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Nearest Communities to Grant Creek,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Grant Creek.<1>

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

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

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Missoula County: Clearwater (ID), Idaho (ID), Flathead, Granite, Lake, Mineral, Powell, Ravalli & Sanders.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 74 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Grant Creek. Of these communities, 22 are located in counties other than Missoula 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 Grant Creek (which is Missoula 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 Grant Creek

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

  • Missoula County   (where Grant Creek resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.missoulacounty.us/
    • County Seat for Missoula:   Missoula
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Grant Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Grant Creek.
      • Westview Park
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Westview Park is also located in Missoula County
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      • Travois Village
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Travois Village is also located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travois Village
      • De Smet
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • De Smet is also located in Missoula County
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      • Nagos
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Nagos is also located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nagos
      • Missoula
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Missoula is also located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missoula
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 76,848 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Missoula <4>
      • Grass Valley
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Grass Valley is also located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Valley
      • Wye
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Ardrum ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Ardrum was located in Missoula County
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      • Evaro
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Evaro is also located in Missoula County
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      • Orchard Homes
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Orchard Homes is also located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Homes
      • East Missoula
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • East Missoula is also located in Missoula County
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      • Hell Gate ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Hell Gate was located in Missoula County
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        • Carols Court
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Carols Court is also located in Missoula County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carols Court
        • Mountain View Court
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Mountain View Court is also located in Missoula County
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        • Pinegrove
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Pinegrove is also located in Missoula County
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        • West Riverside
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
          • West Riverside is also located in Missoula County
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        • Primrose
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
          • Primrose is also located in Missoula County
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        • Milltown
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Bonner Junction
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Bonner Junction is also located in Missoula County
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        • Bonner
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Piltzville
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Piltzville is also located in Missoula County
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        • Schilling
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
          • Schilling is also located in Missoula County
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        • Schley
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
          • Schley is also located in Missoula County
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        • Miller
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
          • Miller is also located in Missoula County
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        • Turah
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Turah is also located in Missoula County
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        • Frenchtown
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Twin Creeks
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
          • Twin Creeks is also located in Missoula County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creeks
        • Cozy Court
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
          • Cozy Court is also located in Missoula County
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        • Lolo
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • McNamara
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • McNamara is also located in Missoula County
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        • Stovepipe ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
          • Stovepipe was located in Missoula County
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        • Huson
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Six Mile ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Six Mile was located in Missoula County
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        • McClain
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • McClain is also located in Missoula County
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        • Shangville ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Shangville was located in Missoula County
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        • Carlton
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Carlton is also located in Missoula County
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        • Clinton
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Yukon Saddle
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Yukon Saddle is also located in Missoula County
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        • Ninemile
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Ninemile is also located in Missoula County
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        • Soudan
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Soudan is also located in Missoula County
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        • Potomac
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Potomac is also located in Missoula County
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        • Lothrop
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Lothrop is also located in Missoula County
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        • Iris
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Iris is also located in Missoula County
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        • Sunset
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Sunset is also located in Missoula County
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        • Barite
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Barite is also located in Missoula County
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        • Stark
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Stark is also located in Missoula County
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        • Greenough
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Copper Cliff ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Copper Cliff was located in Missoula County
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        • Clearwater
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Clearwater is also located in Missoula County
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        • Seeley Lake
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Lolo Hot Springs
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Lolo Hot Springs is also located in Missoula County
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        • Coloma ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Coloma was located in Missoula County
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  • Granite County
    • County Website:   https://www.granitecountymt.us/
    • County Seat for Granite:   Philipsburg
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Grant Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Grant Creek.
      • Eightmile Saddle
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Eightmile Saddle is located in Granite County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eightmile Saddle
      • Baird ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Baird was located in Granite County
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      • Ravenna
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Ravenna is located in Granite County
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      • Quigley
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Quigley is located in Granite County
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      • Nimrod
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Nimrod is located in Granite County
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  • Lake County
  • Mineral County
  • Ravalli County
    • County Website:   https://ravalli.us/
    • County Seat for Ravalli:   Hamilton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Grant Creek   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Grant Creek.
      • Bitterroot Pines
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Bitterroot Pines is located in Ravalli County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitterroot Pines
      • Eight Mile ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Eight Mile was located in Ravalli County
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      • Florence
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Sweeney Creek ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Sweeney Creek was located in Ravalli County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeney Creek
      • Kenspur
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Kenspur is located in Ravalli County
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      • Bitter Root ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Bitter Root was located in Ravalli County
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      • Bitterroot Court
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Bitterroot Court is located in Ravalli County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitterroot Court
  • Sanders County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Grant Creek) 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 Grant Creek, 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.