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Nearest Communities to First Creek,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from First Creek.<1>

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

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

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Phillips County: Blaine, Fergus, Garfield, Petroleum & Valley.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 21 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of First Creek. Of these communities, 6 are located in counties other than Phillips 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 First Creek (which is Phillips 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 First Creek

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

  • Phillips County   (where First Creek resides)
    • County Seat for Phillips:   Malta
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to First Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from First Creek.
      • Sun Prairie
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Sun Prairie is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
      • Regina ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Regina is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regina
      • Box Elder ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Box Elder is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder
      • Old Whitcomb Place
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Old Whitcomb Place is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Whitcomb Place
      • Fourchette ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Fourchette is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourchette
      • X Crossing
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • X Crossing is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for X Crossing
      • Midale
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Midale is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midale
      • Content
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Content is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Content
      • Dryer Place
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Dryer Place is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryer Place
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Legg ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Legg is located in Phillips County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legg
        • Leedy ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Leedy is located in Phillips County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leedy
        • Phillips
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Phillips is located in Phillips County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
        • Trine ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Trine is located in Phillips County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trine
        • Brookside ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Brookside is located in Phillips County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
        • Zortman
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Blaine County
  • Fergus County
  • Garfield County
  • Petroleum 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- First Creek) 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 First Creek, 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.
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