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Nearest Communities to Kila,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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.

Kila is located in Flathead County.

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 Kila. Of these communities, 20 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 Kila (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 Kila

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

  • Flathead County   (where Kila 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 Kila   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kila.
      • Batavia
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Batavia is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
      • Ashley ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Ashley is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
      • Kalispell
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Mar-Le Villa
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Mar-Le Villa is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Le Villa
      • Northridge Heights
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Northridge Heights is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge Heights
      • Demersville ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Demersville is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Demersville
      • Forest Hill Village
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Forest Hill Village is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Village
      • Duncan ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Duncan is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
      • Meadow Manor Incorporated
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Parkdale ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Parkdale is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
      • Marion
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Somers
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Continue List   (36 more) ...
        • Rhodes
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Evergreen
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Ridgewood Terrace
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Ridgewood Terrace is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Terrace
        • Rose Crossing
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Rose Crossing is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Crossing
        • Lakeside
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Pine Prairie
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
          • Pine Prairie is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Prairie
        • Creston
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Holt
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Holt is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
        • Jessup
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Jessup is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessup
        • La Salle
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • La Salle is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Salle
        • Bigfork
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Swan River ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Swan River is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan River
        • Round Prairie
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Round Prairie is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Prairie
        • Negro Prairie ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Negro Prairie is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Negro Prairie
        • Whitefish
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Big Sky Colonial Manor
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Halfmoon
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Lazy Day Court
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Lazy Day Court is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Day Court
        • Ferndale
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Ferndale is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
        • Mud Lake ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Mud Lake is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Lake
        • Happy Haven
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Happy Haven is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Haven
        • Ramsey ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Ramsey is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
        • Columbia Falls
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Pine Park
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Pine Park is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Park
        • Hog Heaven ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Hog Heaven is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Heaven
        • Bear Creek Village
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Vista
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Vista is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
        • Conkelley
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Conkelley is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conkelley
        • Lupfer
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Lupfer is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupfer
        • Hungry Horse
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • South Fork ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • South Fork is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
        • Wagsmith Villa ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Wagsmith Villa is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagsmith Villa
        • Martin City
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Yakt ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Yakt is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yakt
        • Coram
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Olney
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • 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- Kila) 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.