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Nearest Communities to Kippen,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 starting from Kippen.<1>

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

Kippen is located in Toole County.

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Toole County: Glacier, Liberty & Pondera.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Kippen. Of these communities, 8 are located in counties other than Toole 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 Kippen (which is Toole 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 Kippen

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

  • Toole County   (where Kippen resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.toolecountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Toole:   Shelby
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kippen   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kippen.
      • Ferdig
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Ferdig is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferdig
      • Oilmont
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • McDermott ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • McDermott is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDermott
      • Ohio Camp
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Ohio Camp is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio Camp
      • Gold Butte
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Gold Butte is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Butte
      • Kevin
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Sunburst
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Dunkirk
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Dunkirk is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
      • Aloe
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Aloe is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloe
      • Devon
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Devon is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devon
      • Shelby
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Virden
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Virden is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virden
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Galata
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Sweet Grass
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Sweet Grass is located in Toole County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Grass
        • Rim Rock Colony
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Rim Rock Colony is located in Toole County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rim Rock Colony
        • Hillside Colony
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Hillside Colony is located in Toole County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Colony
        • Naismith
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Naismith is located in Toole County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naismith
        • Ethridge
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Demers ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Demers is located in Toole County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Demers
  • Glacier County
  • Liberty County
    • County Website:   https://www.libertycountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Liberty:   Chester
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kippen   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kippen.
      • Eagle Creek Colony
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Eagle Creek Colony is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Creek Colony
      • Whitlash
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Hill
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Hill is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
      • Old Banks Place
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Old Banks Place is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Banks Place
      • Lothair
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Lothair is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lothair
      • Tiber
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Tiber is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiber
  • Pondera 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Kippen) 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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