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Nearest Communities to Howard,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

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

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

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

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rosebud County: Big Horn, Custer, Garfield, Musselshell, Petroleum, Powder River, Treasure & Yellowstone.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 29 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Howard. Of these communities, 9 are located in counties other than Rosebud 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 Howard (which is Rosebud 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 Howard

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

  • Rosebud County   (where Howard resides)
    • County Seat for Rosebud:   Forsyth
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Howard   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Howard.
      • Finch
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Finch have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
        • Finch is located in Rosebud County
      • Nichols
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nichols have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
        • Nichols is located in Rosebud County
      • Cold Spring
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
        • Cold Spring is located in Rosebud County
      • Vananda
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vananda have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vananda
        • Vananda is located in Rosebud County
      • Forsyth
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Forsyth. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forsyth
        • Forsyth is located in Rosebud County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forsyth <6>
      • Porcupine ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porcupine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porcupine
        • Porcupine is located in Rosebud County
      • Orinoco
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orinoco have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orinoco
        • Orinoco is located in Rosebud County
      • Flynn
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flynn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn
        • Flynn is located in Rosebud County
      • Ahles
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ahles have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ahles
        • Ahles is located in Rosebud County
      • Albright ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albright have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albright
        • Albright is located in Rosebud County
      • Cartersville
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cartersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
        • Cartersville is located in Rosebud County
      • Rosebud
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
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        • Thebes
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thebes have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
          • Thebes is located in Rosebud County
        • Hopsonville ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hopsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopsonville
          • Hopsonville is located in Rosebud County
        • Sabra ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sabra have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabra
          • Sabra is located in Rosebud County
        • Castle Rock ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rock
          • Castle Rock is located in Rosebud County
        • Joppa
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joppa have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
          • Joppa is located in Rosebud County
        • Thurlow
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thurlow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurlow
          • Thurlow is located in Rosebud County
        • Colstrip
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Ingomar
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Big Horn County
  • Treasure County
    • County Seat for Treasure:   Hysham
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Howard   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Howard.
      • Sanders
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders
        • Sanders is located in Treasure County
      • Hysham
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hysham have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hysham
        • Hysham is located in Treasure County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 307 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hysham <6>
      • Myers
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Myers. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
        • Myers is located in Treasure County
      • Burnt Creek ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnt Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Creek
        • Burnt Creek is located in Treasure County
      • Rancher ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rancher have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancher
        • Rancher is located in Treasure County
      • Etchetah ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Etchetah have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etchetah
        • Etchetah is located in Treasure County
      • Bighorn
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Kurtzville ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kurtzville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtzville
        • Kurtzville is located in Treasure 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- Howard) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Howard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2544, Longitude: -106.9289       In this case, the coordinates for Howard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Howard, 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>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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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