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Nearest Communities to Ferdig,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

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

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

Ferdig is located in Toole County.

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Toole County: Glacier, Liberty & Pondera.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 29 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ferdig. Of these communities, 10 are located in counties other than Toole 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 Ferdig (which is Toole 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 Ferdig

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

  • Toole County   (where Ferdig resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.toolecountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Toole:   Shelby
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ferdig   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ferdig.
      • Oilmont
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Ohio Camp
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Ohio Camp is also located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio Camp
      • Kippen
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Kippen is also located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kippen
      • Kevin
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Kevin is also located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kevin
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kevin <3>
      • Sunburst
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Aloe
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Aloe is also located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloe
      • McDermott ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • McDermott was located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDermott
      • Virden
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Virden is also located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virden
      • Rim Rock Colony
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Rim Rock Colony is also located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rim Rock Colony
      • Shelby
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Shelby is also located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,995 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelby <3>
      • Sweet Grass
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Sweet Grass is also located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Grass
      • Gold Butte
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Gold Butte is also located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Butte
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Dunkirk
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Dunkirk is also located in Toole County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
        • Demers ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Demers was located in Toole County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Demers
        • Hillside Colony
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Hillside Colony is also located in Toole County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Colony
        • Ethridge
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Devon
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Devon is also located in Toole County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devon
        • Naismith
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Naismith is also located in Toole County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naismith
        • Galata
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Glacier County
    • County Website:   https://glaciercountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Glacier:   Cut Bank
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ferdig   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ferdig.
      • Glacier Colony
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Glacier Colony is located in Glacier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glacier Colony
      • Santa Rita
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Tipville ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Tipville was located in Glacier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipville
      • Cut Bank
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Korner ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Korner was located in Glacier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Korner
  • Liberty County
  • Pondera 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ferdig) 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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