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Nearest Communities to Birch Creek Colony,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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 north 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 Birch Creek Colony.<1>

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


Birch Creek Colony is located in Pondera County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pondera County: Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Rosebud, Campbell (WY), Crook (WY) & Sheridan (WY).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 47 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Birch Creek Colony. Of these communities, 21 are located in counties other than Pondera 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 Birch Creek Colony (which is Pondera 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 Birch Creek Colony

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

  • Pondera County   (where Birch Creek Colony resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.ponderacountymontana.org/
    • County Seat for Pondera:   Conrad
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Birch Creek Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Birch Creek Colony.
      • Broadhead ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Broadhead was located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadhead
      • Pondera Colony
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Pondera Colony is also located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondera Colony
      • Kingsbury Colony
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Kingsbury Colony is also located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury Colony
      • Dupuyer
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Kuka Crossing
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Kuka Crossing is also located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuka Crossing
      • Pierce Crossing
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Pierce Crossing is also located in Pondera County
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      • Aubrey Crossing
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Aubrey Crossing is also located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey Crossing
      • Robere ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Robere was located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robere
      • New Miami Colony
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • New Miami Colony is also located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miami Colony
      • Valier
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Valier is also located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
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      • Blair Crossing
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Blair Crossing is also located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Crossing
      • Hagans Crossing
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Hagans Crossing is also located in Pondera County
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        • Williams
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Williams is also located in Pondera County
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        • Edwards Crossing
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
          • Edwards Crossing is also located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Crossing
        • Abbott Lake ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Abbott Lake was located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott Lake
        • Wingina ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Wingina was located in Pondera County
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        • Shields Crossing
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • Shields Crossing is also located in Pondera County
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        • Heart Butte
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Erickson ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Erickson was located in Pondera County
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        • Gallup City
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Gallup City is also located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup City
        • Belgian Colony ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Belgian Colony was located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgian Colony
        • Manson
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Manson is also located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
        • Lone Tree ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Lone Tree was located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
        • Conrad
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Conrad is also located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conrad
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,412 people
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        • Midway ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Midway was located in Pondera County
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        • Ledger
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Glacier County
    • County Website:   https://glaciercountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Glacier:   Cut Bank
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Birch Creek Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Birch Creek Colony.
      • Piegan
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Piegan is located in Glacier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piegan
      • Family ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Family was located in Glacier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Family
      • Hidden Lake Colony
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Hidden Lake Colony is located in Glacier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake Colony
      • Gunsight
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Gunsight is located in Glacier County
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      • Sundance
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Sundance is located in Glacier County
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      • Cut Bank
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Fort Piegan
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Fort Piegan is located in Glacier County
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      • Meriwether
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Meriwether is located in Glacier County
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      • Blackfoot
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Blackfoot is located in Glacier County
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  • Teton County
    • County Website:   https://tetoncountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Teton:   Choteau
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Birch Creek Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Birch Creek Colony.
      • Rockport Colony
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Rockport Colony is located in Teton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Colony
      • Pendroy
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Blackleaf
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Blackleaf is located in Teton County
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      • Bynum
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Agawam
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Agawam is located in Teton County
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      • Miller Colony
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Miller Colony is located in Teton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Colony
      • Koyl
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Koyl is located in Teton County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koyl
      • Malone
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Malone is located in Teton County
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      • Farmington
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Farmington is located in Teton County
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      • Burton ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Burton was located in Teton County
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      • Saypo
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Saypo is located in Teton County
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  • Toole 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Birch Creek Colony) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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.
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