canyon was located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
        • Rustle ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Rustle was located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustle
        • Box Springs ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Box Springs was located in Fergus County
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        • Maiden
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Maiden is also located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden
        • Ruby Gulch ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Ruby Gulch was located in Fergus County
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  • Golden Valley County
  • Musselshell County
  • Petroleum County
    • County Website:   https://petroleumcountymt.org/
    • County Seat for Petroleum:   Winnett
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Battrick   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Battrick.
      • Teigen
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Flatwillow
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Flatwillow is located in Petroleum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwillow
      • Wallview ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Wallview was located in Petroleum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallview
      • Winnett
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Blakeslee ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Blakeslee was located in Petroleum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakeslee
      • Hoyle ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Hoyle was located in Petroleum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyle
      • Kelley
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Kelley is located in Petroleum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelley
      • Shay ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Shay was located in Petroleum County
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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- Battrick) 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 Battrick, 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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