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Nearest Communities to Bison,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Bison is located in Glacier County.

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Glacier County: Flathead, Pondera & Toole.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 32 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bison. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Glacier 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 Bison (which is Glacier 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 Bison

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

  • Glacier County   (where Bison resides)
    • County Seat for Glacier:   Cut Bank
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bison   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bison.
      • False Summit
        (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for False Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for False Summit
        • False Summit is located in Glacier County
      • East Glacier Park Village
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • East Glacier Park
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Summit
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
        • Summit is located in Glacier County
      • Kiowa
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Star
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
        • Star is located in Glacier County
      • Durham
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Durham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
        • Durham is located in Glacier County
      • Starr School
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starr School have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr School
        • Starr School is located in Glacier County
      • Browning
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • South Browning
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Browning
        • South Browning is located in Glacier County
      • North Browning
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Browning have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Browning
        • North Browning is located in Glacier County
      • Blackfoot
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackfoot have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot
        • Blackfoot is located in Glacier County
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Family ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Family have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Family
          • Family is located in Glacier County
        • Rising Sun
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
          • Rising Sun is located in Glacier County
        • Saint Mary
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Wetzel
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wetzel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetzel
          • Wetzel is located in Glacier County
        • Piegan
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piegan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piegan
          • Piegan is located in Glacier County
        • Meriwether
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meriwether have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriwether
          • Meriwether is located in Glacier County
        • Siyeh Bend
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Siyeh Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siyeh Bend
          • Siyeh Bend is located in Glacier County
  • 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   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bison   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bison.
      • Blacktail
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blacktail have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacktail
        • Blacktail is located in Flathead County
      • McCarthyville ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCarthyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCarthyville
        • McCarthyville is located in Flathead County
      • Snowslip
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snowslip have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowslip
        • Snowslip is located in Flathead County
      • Singleshot
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Singleshot have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singleshot
        • Singleshot is located in Flathead County
      • Essex
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Nimrod
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nimrod have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
        • Nimrod is located in Flathead County
      • Pinnacle
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinnacle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle
        • Pinnacle is located in Flathead County
      • Three Forks
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
        • Three Forks is located in Flathead County
      • Nyack
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nyack have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyack
        • Nyack is located in Flathead County
      • Canyon Creek Boat Landing
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canyon Creek Boat Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Creek Boat Landing
        • Canyon Creek Boat Landing is located in Flathead County
      • Sperry Chalets
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sperry Chalets have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sperry Chalets
        • Sperry Chalets is located in Flathead County
      • Crystal Ford
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Ford
        • Crystal Ford is located in Flathead County
  • Pondera 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- Bison) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bison. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.3872, Longitude: -113.2662       In this case, the coordinates for Bison 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.
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