Nearest Communities to Bruce,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Bruce, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Bruce:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Bruce.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Bruce is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Garfield County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Garfield County: Custer, McCone, Petroleum, Phillips, Prairie, Rosebud & Valley.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bruce. Of these communities, 3 are located in counties other than Garfield County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Bruce (which is Garfield 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 Bruce
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Garfield County (where Bruce resides)
- County Website: https://garfieldcountymt.gov/
- County Seat for Garfield: Jordan
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bruce ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bruce.
- Anad ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Anad is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anad
- Steve Forks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Steve Forks is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steve Forks
- Edwards
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Edwards is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
- Sand Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Tindall ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tindall is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tindall
- Braggville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Braggville is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggville
- Benzien
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Benzien is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benzien
- Blackfoot ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Blackfoot is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot
- Brusett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hazny ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hazny is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazny
- Butte Creek ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Butte Creek is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte Creek
- Metersville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Metersville is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metersville
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- Chimney Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Chimney Crossing is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Crossing
- McTwiggan ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- McTwiggan is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McTwiggan
- Alice ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Alice is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Jordan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Brunelda ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Brunelda is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunelda
- Mecaha ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mecaha is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecaha
- Ross Hall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ross Hall is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Hall
- Freedom ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Freedom is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Smithson ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smithson is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson
- Grisdella ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grisdella is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisdella
- Martin ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Martin is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Mosby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Petroleum County
- County Website: https://petroleumcountymt.org/
- County Seat for Petroleum: Winnett
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bruce ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bruce.
- Muscleshell City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Muscleshell City is located in Petroleum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscleshell City
- Cat Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cat Creek is located in Petroleum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Creek
- Phillips County
- County Seat for Phillips: Malta
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bruce ...
- Leedy ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Leedy is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leedy
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- Bruce) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bruce, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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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