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Nearest Communities to Essex,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 starting from Essex.<1>

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

Essex is located in Flathead County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Flathead County: Glacier, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Missoula, Pondera, Powell, Sanders & Teton.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 54 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Essex. Of these communities, 14 are located in counties other than Flathead 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 Essex (which is Flathead 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 Essex

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

  • Flathead County   (where Essex resides)
    • County Website:   https://flatheadcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Flathead:   Kalispell
    • Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Essex   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Essex.
      • Nimrod
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Nimrod is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
      • Pinnacle
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Pinnacle is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle
      • Singleshot
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Singleshot is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singleshot
      • Blacktail
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Blacktail is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacktail
      • McCarthyville ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Snowslip
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Snowslip is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowslip
      • Canyon Creek Boat Landing
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Nyack
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Nyack is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyack
      • Quintonkon
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Quintonkon is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintonkon
      • Three Forks
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Three Forks is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
      • South Fork ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • South Fork is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
      • Wagsmith Villa ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Wagsmith Villa is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagsmith Villa
      • Continue List   (28 more) ...
        • Bear Creek Village
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Mud Lake ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Mud Lake is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Lake
        • Negro Prairie ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Negro Prairie is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Negro Prairie
        • Martin City
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Coram
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • West Glacier
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Hungry Horse
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Sperry Chalets
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Sperry Chalets is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sperry Chalets
        • Swan River ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Swan River is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan River
        • Apgar
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Apgar is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apgar
        • Ferndale
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Ferndale is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
        • Jessup
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Jessup is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessup
        • Crystal Ford
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Crystal Ford is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Ford
        • Bigfork
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Conkelley
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Conkelley is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conkelley
        • Creston
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Lake McDonald
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Lake McDonald is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake McDonald
        • Holt
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Holt is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
        • Geduhn ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Geduhn is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geduhn
        • Big Sky Colonial Manor
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Columbia Falls
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Pine Park
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Pine Park is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Park
        • Lazy Day Court
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Lazy Day Court is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Day Court
        • Halfmoon
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • La Salle
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • La Salle is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Salle
        • Red Rock Point
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Red Rock Point is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock Point
        • Evergreen
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Rose Crossing
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Rose Crossing is located in Flathead County
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  • Glacier County
  • Lake 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- Essex) 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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