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Nearest Communities to Golf Bench,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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


Although our information shows that the community of Golf Bench is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Blaine County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Blaine County: Chouteau, Fergus, Hill & Phillips.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 25 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Golf Bench. Of these communities, 14 are located in counties other than Blaine 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 Golf Bench (which is Blaine 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 Golf Bench

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

  • Blaine County   (where Golf Bench resides)
    • County Website:   https://blainecounty-mt.gov/
    • County Seat for Blaine:   Chinook
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Golf Bench   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Golf Bench.
      • Hosey ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the north)
        • Hosey is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosey
      • Ragland Bench ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Ragland Bench is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland Bench
      • Leroy
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Leroy is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
      • Riedel ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Riedel is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riedel
      • Sour Dough Flat ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Sour Dough Flat is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sour Dough Flat
      • Maddux
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Maddux is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddux
      • Hungry Hollow ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Hungry Hollow is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hungry Hollow
      • Cow Island ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Cow Island is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Island
      • Bearpaw ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Bearpaw is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearpaw
      • Rattlesnake
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Rattlesnake is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rattlesnake
      • Power Plant ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Power Plant is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power Plant
  • Chouteau County
    • County Website:   https://co.chouteau.mt.us/
    • County Seat for Chouteau:   Fort Benton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Golf Bench   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Golf Bench.
      • Eskay ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Eskay is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskay
      • Iliad
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Iliad is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iliad
      • Eagleton
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Eagleton is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton
      • Warrick
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Warrick is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrick
      • Hopp ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Hopp is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopp
  • Fergus County
    • County Website:   https://fergusmt.gov/
    • County Seat for Fergus:   Lewistown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Golf Bench   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Golf Bench.
      • Judith ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Judith is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judith
      • Woodhawk ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Woodhawk is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhawk
      • Rumble Creek ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Rumble Creek is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumble Creek
      • Everson ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Everson is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everson
      • Winifred
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Cone Butte ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Cone Butte is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cone Butte
      • Salt Creek ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Salt Creek is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Creek
      • Suffolk
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Suffolk is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffolk
  • Hill 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- Golf Bench) 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 Golf Bench, 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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