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Nearest Communities to Clearwater,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Clearwater.<1>

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


Clearwater is located in Missoula County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Missoula County: Clearwater (ID), Idaho (ID), Flathead, Granite, Lake, Mineral, Powell, Ravalli & Sanders.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 49 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Clearwater. Of these communities, 22 are located in counties other than Missoula 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 Clearwater (which is Missoula 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 Clearwater

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

  • Missoula County   (where Clearwater resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.missoulacounty.us/
    • County Seat for Missoula:   Missoula
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clearwater   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clearwater.
      • Barite
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Barite is located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barite
      • Greenough
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunset
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Sunset is located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
      • Woodworth
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Woodworth is located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodworth
      • Yreka
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Yreka is located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yreka
      • Coloma ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Coloma is located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
      • Seeley Lake
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Potomac
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Potomac is located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potomac
      • Copper Cliff ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Copper Cliff is located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Cliff
      • McNamara
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • McNamara is located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNamara
      • Twin Creeks
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Twin Creeks is located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creeks
      • Miller
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Miller is located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
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        • Clinton
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Iris
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Iris is located in Missoula County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iris
        • Piltzville
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Piltzville is located in Missoula County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piltzville
        • Turah
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Turah is located in Missoula County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turah
        • Bonner
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Bonner Junction
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Bonner Junction is located in Missoula County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonner Junction
        • Carols Court
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Carols Court is located in Missoula County
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        • Milltown
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Mountain View Court
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Mountain View Court is located in Missoula County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Court
        • West Riverside
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • West Riverside is located in Missoula County
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        • Pinegrove
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Pinegrove is located in Missoula County
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        • East Missoula
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • East Missoula is located in Missoula County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Missoula
        • Yukon Saddle
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Yukon Saddle is located in Missoula County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon Saddle
        • Grant Creek ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Grant Creek is located in Missoula County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Creek
        • Missoula
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Granite County
    • County Website:   https://www.granitecountymt.us/
    • County Seat for Granite:   Philipsburg
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Clearwater   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Clearwater.
      • Stump Town ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Stump Town is located in Granite County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump Town
      • Garnet ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Garnet is located in Granite County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garnet
      • Top O'Deep
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Top O'Deep is located in Granite County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Top O'Deep
      • Beartown ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Beartown is located in Granite County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
      • Springtown
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Springtown is located in Granite County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtown
      • Baird ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Baird is located in Granite County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
      • Bearmouth ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Bearmouth is located in Granite County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearmouth
      • Byrne
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Byrne is located in Granite County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrne
      • Nimrod
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Nimrod is located in Granite County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
      • Ozan
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Ozan is located in Granite County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozan
      • Ravenna
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Ravenna is located in Granite County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenna
      • Bradman
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Bradman is located in Granite County
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        • Drummond
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • New Chicago
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • New Chicago is located in Granite County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chicago
        • Hall
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Quigley
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Quigley is located in Granite County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quigley
  • Lewis and Clark County
  • Powell 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- Clearwater) 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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