Nearest Communities to Higgins,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Higgins, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Higgins:
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 from Higgins.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Higgins is located in Meagher County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Meagher County: Broadwater, Cascade, Gallatin, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Park, Sweet Grass & Wheatland.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 39 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Higgins. Of these communities, 12 are located in counties other than Meagher 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 Higgins (which is Meagher 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 Higgins
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Meagher County (where Higgins resides)
- County Website: https://www.meagherco.com/
- County Seat for Meagher: White Sulphur Springs
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Higgins ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Higgins.
- Hamen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hamen is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamen
- Ford Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ford Place is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Place
- Ringling
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Loweth
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Loweth is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loweth
- Staley Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Staley Place is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staley Place
- Bruce Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bruce Place is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce Place
- Moss Agate
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moss Agate is located in Meagher County
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- Tyman Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tyman Place is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyman Place
- Moyne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Moyne is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyne
- Bill Bracket Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bill Bracket Place is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bill Bracket Place
- Bruno
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bruno is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
- Castle Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Castle Town is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Town
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lennep
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lennep is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lennep
- Robinson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Robinson is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Calkins ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Calkins is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calkins
- Sixteen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sixteen is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixteen
- Lebo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lebo is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebo
- Springdale Colony
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Springdale Colony is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Colony
- Groveland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Groveland is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- White Sulphur Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Checkerboard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Checkerboard is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Checkerboard
- Langford City ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Langford City is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langford City
- Martinsdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Buckingham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buckingham is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- Gauglersville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gauglersville is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gauglersville
- Manger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Manger is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manger
- Findon ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Findon is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Findon
- Gallatin County
- County Website: https://www.gallatinmt.gov/
- County Seat for Gallatin: Bozeman
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Higgins ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Higgins.
- Francis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Francis is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
- Sedan
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sedan is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Maudlow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Maudlow is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maudlow
- Deer Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Park is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Gallop ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gallop is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallop
- Menard Wye
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Menard Wye is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menard Wye
- Menard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Menard is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menard
- Park County
- County Website: https://www.parkcounty.org/
- County Seat for Park: Livingston
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Higgins ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Higgins.
- Meyersburg ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Meyersburg is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meyersburg
- Wilsall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Shields
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Shields is located in Park County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
- Clyde Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wheatland County
- County Website: https://www.wheatlandchamber.com/
- County Seat for Wheatland: Harlowton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Higgins ...
- Martinsdale Colony
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsdale Colony is located in Wheatland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsdale Colony
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Higgins) 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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