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Nearest Communities to Flatwillow Colony,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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 Flatwillow Colony.<1>

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


Flatwillow Colony is located in Musselshell County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Musselshell County: Fergus, Golden Valley, Petroleum, Rosebud, Treasure & Yellowstone.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 33 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Flatwillow Colony. Of these communities, 16 are located in counties other than Musselshell 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 Flatwillow Colony (which is Musselshell 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 Flatwillow Colony

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

  • Musselshell County   (where Flatwillow Colony resides)
    • County Website:   https://musselshellcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Musselshell:   Roundup
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Flatwillow Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Flatwillow Colony.
      • Kilby Butte Colony
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Kilby Butte Colony is also located in Musselshell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilby Butte Colony
      • Gage
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Gage is also located in Musselshell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
      • Camp Three
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Camp Three is also located in Musselshell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Three
      • Roundup
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Roundup is also located in Musselshell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundup
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,864 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roundup <3>
      • Delphia
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Delphia is also located in Musselshell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphia
      • Wheaton ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Wheaton was located in Musselshell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheaton
      • Riverside
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Riverside is also located in Musselshell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Gibbtown
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Gibbtown is also located in Musselshell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbtown
      • Farralltown
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Farralltown is also located in Musselshell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farralltown
      • Klein
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Klein is also located in Musselshell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klein
      • Republic ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Republic was located in Musselshell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
      • Musselshell
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Absher ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Absher was located in Musselshell County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Absher
        • Queens Point
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Queens Point is also located in Musselshell County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Point
        • Elso
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Elso is also located in Musselshell County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elso
        • Fattig ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Fattig was located in Musselshell County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fattig
        • Melstone
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Melstone is also located in Musselshell County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melstone
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melstone <3>
  • Fergus County
    • County Website:   https://fergusmt.gov/
    • County Seat for Fergus:   Lewistown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Flatwillow Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Flatwillow Colony.
      • Darrel ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Darrel was located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darrel
      • Battrick ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Battrick was located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battrick
      • Warr ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Warr was located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warr
      • Grass Range
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Becket
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Becket is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becket
      • Dryland ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Dryland was located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryland
  • Golden Valley County
  • Petroleum County
    • County Website:   https://petroleumcountymt.org/
    • County Seat for Petroleum:   Winnett
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Flatwillow Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Flatwillow Colony.
      • Wallview ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
        • Wallview was located in Petroleum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallview
      • Flatwillow
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Flatwillow is located in Petroleum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwillow
      • Kelley
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Kelley is located in Petroleum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelley
      • Winnett
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Teigen
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Hoyle ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Hoyle was located in Petroleum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyle
      • Shay ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Shay was located in Petroleum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shay
      • Jitney ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Jitney was located in Petroleum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jitney
      • Weede ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Weede was located in Petroleum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weede

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- Flatwillow Colony) 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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