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Nearest Communities to Great Falls,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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.

Please note 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.

Great Falls is located in Cascade County and is the County Seat.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cascade County: Chouteau, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Meagher & Teton.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 76 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Great Falls. Of these communities, 16 are located in counties other than Cascade 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 Great Falls (which is Cascade 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 Great Falls

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

  • Cascade County   (where Great Falls resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.cascadecountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Cascade:   Great Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Great Falls   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Great Falls.
      • Boston Heights ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
        • Boston Heights is located in Cascade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Heights
      • Black Eagle
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Little Chicago ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
        • Little Chicago is located in Cascade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chicago
      • Smelter Hill
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
        • Smelter Hill is located in Cascade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelter Hill
      • Johnstown ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • Johnstown is located in Cascade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
      • Countryside Village
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
        • Countryside Village is located in Cascade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside Village
      • North Great Falls ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • North Great Falls is located in Cascade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Great Falls
      • Gibson Flats
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Gibson Flats is located in Cascade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Flats
      • Emerson Junction
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Emerson Junction is located in Cascade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson Junction
      • Watson ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Watson is located in Cascade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
      • Rainbow
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Rainbow is located in Cascade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
      • Fields
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Fields is located in Cascade County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
      • Continue List   (48 more) ...
        • Flood ‑ Historic
          (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Flood is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flood
        • Donovan Park ‑ Historic
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
          • Donovan Park is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donovan Park
        • Cooper
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
          • Cooper is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
        • Gerber
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Gerber is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerber
        • Sheffels
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Sheffels is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffels
        • Big Stone Colony
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
          • Big Stone Colony is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Stone Colony
        • Manchester
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Number Seven
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Number Seven is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Number Seven
        • Sand Coulee
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Tracy
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Tracy is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
        • Sun Prairie
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
          • Sun Prairie is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
        • Box Elder ‑ Historic
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
          • Box Elder is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder
        • Salem
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
          • Salem is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
        • Stockett
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Ulm
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Benton Lake ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
          • Benton Lake is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Lake
        • Portage
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Portage is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
        • Truly
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Truly is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truly
        • Vaughn
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Fife
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • Fife is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fife
        • Rogers
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
          • Rogers is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
        • Giffen
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
          • Giffen is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giffen
        • Pleasant Valley Colony
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Belt Creek
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Belt Creek is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belt Creek
        • Garrison ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Garrison is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
        • Wayne
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Wayne is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
        • Eden
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Castner Falls
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Castner Falls is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castner Falls
        • Fair Haven Colony
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Fair Haven Colony is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven Colony
        • Riverdale
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Riverdale is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
        • Gordon
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Gordon is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
        • Belt
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Belt is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belt
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belt <3>
        • Three Forks
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Three Forks is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
        • Belton ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Belton is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belton
        • Armington
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Sun River
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Armington Junction
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Saint Clair ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Saint Clair is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
        • Calvert
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Calvert is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert
        • Evans
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Evans is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
        • Ashuelot
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Ashuelot is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashuelot
        • Fort Shaw
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Blythe
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Blythe is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythe
        • Cascade
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Cascade Colony
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Cascade Colony is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Colony
        • Riceville
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Riceville is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
        • Albright ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Albright is located in Cascade County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albright
        • Simms
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Chouteau County
  • Judith Basin County
  • Teton County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Great Falls) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.