Nearest Communities to Douglas,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Douglas, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Douglas:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 starting from Douglas.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Douglas is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Glacier County.
The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Glacier County: Flathead, Pondera & Toole.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Douglas. Of these communities, 3 are located in counties other than Glacier 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 Douglas (which is Glacier 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 Douglas
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Glacier County (where Douglas resides)
- County Seat for Glacier: Cut Bank
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Glacier County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Glacier County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Glacier County
- Nearest Communities to Douglas ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Douglas.
- Wetzel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Babb
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babb
- Babb is located in Glacier County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Babb <5>
- Sullivan ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Saint Mary
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mary
- Saint Mary is located in Glacier County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Mary <5>
- Cassidy Curve
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cassidy Curve have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassidy Curve
- Cassidy Curve is located in Glacier County
- Rising Sun
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Rising Sun is located in Glacier County
- Big Sky Colony
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Sky Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sky Colony
- Big Sky Colony is located in Glacier County
- Starr School
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starr School have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr School
- Starr School is located in Glacier County
- Altyn ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Del Bonita
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Del Bonita have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Bonita
- Del Bonita is located in Glacier County
- Kiowa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
- Kiowa is located in Glacier County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiowa <5>
- Star
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - Continue List (12 more) ...
- Swiftcurrent
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiftcurrent
- Swiftcurrent is located in Glacier County
- North Browning
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Browning have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Browning
- North Browning is located in Glacier County
- Browning
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Browning is located in Glacier County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,001 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Browning <5>
- South Browning
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Browning
- South Browning is located in Glacier County
- Siyeh Bend
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Siyeh Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siyeh Bend
- Siyeh Bend is located in Glacier County
- Durham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Blackfoot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast) - Meriwether
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meriwether have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriwether
- Meriwether is located in Glacier County
- East Glacier Park Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glacier Park Village
- East Glacier Park Village is located in Glacier County
- East Glacier Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glacier Park
- East Glacier Park is located in Glacier County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Glacier Park <5>
- Glendale Colony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glendale Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Colony
- Glendale Colony is located in Glacier County
- Fort Piegan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Piegan have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Piegan
- Fort Piegan is located in Glacier County
- Swiftcurrent
- Flathead County
- County Website: www.co.flathead.mt.us/
- County Seat for Flathead: Kalispell
- Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Flathead County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Flathead County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Flathead County
- Nearest Communities to Douglas ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Douglas.
- Packers Roost
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Packers Roost have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packers Roost
- Packers Roost is located in Flathead County
- Crystal Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Point
- Crystal Point is located in Flathead County
- Red Rock Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Rock Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock Point
- Red Rock Point is located in Flathead County
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Douglas) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Douglas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.8611, Longitude: -113.2162 In this case, the coordinates for Douglas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Douglas, 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |