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Nearest Communities to Galata,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 starting from Galata.<1>

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

Galata is located in Toole County.

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Toole County: Glacier, Liberty & Pondera.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 28 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Galata. Of these communities, 19 are located in counties other than Toole 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 Galata (which is Toole 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 Galata

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

  • Toole County   (where Galata resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.toolecountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Toole:   Shelby
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Galata   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Galata.
      • Devon
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Devon is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devon
      • Dunkirk
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Dunkirk is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
      • Naismith
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Naismith is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naismith
      • Kippen
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Kippen is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kippen
      • Shelby
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Virden
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Virden is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virden
      • Gold Butte
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Gold Butte is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Butte
      • Ferdig
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Ferdig is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferdig
      • Oilmont
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Chouteau County
  • Hill County
  • Liberty County
    • County Website:   https://www.libertycountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Liberty:   Chester
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Galata   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Galata.
      • Lothair
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Lothair is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lothair
      • Tiber
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Tiber is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiber
      • Eagle Creek Colony
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Eagle Creek Colony is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Creek Colony
      • Tiber Dam Camp
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Tiber Dam Camp is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiber Dam Camp
      • Chester
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Selma ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Selma is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
      • George ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • George is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
      • Hill
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Hill is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
      • Buelow
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Buelow is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buelow
      • Riverview Colony
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Riverview Colony is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Colony
      • Joplin
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Hay Coulee ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Hay Coulee is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Coulee
      • Whitlash
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Pondera 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- Galata) 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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