Nearest Communities to Busby,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Busby, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Busby:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Busby is located in Big Horn County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Big Horn County: Carbon, Powder River, Rosebud, Treasure, Yellowstone, Big Horn (WY) & Sheridan (WY).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 19 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Busby. Of these communities, 8 are located in counties other than Big Horn 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 Busby (which is Big Horn 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 Busby
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Big Horn County (where Busby resides)
- County Seat for Big Horn: Hardin
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Big Horn County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Big Horn County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Big Horn County
- Nearest Communities to Busby ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Busby.
- Muddy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Kirby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Sarpy ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Retreat Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Retreat Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat Crossing
- Retreat Crossing is located in Big Horn County
- Benteen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west) - Garryowen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garryowen
- Garryowen is located in Big Horn County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garryowen <4>
- McRae ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Crow Agency
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Agency
- Crow Agency is located in Big Horn County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crow Agency <4>
- Lodge Grass
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lodge Grass have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge Grass
- Lodge Grass is located in Big Horn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lodge Grass <4>
- Forty Mile Colony
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forty Mile Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty Mile Colony
- Forty Mile Colony is located in Big Horn County
- Dunmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rosebud County
- County Seat for Rosebud: Forsyth
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Rosebud County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Rosebud County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Rosebud County
- Nearest Communities to Busby ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Busby.
- Lame Deer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lame Deer
- Lame Deer is located in Rosebud County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lame Deer <4>
- Jimtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Saints Rest ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saints Rest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saints Rest
- Saints Rest is located in Rosebud County
- Castle Rock ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rock
- Castle Rock is located in Rosebud County
- Birney Day School
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birney Day School have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birney Day School
- Birney Day School is located in Rosebud County
- Birney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birney
- Birney is located in Rosebud County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Birney <4>
- Colstrip
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colstrip
- Colstrip is located in Rosebud County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,217 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colstrip <4>
- Wood Place
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wood Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Place
- Wood Place is located in Rosebud 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 from Point A (ie- Busby) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Busby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.5371, Longitude: -106.9556 |
| <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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |