Nearest Communities to Geraldine,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Geraldine, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Geraldine:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Geraldine.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Geraldine is located in Chouteau County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chouteau County: Blaine, Cascade, Fergus, Hill, Judith Basin, Liberty, Pondera & Teton.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 35 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Geraldine. Of these communities, 12 are located in counties other than Chouteau 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 Geraldine (which is Chouteau 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 Geraldine
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Chouteau County (where Geraldine resides)
- County Website: www.co.chouteau.mt.us/
- County Seat for Chouteau: Fort Benton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Chouteau County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Chouteau County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Chouteau County
- Nearest Communities to Geraldine ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Geraldine.
- Lonetree ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Square Butte
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Square Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Square Butte
- Square Butte is located in Chouteau County
- Montague
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest) - Patterson ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Shonkin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Big Sag
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sag
- Big Sag is located in Chouteau County
- Fort Benton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Benton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Benton
- Fort Benton is located in Chouteau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Benton <4>
- Lippard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Ophir ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest) - Highwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- Highwood is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highwood <4>
- Chappell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest) - Loma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma
- Loma is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loma <4>
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Iliad
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast) - Kershaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - Stranahan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north) - Hopp ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Virgelle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgelle
- Virgelle is located in Chouteau County
- Coal Banks Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coal Banks Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Banks Landing
- Coal Banks Landing is located in Chouteau County
- Pack and Lacey Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pack and Lacey Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pack and Lacey Crossing
- Pack and Lacey Crossing is located in Chouteau County
- Shepherd Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shepherd Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd Crossing
- Shepherd Crossing is located in Chouteau County
- Waltham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west) - Pleasant Valley ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Pleasant Valley is located in Chouteau County
- Tunis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Iliad
- Fergus County
- County Website: www.co.fergus.mt.us/
- County Seat for Fergus: Lewistown
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Fergus County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Fergus County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Fergus County
- Nearest Communities to Geraldine ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Geraldine.
- Pownal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Coffee Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Creek
- Coffee Creek is located in Fergus County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coffee Creek <4>
- Everson ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Denton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Denton is located in Fergus County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denton <4>
- Judith ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east) - Hoosac
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Judith Basin County
- County Seat for Judith Basin: Stanford
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Judith Basin County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Judith Basin County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Judith Basin County
- Nearest Communities to Geraldine ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Geraldine.
- Arrow Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Creek
- Arrow Creek is located in Judith Basin County
- Merino
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south) - Geyser
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geyser
- Geyser is located in Judith Basin County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geyser <4>
- Dover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Spion Kop
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Surprise Creek Colony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Surprise Creek Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise Creek Colony
- Surprise Creek Colony is located in Judith Basin County
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Geraldine) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Geraldine. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.6030, Longitude: -110.2668 In this case, the coordinates for Geraldine have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |