Nearest Communities to Bend,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Bend, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Bend:
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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Bend is located in Sanders County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sanders County: Bonner (ID), Shoshone (ID), Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral & Missoula.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 29 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bend. Of these communities, 11 are located in counties other than Sanders County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Bend (which is Sanders 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 Bend
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Sanders County (where Bend resides)
- County Website: www.co.sanders.mt.us/
- County Seat for Sanders: Thompson Falls
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Sanders County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Sanders County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Sanders County
- Nearest Communities to Bend ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bend.
- Niarada
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Snider
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south) - Childs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Talc
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Lonepine
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lonepine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonepine
- Lonepine is located in Sanders County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lonepine <4>
- Belknap
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - White Pine
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Pine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Pine
- White Pine is located in Sanders County
- Ashleys Settlement ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashleys Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashleys Settlement
- Ashleys Settlement is located in Sanders County
- Eddy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddy
- Eddy is located in Sanders County
- Shannonville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shannonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannonville
- Shannonville is located in Sanders County
- Blanchards Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blanchards Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchards Corner
- Blanchards Corner is located in Sanders County
- Thompson Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thompson Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Falls
- Thompson Falls is located in Sanders County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,432 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson Falls <4>
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Trout Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Creek
- Trout Creek is located in Sanders County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trout Creek <4>
- Weeksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weeksville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksville
- Weeksville is located in Sanders County
- Camas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Hot Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Hot Springs is located in Sanders County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hot Springs <4>
- Larchwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west) - Tuscor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Trout Creek
- Flathead County
- County Website: www.co.flathead.mt.us/
- County Seat for Flathead: Kalispell
- Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Flathead County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Flathead County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Flathead County
- Nearest Communities to Bend ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bend.
- Yakt ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Pine Prairie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Prairie
- Pine Prairie is located in Flathead County
- Marion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Marion is located in Flathead County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <4>
- Hog Heaven ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hog Heaven have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Heaven
- Hog Heaven is located in Flathead County
- Kila
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kila
- Kila is located in Flathead County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kila <4>
- Lake County
- County Website: www.lakecounty-mt.org/
- County Seat for Lake: Polson
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Lake County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Lake County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Lake County
- Nearest Communities to Bend ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bend.
- Lake Mary Ronan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mary Ronan
- Lake Mary Ronan is located in Lake County
- Meltons
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east) - Sipes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lincoln County
- County Website: www.lincolncountymt.us/
- County Seat for Lincoln: Libby
- Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Lincoln County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Lincoln County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Lincoln County
- Nearest Communities to Bend ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bend.
- Happys Inn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happys Inn
- Happys Inn is located in Lincoln County
- Manicke ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Scotchville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotchville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchville
- Scotchville is located in Lincoln County
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- Bend) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bend. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.9094, Longitude: -115.0496 In this case, the coordinates for Bend have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |