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Nearest Communities to East Portal,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from East Portal.<1>

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


Although our information shows that the community of East Portal is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Mineral County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mineral County: Clearwater (ID), Shoshone (ID), Missoula & Sanders.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 90 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of East Portal. Of these communities, 76 are located in counties other than Mineral 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 East Portal (which is Mineral 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 East Portal

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

  • Mineral County   (where East Portal resides)
    • County Website:   https://co.mineral.mt.us/
    • County Seat for Mineral:   Superior
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to East Portal   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from East Portal.
      • Taft
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Taft is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
      • Borax
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Borax is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borax
      • Bryson
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Bryson is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryson
      • Sohon
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Sohon is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sohon
      • Saltese
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Haugan
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • De Borgia
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Henderson
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Henderson is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
      • Cabin City
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Cabin City is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin City
      • Drexel
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Drexel is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drexel
      • Foraker
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Foraker is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
      • Buford ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Buford is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
      • Saint Regis
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Toole
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Toole is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toole
  • Sanders County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.sanders.mt.us/
    • County Seat for Sanders:   Thompson Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to East Portal   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from East Portal.
      • Thompson Falls
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Shannonville ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Shannonville is located in Sanders County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannonville
      • Ashleys Settlement ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Ashleys Settlement is located in Sanders County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashleys Settlement
      • Belknap
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Belknap is located in Sanders County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap
      • Talc
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Talc is located in Sanders County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talc
      • White Pine
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • White Pine is located in Sanders County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Pine
      • Snider
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Snider is located in Sanders County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider
      • Eddy
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Childs
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Childs is located in Sanders County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
      • Trout Creek
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Shoshone County
    • County Website:   https://shoshonecounty.id.gov/
    • County Seat for Shoshone:   Wallace (ID)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to East Portal   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from East Portal.
      • Roland
        (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
        • Roland is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
      • Tammany
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
        • Tammany is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tammany
      • Bullion ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Bullion is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
      • Borax ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Borax is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borax
      • Adair
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Adair is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair
      • Falcon
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Falcon is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
      • Pottsville ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Pottsville is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
      • Bogle
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Bogle is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogle
      • Pearson
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Pearson is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
      • Dorsey ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Dorsey is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
      • Carbonate ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Carbonate is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonate
      • Larson
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Continue List   (54 more) ...
        • Kyle ‑ Historic
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Kyle is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
        • Mullan
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Mullan is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullan
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 691 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mullan <4>
        • Stetson
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Stetson is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetson
        • Stull
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Stull is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stull
        • Burke ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Cornwall
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Cornwall is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
        • Golconda
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Golconda is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golconda
        • Mace
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Mace is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mace
        • Avery
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Black Bear
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Black Bear is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bear
        • Frisco
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Gem
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Gem is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
        • Gentry
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Gentry is located in Shoshone County (ID)
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        • Webb
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Webb is located in Shoshone County (ID)
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        • Woodland Park
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Blackcloud
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Blackcloud is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackcloud
        • Bunn
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Bunn is located in Shoshone County (ID)
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        • McCarthy
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • McCarthy is located in Shoshone County (ID)
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        • Sunset ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Sunset is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
        • Wallace
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Carbon Center
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Nuckols
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Nuckols is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nuckols
        • Silverton
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Ethelton
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Ethelton is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethelton
        • Hoyt
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Hoyt is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyt
        • Ferguson
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Ferguson is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
        • Osburn
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Horsecamp
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Horsecamp is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsecamp
        • Murray
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Thiard
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Thiard is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thiard
        • Delta
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Gold Creek
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Gold Creek is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Creek
        • Eagle
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Eagle is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
        • Elk Creek
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Elk Creek is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek
        • Erlmo
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Erlmo is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlmo
        • Marble Creek
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Marble Creek is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Creek
        • Pocono
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Pocono is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocono
        • Elizabeth Park
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Elizabeth Park is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Park
        • Prichard
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Prichard is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prichard
        • Herrick
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Herrick is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrick
        • Wardner
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Kellogg
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Kellogg is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,130 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kellogg <4>
        • Masonia ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Masonia is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonia
        • Bradley
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Bradley is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
        • Smelter Heights
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Smelter Heights is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelter Heights
        • Sweeney
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Nelson ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Nelson is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
        • Calder
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Smelterville
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Page
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Page is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
        • Pine Creek
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Pine Creek is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
        • Pinehurst
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Steamboat ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Steamboat is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat
        • Enaville
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Enaville is located in Shoshone County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enaville

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 from Point A (ie- East Portal) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 East Portal, 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.