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Nearest Communities to Lakeview,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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 from Lakeview.<1>

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


Although our information shows that the community of Lakeview is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Valley County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Valley County: Daniels, Garfield, McCone, Phillips & Roosevelt.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 30 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lakeview. Of these communities, 4 are located in counties other than Valley 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 Lakeview (which is Valley 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 Lakeview

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

  • Valley County   (where Lakeview resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.valleycountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Valley:   Glasgow
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lakeview   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lakeview.
      • Delano Heights ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the north)
        • Delano Heights is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano Heights
      • Wheeler
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
        • Wheeler is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
      • Minot ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
        • Minot is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minot
      • Fort Peck
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • New Deal ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • New Deal is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Deal
      • Square Deal ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Square Deal is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Square Deal
      • Free Deal ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Free Deal is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Deal
      • Park Dale ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Park Dale is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Dale
      • Park Grove
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Park Grove is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Grove
      • Idlewile ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Idlewile is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewile
      • Lismas ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Lismas is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lismas
      • Whately
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Whately is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whately
      • Continue List   (14 more) ...
        • Nashua
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Wiota ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Wiota is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
        • Glasgow
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Kintyre
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Kintyre is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kintyre
        • Paisley
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Paisley is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisley
        • Kaiver ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Kaiver is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaiver
        • Frazer
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Riverside ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Riverside is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
        • Rose Hill ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Rose Hill is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
        • Tampico
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Tampico is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tampico
        • Saint Marie
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Oswego
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Oswego is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego
        • Murray Place
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Murray Place is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray Place
        • Vandalia
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Garfield County
  • McCone County
    • County Website:   https://mcconecountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for McCone:   Circle
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lakeview   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lakeview.
      • Cactus Flat ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Cactus Flat is located in McCone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Flat
      • McCone City ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • McCone City is located in McCone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCone City
      • Pearmond ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Pearmond is located in McCone County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearmond

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- Lakeview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Lakeview, 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.