Nearest Communities to Kershaw,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Kershaw, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Kershaw:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Kershaw.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Kershaw is located in Chouteau County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chouteau County: Blaine, Cascade, Fergus, Hill, Judith Basin, Liberty, Pondera & Teton.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 44 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Kershaw. Of these communities, 14 are located in counties other than Chouteau 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 Kershaw (which is Chouteau 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 Kershaw
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Chouteau County (where Kershaw resides)
- County Website: https://co.chouteau.mt.us/
- County Seat for Chouteau: Fort Benton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kershaw ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kershaw.
- Fort Benton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tunis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tunis is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
- Pleasant Valley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Carter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Chappell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Chappell is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappell
- Loma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ophir ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ophir is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Big Sag
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Big Sag is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sag
- Patterson ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Patterson is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
- Shonkin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shonkin is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shonkin
- Floweree
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lander Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lander Crossing is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lander Crossing
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Highwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Shepherd Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shepherd Crossing is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd Crossing
- Colony Bay ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Colony Bay is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Bay
- Montague
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Montague is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague
- Lippard
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lippard is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lippard
- Waltham
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Waltham is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltham
- Pack and Lacey Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Russell ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Russell is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Stranahan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Stranahan is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stranahan
- Woods Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Woods Crossing is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Crossing
- Virgelle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Virgelle is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgelle
- Geraldine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Inga ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Inga is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inga
- Genou ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Genou is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genou
- Coal Banks Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coal Banks Landing is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Banks Landing
- Kenilworth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kenilworth is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenilworth
- Lonetree ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lonetree is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonetree
- Aznoe ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Aznoe is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aznoe
- Cascade County
- County Website: https://www.cascadecountymt.gov/
- County Seat for Cascade: Great Falls
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kershaw ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kershaw.
- Belt Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Belt Creek is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belt Creek
- Portage
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Portage is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Rogers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rogers is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Salem
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Salem is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Sheffels
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sheffels is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffels
- Wayne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wayne is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
- Cooper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cooper is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Fife
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fife is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fife
- Benton Lake ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Benton Lake is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Lake
- Rainbow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rainbow is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
- Box Elder ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Box Elder is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder
- Watson ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Watson is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Belt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Liberty County
- County Website: https://www.libertycountymt.gov/
- County Seat for Liberty: Chester
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kershaw ...
- Riverview Colony
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Riverview Colony is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Colony
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Kershaw) 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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