Nearest Communities to Fort Smith,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Fort Smith, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Fort Smith:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Fort Smith.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Fort Smith is located in Big Horn County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Big Horn County: Carbon, Powder River, Rosebud, Treasure, Yellowstone, Big Horn (WY) & Sheridan (WY).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 15 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Fort Smith. Of these communities, 3 are located in counties other than Big Horn 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 Fort Smith (which is Big Horn 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 Smith
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Big Horn County (where Fort Smith resides)
- County Seat for Big Horn: Hardin
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Big Horn County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Big Horn County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Big Horn County
- Nearest Communities to Fort Smith ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fort Smith.
- Saint Xavier
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Xavier
- Saint Xavier is located in Big Horn County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Xavier <3>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Saint Xavier
- From Fort Smith to Saint Xavier
- Benteen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east) - Forty Mile Colony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forty Mile Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty Mile Colony
- Forty Mile Colony is located in Big Horn County
- Lodge Grass
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lodge Grass have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge Grass
- Lodge Grass is located in Big Horn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lodge Grass <3>
- Spear
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east) - Garryowen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garryowen
- Garryowen is located in Big Horn County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garryowen <3>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Garryowen
- From Fort Smith to Garryowen
- Wyola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyola
- Wyola is located in Big Horn County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wyola <3>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Wyola
- From Fort Smith to Wyola
- Rowley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north) - Retreat Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Retreat Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat Crossing
- Retreat Crossing is located in Big Horn County
- Toluca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north) - Crow Agency
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow Agency
- Crow Agency is located in Big Horn County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crow Agency <3>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Crow Agency
- From Fort Smith to Crow Agency
- Pryor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pryor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor
- Pryor is located in Big Horn County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pryor <3>
- Carbon County
- County Seat for Carbon: Red Lodge
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Carbon County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Carbon County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Carbon County
- Nearest Communities to Fort Smith ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fort Smith.
- Dryhead ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - Hillsboro ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yellowstone County
- County Website: www.co.yellowstone.mt.us/
- County Seat for Yellowstone: Billings
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Yellowstone County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Yellowstone County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Yellowstone County
- Nearest Communities to Fort Smith ...
- Soda Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Soda Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
- Soda Springs is located in Yellowstone County
- Soda Springs
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- Fort Smith) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort Smith. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3085, Longitude: -107.9244 |
| <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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |