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Nearest Communities to Franklin,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Franklin is located in Golden Valley County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Golden Valley County: Fergus, Musselshell, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland & Yellowstone.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 25 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Franklin. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Golden Valley 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 Franklin (which is Golden Valley 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 Franklin

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

  • Golden Valley County   (where Franklin resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.goldenvalleycountymt.org/
    • County Seat for Golden Valley:   Ryegate
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Franklin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Franklin.
      • Ryegate
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Ryegate is located in Golden Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ryegate <3>
      • Barber
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Barber is located in Golden Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
      • Dodgetown ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Dodgetown is located in Golden Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgetown
      • Golden Valley Colony
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Golden Valley Colony is located in Golden Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Valley Colony
      • Slayton Junction ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Slayton Junction is located in Golden Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayton Junction
      • Rothiemay
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Rothiemay is located in Golden Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothiemay
      • Cushman
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Cushman is located in Golden Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushman
      • Seventynine ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Seventynine is located in Golden Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seventynine
      • Lavina
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Lavina is located in Golden Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavina
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lavina <3>
      • Belmont
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Belmont is located in Golden Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
      • Emory ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Emory is located in Golden Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory
      • Sahara ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Sahara is located in Golden Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sahara
  • Musselshell County
  • Stillwater County
  • Wheatland County
    • County Website:   https://www.wheatlandchamber.com/
    • County Seat for Wheatland:   Harlowton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Franklin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Franklin.
      • Hedgesville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Hedgesville is located in Wheatland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgesville
      • Shawmut
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Winnecook
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Winnecook is located in Wheatland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnecook
      • Living Springs
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Living Springs is located in Wheatland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Living Springs
      • Springwater Colony
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Springwater Colony is located in Wheatland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwater Colony
      • Harlowton
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Yellowstone 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Franklin) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.