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Nearest Communities to Fort Maginnis,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 starting from Fort Maginnis.<1>

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


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

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fergus County: Blaine, Chouteau, Golden Valley, Judith Basin, Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips & Wheatland.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 66 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Fort Maginnis. Of these communities, 4 are located in counties other than Fergus 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 Fort Maginnis (which is Fergus 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 Fort Maginnis

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

  • Fergus County   (where Fort Maginnis resides)
    • County Website:   https://fergusmt.gov/
    • County Seat for Fergus:   Lewistown
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    • Nearest Communities to Fort Maginnis   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fort Maginnis.
      • Rustle ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Rustle is located in Fergus County
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      • Canyon ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Canyon is located in Fergus County
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      • Maiden
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Maiden is located in Fergus County
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      • Giltedge ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Giltedge is located in Fergus County
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      • Andersonville ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Andersonville is located in Fergus County
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      • New Year
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • New Year is located in Fergus County
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      • Nelson ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Nelson is located in Fergus County
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      • Armells ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Armells is located in Fergus County
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      • Cheadle ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Cheadle is located in Fergus County
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      • Ruby Gulch ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Ruby Gulch is located in Fergus County
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      • Skaggs ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Skaggs is located in Fergus County
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      • Fergus
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Fergus is located in Fergus County
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        • Hilger
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Roy Junction
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Roy Junction is located in Fergus County
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        • Novary ‑ Historic
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Novary is located in Fergus County
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        • Bell Ranch Colony
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
          • Bell Ranch Colony is located in Fergus County
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        • Chippewa ‑ Historic
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Chippewa is located in Fergus County
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        • Corbly ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Corbly is located in Fergus County
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        • Brooks
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
          • Brooks is located in Fergus County
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        • Roy
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Forestgrove
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Piper
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
          • Piper is located in Fergus County
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        • Ayers Ranch Colony
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
          • Ayers Ranch Colony is located in Fergus County
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        • Baxter
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
          • Baxter is located in Fergus County
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        • Box Elder ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Box Elder is located in Fergus County
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        • Moulton
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Moulton is located in Fergus County
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        • Heath
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Heath is located in Fergus County
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        • Christina
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Christina is located in Fergus County
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        • Dryland ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Dryland is located in Fergus County
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        • Akerville ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Akerville is located in Fergus County
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        • Box Springs ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Box Springs is located in Fergus County
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        • Lewistown Junction
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Lewistown Junction is located in Fergus County
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        • Roy - Winifred Junction
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Kendall ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Kendall is located in Fergus County
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        • Lewistown Heights
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Lewistown Heights is located in Fergus County
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        • West Lewistown
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • West Lewistown is located in Fergus County
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        • Becket
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Becket is located in Fergus County
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        • Lewistown
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Grass Range
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Hanover
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Hanover is located in Fergus County
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        • Spring Creek Junction
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Suffolk
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Suffolk is located in Fergus County
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        • Cottonwood
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Cottonwood is located in Fergus County
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        • Glengarry
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Glengarry is located in Fergus County
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        • Kingston
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Kingston is located in Fergus County
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        • Cone Butte ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Cone Butte is located in Fergus County
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        • Beaver Creek
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Beaver Creek is located in Fergus County
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        • Amherst
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Amherst is located in Fergus County
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        • Salt Creek ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Salt Creek is located in Fergus County
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        • King Colony Ranch
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • King Colony Ranch is located in Fergus County
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        • Ware
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Ware is located in Fergus County
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        • Deerfield Colony
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Deerfield Colony is located in Fergus County
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        • Danvers
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Danvers is located in Fergus County
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        • Ross Fork
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Ross Fork is located in Fergus County
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        • Winifred
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Battrick ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Battrick is located in Fergus County
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        • Rockford ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Rockford is located in Fergus County
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        • Seright ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Seright is located in Fergus County
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        • Samples Crossing
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Samples Crossing is located in Fergus County
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        • Warr ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Warr is located in Fergus County
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        • Moore
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Rumble Creek ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Rumble Creek is located in Fergus County
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  • Golden Valley County
  • Judith Basin County
  • Petroleum County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fort Maginnis) 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 Fort Maginnis, 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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