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Nearest Communities to Cameron Crossing,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 Cameron Crossing.<1>

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


Cameron Crossing is located in Powder River County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Powder River County: Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Rosebud, Campbell (WY), Crook (WY) & Sheridan (WY).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 18 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Cameron Crossing. Of these communities, 10 are located in counties other than Powder River 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 Cameron Crossing (which is Powder River 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 Cameron Crossing

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

  • Powder River County   (where Cameron Crossing resides)
    • County Website:   https://prco.mt.gov/
    • County Seat for Powder River:   Broadus
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cameron Crossing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cameron Crossing.
      • Stacey
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Stacey is located in Powder River County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacey
      • Coalwood
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Coalwood is located in Powder River County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalwood
      • Epsie ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Epsie is located in Powder River County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epsie
      • Olive
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Willow Crossing
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Willow Crossing is located in Powder River County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Crossing
      • Sonnette
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Broadus
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Sixmile Crossing
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Sixmile Crossing is located in Powder River County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Crossing
  • Custer County
    • County Website:   https://custercountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Custer:   Miles City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cameron Crossing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cameron Crossing.
      • Volborg
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Garland
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Garland is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
      • Beebe
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Beebe is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe
      • Etna ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Etna is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
  • Rosebud County
    • County Website:   https://rosebudcountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Rosebud:   Forsyth
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cameron Crossing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cameron Crossing.
      • Brandenberg
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Brandenberg is located in Rosebud County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandenberg
      • Ashland
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Signal Butte ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Signal Butte is located in Rosebud County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Butte
      • Lee ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Lee is located in Rosebud County
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      • Wood Place
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Wood Place is located in Rosebud County
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      • Crain Place
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Crain Place is located in Rosebud County
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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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cameron Crossing) 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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