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Nearest Communities to Duncan Ranch Colony,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 Duncan Ranch Colony.<1>

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

Duncan Ranch Colony is located in Wheatland County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wheatland County: Fergus, Golden Valley, Judith Basin, Meagher & Sweet Grass.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Duncan Ranch Colony. Of these communities, 17 are located in counties other than Wheatland 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 Duncan Ranch Colony (which is Wheatland 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 Duncan Ranch Colony

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

  • Wheatland County   (where Duncan Ranch Colony resides)
    • County Seat for Wheatland:   Harlowton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Duncan Ranch Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Duncan Ranch Colony.
      • Twodot
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Harlowton
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harlowton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlowton
        • Harlowton is located in Wheatland County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 998 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harlowton <3>
      • Martinsdale Colony
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinsdale Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsdale Colony
        • Martinsdale Colony is located in Wheatland County
      • Springwater Colony
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springwater Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwater Colony
        • Springwater Colony is located in Wheatland County
      • Jellison Place
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jellison Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jellison Place
        • Jellison Place is located in Wheatland County
      • Winnecook
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winnecook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnecook
        • Winnecook is located in Wheatland County
      • Judith Gap
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Hedgesville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgesville
        • Hedgesville is located in Wheatland County
      • Shawmut
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Living Springs
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Living Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Living Springs
        • Living Springs is located in Wheatland County
  • Fergus County
    • County Website:   www.co.fergus.mt.us/
    • County Seat for Fergus:   Lewistown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Duncan Ranch Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Duncan Ranch Colony.
      • Garneill
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Buffalo
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • McClave
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McClave have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClave
        • McClave is located in Fergus County
      • Straw
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Straw. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straw
        • Straw is located in Fergus County
  • Meagher County
    • County Seat for Meagher:   White Sulphur Springs
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Duncan Ranch Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Duncan Ranch Colony.
      • Gauglersville ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gauglersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gauglersville
        • Gauglersville is located in Meagher County
      • Martinsdale
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Groveland
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Groveland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
        • Groveland is located in Meagher County
      • Lebo
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lebo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebo
        • Lebo is located in Meagher County
      • Findon ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Findon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findon
        • Findon is located in Meagher County
      • Lennep
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lennep have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lennep
        • Lennep is located in Meagher County
      • Checkerboard
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Checkerboard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Checkerboard
        • Checkerboard is located in Meagher County
      • Bill Bracket Place
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bill Bracket Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bill Bracket Place
        • Bill Bracket Place is located in Meagher County
      • Bruno
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bruno have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
        • Bruno is located in Meagher County
      • Castle Town
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Town
        • Castle Town is located in Meagher County
      • Robinson
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Robinson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
        • Robinson is located in Meagher County
  • Sweet Grass County
    • County Seat for Sweet Grass:   Big Timber
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Duncan Ranch Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Duncan Ranch Colony.
      • Melville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Norwegian Settlement ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norwegian Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwegian Settlement
        • Norwegian Settlement is located in Sweet Grass County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Duncan Ranch Colony) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Duncan Ranch Colony. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.4444, Longitude: -110.0238       In this case, the coordinates for Duncan Ranch Colony have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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