Nearest Communities to Blacktail,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Blacktail, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Blacktail:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Blacktail.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Blacktail is located in Flathead County.
The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Flathead County: Glacier, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Missoula, Pondera, Powell, Sanders & Teton.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 41 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Blacktail. Of these communities, 16 are located in counties other than Flathead 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 Blacktail (which is Flathead 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 Blacktail
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Flathead County (where Blacktail resides)
- County Website: https://flatheadcounty.gov/
- County Seat for Flathead: Kalispell
- Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Blacktail ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Blacktail.
- McCarthyville ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- McCarthyville is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCarthyville
- Snowslip
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Snowslip is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowslip
- Singleshot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Singleshot is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singleshot
- Nimrod
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nimrod is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
- Essex
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pinnacle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pinnacle is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle
- Three Forks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Three Forks is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
- Canyon Creek Boat Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Nyack
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nyack is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyack
- Quintonkon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Quintonkon is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintonkon
- South Fork ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- South Fork is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
- Wagsmith Villa ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wagsmith Villa is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagsmith Villa
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Sperry Chalets
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sperry Chalets is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sperry Chalets
- Bear Creek Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Creek Village is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek Village
- Mud Lake ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mud Lake is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Lake
- West Glacier
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Negro Prairie ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Negro Prairie is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Negro Prairie
- Martin City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Crystal Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal Ford is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Ford
- Swan River ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Swan River is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan River
- Coram
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hungry Horse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Apgar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Apgar is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apgar
- Lake McDonald
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake McDonald is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake McDonald
- Ferndale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ferndale is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Glacier County
- County Website: https://glaciercountymt.gov/
- County Seat for Glacier: Cut Bank
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Blacktail ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Blacktail.
- Summit
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Summit is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- False Summit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- False Summit is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for False Summit
- Bison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bison is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
- East Glacier Park Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Glacier Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kiowa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Star
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Star is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Durham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Durham is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Starr School
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Starr School is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr School
- Browning
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Browning
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Browning is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Browning
- North Browning
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Browning is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Browning
- Rising Sun
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rising Sun is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Siyeh Bend
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Siyeh Bend is located in Glacier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siyeh Bend
- Lake County
- County Website: https://www.lakemt.gov/
- County Seat for Lake: Polson
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Blacktail ...
- Swan Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pondera County
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blacktail) 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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