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Nearest Communities to Kalispell,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.<1>

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

Kalispell is located in Flathead County and is the County Seat.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Flathead County: Glacier, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Missoula, Pondera, Powell, Sanders & Teton.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 68 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Kalispell. Of these communities, 16 are located in counties other than Flathead 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 Kalispell (which is Flathead 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 Kalispell

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

  • Flathead County   (where Kalispell resides)
    • County Website:   https://flatheadcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Flathead:   Kalispell
    • Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kalispell   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kalispell.
      • Duncan ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
        • Duncan was located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
      • Meadow Manor Incorporated
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Parkdale ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the north)
        • Parkdale was located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
      • Northridge Heights
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
        • Northridge Heights is also located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge Heights
      • Mar-Le Villa
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
        • Mar-Le Villa is also located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Le Villa
      • Ashley ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
        • Ashley was located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
      • Evergreen
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Ridgewood Terrace
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Ridgewood Terrace is also located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Terrace
      • Demersville ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Demersville was located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Demersville
      • Rose Crossing
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Rose Crossing is also located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Crossing
      • Batavia
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Batavia is also located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
      • Forest Hill Village
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Forest Hill Village is also located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Village
      • Continue List   (40 more) ...
        • Creston
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Jessup
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
          • Jessup is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessup
        • La Salle
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
          • La Salle is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Salle
        • Kila
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Rhodes
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Somers
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Lazy Day Court
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
          • Lazy Day Court is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Day Court
        • Big Sky Colonial Manor
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Big Sky Colonial Manor is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sky Colonial Manor
        • Holt
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Holt is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
        • Halfmoon
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Columbia Falls
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Pine Park
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Pine Park is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Park
        • Lakeside
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Negro Prairie ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
          • Negro Prairie was located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Negro Prairie
        • Happy Haven
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • Happy Haven is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Haven
        • Round Prairie
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • Round Prairie is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Prairie
        • Whitefish
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Bigfork
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Mud Lake ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Mud Lake was located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Lake
        • Ramsey ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
          • Ramsey was located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
        • Conkelley
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Conkelley is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conkelley
        • Swan River ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Swan River was located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan River
        • Hungry Horse
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • South Fork ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • South Fork was located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
        • Wagsmith Villa ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Wagsmith Villa was located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagsmith Villa
        • Bear Creek Village
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Ferndale
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Ferndale is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
        • Marion
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Vista
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Vista is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
        • Martin City
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Coram
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Lupfer
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Lupfer is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupfer
        • Pine Prairie
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Pine Prairie is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Prairie
        • Canyon Creek Boat Landing
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • West Glacier
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Apgar
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Apgar is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apgar
        • Olney
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Hog Heaven ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Hog Heaven was located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Heaven
        • Nyack
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Nyack is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyack
        • Quintonkon
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Quintonkon is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintonkon
  • Lake County
  • Sanders County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kalispell) 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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