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Nearest Communities to Fourchette,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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


Although our information shows that the community of Fourchette 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 26 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Fourchette. Of these communities, 10 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 Fourchette (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 Fourchette

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

  • Phillips County   (where Fourchette resides)
    • County Seat for Phillips:   Malta
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fourchette   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fourchette.
      • X Crossing
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • X Crossing is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for X Crossing
      • First Creek ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • First Creek is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Creek
      • Legg ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Legg is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legg
      • Sun Prairie
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Sun Prairie is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
      • Regina ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Regina is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regina
      • Midale
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Midale is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midale
      • Box Elder ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Box Elder is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder
      • Old Whitcomb Place
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Old Whitcomb Place is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Whitcomb Place
      • Trine ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Trine is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trine
      • Dryer Place
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Dryer Place is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryer Place
      • Leedy ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Leedy is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leedy
      • Phillips
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Phillips is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Content
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Content is located in Phillips County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Content
        • Zortman
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Brookside ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Brookside is located in Phillips County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
        • Whitcomb ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Whitcomb is located in Phillips County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitcomb
  • Blaine County
  • Fergus County
  • Garfield County
    • County Website:   https://garfieldcountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Garfield:   Jordan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fourchette   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fourchette.
      • Smithson ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Smithson is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson
      • Metersville ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Metersville is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metersville
      • Hazny ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Hazny is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazny
      • Mecaha ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Mecaha is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecaha
  • Petroleum County

Footnotes ...

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