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Nearest Communities to Bridger,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Bridger.<1>

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

Bridger is located in Carbon County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Carbon County: Big Horn, Park, Stillwater, Yellowstone, Big Horn (WY) & Park (WY).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 45 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bridger. Of these communities, 12 are located in counties other than Carbon 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 Bridger (which is Carbon 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 Bridger

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

  • Carbon County   (where Bridger resides)
    • County Website:   https://carbonmt.gov/
    • County Seat for Carbon:   Red Lodge
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bridger   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bridger.
      • Cherry Springs ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Cherry Springs is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Springs
      • Golden ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Golden is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
      • Fromberg
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Coalville ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Coalville is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
      • Wade
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Wade is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
      • Bowler ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Bowler is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowler
      • Belfry
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Edgar
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Selmes
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Selmes is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selmes
      • Joliet
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Boyd
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Roberts
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Continue List   (21 more) ...
        • Montaqua
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • Montaqua is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montaqua
        • Bearcreek
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Fox ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • Fox is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
        • Rockvale ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • Rockvale is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockvale
        • Eagle ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Eagle is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
        • Caledonia ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Caledonia is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
        • Red Lodge
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Scotch Coulee ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Scotch Coulee is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Coulee
        • Washoe ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Washoe is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washoe
        • Silesia ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Silesia is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silesia
        • Chance
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Chance is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chance
        • Warren
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Warren is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
        • Simpkins Place
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Simpkins Place is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpkins Place
        • Linley ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Linley is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linley
        • Luther
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Luther is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
        • Alex Boggio Place
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Alex Boggio Place is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alex Boggio Place
        • Richel Lodge
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Richel Lodge is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richel Lodge
        • Peterson Place
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Peterson Place is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson Place
        • Rankin Place
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Rankin Place is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin Place
        • Roscoe
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • George Place ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • George Place is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George Place
  • Big Horn County
  • Stillwater County
  • Yellowstone County
  • Big Horn County
  • Park 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 from Point A (ie- Bridger) 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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