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Nearest Communities to Galbraith,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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 east 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.<1>

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

Galbraith is located in Rosebud County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rosebud County: Big Horn, Custer, Garfield, Musselshell, Petroleum, Powder River, Treasure & Yellowstone.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 24 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Galbraith. Of these communities, 17 are located in counties other than Rosebud 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 Galbraith (which is Rosebud 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 Galbraith

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

  • Rosebud County   (where Galbraith resides)
    • County Website:   https://rosebudcountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Rosebud:   Forsyth
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Galbraith   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Galbraith.
      • Sumatra
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Ingomar
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Hibbard ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Hibbard is located in Rosebud County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbard
      • Thebes
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Thebes is located in Rosebud County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
      • Bascom
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Bascom is located in Rosebud County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bascom
      • Ahles
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Ahles is located in Rosebud County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ahles
      • Vananda
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Vananda is located in Rosebud County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vananda
  • Garfield County
    • County Website:   https://garfieldcountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Garfield:   Jordan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Galbraith   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Galbraith.
      • Brunelda ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Brunelda is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunelda
      • Alice ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Alice is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
      • Martin ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Martin is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
      • Chimney Crossing
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Chimney Crossing is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Crossing
      • McTwiggan ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • McTwiggan is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McTwiggan
  • Musselshell County
  • Petroleum County
  • Treasure County
    • County Seat for Treasure:   Hysham
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Galbraith   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Galbraith.
      • Rancher ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Rancher is located in Treasure County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancher
      • Myers
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Myers is located in Treasure County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
      • Hysham
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Etchetah ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Etchetah is located in Treasure County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etchetah
      • Sanders
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Sanders is located in Treasure County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders
      • Bighorn
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Kurtzville ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Kurtzville is located in Treasure County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtzville

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- Galbraith) 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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