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Nearest Communities to Lakeside,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

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.

Lakeside 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 75 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lakeside. Of these communities, 29 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 Lakeside (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 Lakeside

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

  • Flathead County   (where Lakeside 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 Lakeside   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lakeside.
      • Somers
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Forest Hill Village
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Forest Hill Village is also located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Village
      • Holt
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Holt is also located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
      • Bigfork
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Ferndale
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Ferndale is also located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
      • Demersville ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Demersville was located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Demersville
      • Swan River ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Swan River was located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan River
      • Mar-Le Villa
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Mar-Le Villa is also located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Le Villa
      • Negro Prairie ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Negro Prairie was located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Negro Prairie
      • Bear Creek Village
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Creston
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Meadow Manor Incorporated
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Continue List   (34 more) ...
        • Mud Lake ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Mud Lake was located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Lake
        • Ashley ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Ashley was located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
        • Kila
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Duncan ‑ Historic
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
          • Duncan was located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
        • Jessup
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
          • Jessup is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessup
        • Kalispell
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Evergreen
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Northridge Heights
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • Northridge Heights is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge Heights
        • Parkdale ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • Parkdale was located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
        • Ridgewood Terrace
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • Ridgewood Terrace is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Terrace
        • Batavia
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Batavia is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
        • Rose Crossing
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • Rose Crossing is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Crossing
        • Hog Heaven ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Hog Heaven was located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Heaven
        • La Salle
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • La Salle is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Salle
        • Rhodes
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Marion
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Pine Prairie
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Pine Prairie is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Prairie
        • Quintonkon
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Quintonkon is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintonkon
        • Big Sky Colonial Manor
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Big Sky Colonial Manor is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sky Colonial Manor
        • Columbia Falls
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Lazy Day Court
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Lazy Day Court is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Day Court
        • Pine Park
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Pine Park is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Park
        • Canyon Creek Boat Landing
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • South Fork ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • South Fork was located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
        • Wagsmith Villa ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Wagsmith Villa was located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagsmith Villa
        • Conkelley
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Conkelley is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conkelley
        • Halfmoon
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Hungry Horse
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Happy Haven
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Happy Haven is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Haven
        • Martin City
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Whitefish
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Coram
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Ramsey ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Ramsey was located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
        • Round Prairie
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Round Prairie is also located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Prairie
  • Lake County
  • Sanders County

Footnotes ...

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