Nearest Communities to Knobs,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Knobs, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Knobs:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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 starting from Knobs.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Knobs is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Fallon County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fallon County: Carter, Custer, Prairie, Wibaux, Bowman (ND), Golden Valley (ND), Slope (ND) & Harding (SD).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 18 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Knobs. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than Fallon 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 Knobs (which is Fallon 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 Knobs
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Fallon County (where Knobs resides)
- County Seat for Fallon: Baker
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Fallon County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Fallon County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Fallon County
- Nearest Communities to Knobs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Knobs.
- Webster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Willard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Willard is located in Fallon County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willard <5>
- Baker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baker have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Baker is located in Fallon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,897 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker <5>
- Carter County
- County Seat for Carter: Ekalaka
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Carter County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Carter County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Carter County
- Nearest Communities to Knobs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Knobs.
- Mill Iron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Midland ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - Elgin ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Ekalaka
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ekalaka have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekalaka
- Ekalaka is located in Carter County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ekalaka <5>
- Belltower
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Pershing ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Prairie Dale ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Dale
- Prairie Dale is located in Carter County
- Bowman County
- County Seat for Bowman: Bowman (ND)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of North Dakota
- Bowman County
- From Family Search:
- State of North Dakota
- Bowman County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of North Dakota
- Bowman County
- Nearest Communities to Knobs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Knobs.
- Ives
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast) - Rhame
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rhame have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhame
- Rhame is located in Bowman County (ND)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rhame <5>
- Griffin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Slope County
- County Seat for Slope: Amidon (ND)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of North Dakota
- Slope County
- From Family Search:
- State of North Dakota
- Slope County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of North Dakota
- Slope County
- Nearest Communities to Knobs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Knobs.
- Marmarth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marmarth have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmarth
- Marmarth is located in Slope County (ND)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marmarth <5>
- Mazda
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Harding County
- County Seat for Harding: Buffalo (SD)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of South Dakota
- Harding County
- From Family Search:
- State of South Dakota
- Harding County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of South Dakota
- Harding County
- Nearest Communities to Knobs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Knobs.
- Karinen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - Ladner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - Camp Crook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Crook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Crook
- Camp Crook is located in Harding County (SD)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camp Crook <5>
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- Knobs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Knobs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.9842, Longitude: -104.0877 In this case, the coordinates for Knobs 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 Knobs, 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |