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Nearest Communities to Lay Settlement,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 from Lay Settlement.<1>

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


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

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Gallatin County: Fremont (ID), Broadwater, Jefferson, Madison, Meagher, Park, Park (WY) & Teton (WY).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 115 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lay Settlement. Of these communities, 39 are located in counties other than Gallatin 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 Lay Settlement (which is Gallatin 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 Lay Settlement

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

  • Gallatin County   (where Lay Settlement resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.gallatinmt.gov/
    • County Seat for Gallatin:   Bozeman
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lay Settlement   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lay Settlement.
      • Blackwood
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
        • Blackwood is located in Gallatin County
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      • Balmont
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Balmont is located in Gallatin County
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      • Gallatin Gateway Inn Park
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Gallatin Gateway
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Atkins
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Atkins is located in Gallatin County
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      • Country Court
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Country Court is located in Gallatin County
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      • Gilroy
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Gilroy is located in Gallatin County
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      • Matthews
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Matthews is located in Gallatin County
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      • Patterson
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Patterson is located in Gallatin County
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      • Four Corners
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Four Corners is located in Gallatin County
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      • King Arthur Park
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • King Arthur Park is located in Gallatin County
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      • Korner Kourt
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Korner Kourt is located in Gallatin County
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        • Monforton ‑ Historic
          (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
          • Monforton is located in Gallatin County
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        • Reasville ‑ Historic
          (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
          • Reasville is located in Gallatin County
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        • Little Bear ‑ Historic
          (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
          • Little Bear is located in Gallatin County
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        • West College Park
          (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
          • West College Park is located in Gallatin County
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        • Greenwood
          (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
          • Greenwood is located in Gallatin County
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        • Sheds ‑ Historic
          (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
          • Sheds is located in Gallatin County
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        • Dogtown ‑ Historic
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
          • Dogtown is located in Gallatin County
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        • Middle Creek ‑ Historic
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
          • Middle Creek is located in Gallatin County
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        • Kerns
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
          • Kerns is located in Gallatin County
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        • Bisel
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Bisel is located in Gallatin County
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        • Bozeman
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Catron
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Catron is located in Gallatin County
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        • West Gallatin
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
          • West Gallatin is located in Gallatin County
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        • Cowan
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
          • Cowan is located in Gallatin County
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        • Story
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
          • Story is located in Gallatin County
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        • Lux
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Lux is located in Gallatin County
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        • Springhill Park
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Springhill Park is located in Gallatin County
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        • Holland
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Holland is located in Gallatin County
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        • Anceney
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
          • Anceney is located in Gallatin County
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        • Belgrade
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Camona
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
          • Camona is located in Gallatin County
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        • Vincent
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Vincent is located in Gallatin County
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        • Wisner Crossing
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
          • Wisner Crossing is located in Gallatin County
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        • Lower Bridger ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Lower Bridger is located in Gallatin County
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        • Walker ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Walker is located in Gallatin County
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        • Amsterdam - Churchill
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Amsterdam - Churchill is located in Gallatin County
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        • Arnold
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Arnold is located in Gallatin County
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        • Churchill
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Churchill is located in Gallatin County
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        • Westlake
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Westlake is located in Gallatin County
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        • Chestnut
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • Chestnut is located in Gallatin County
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        • Busch
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
          • Busch is located in Gallatin County
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        • Nelsons Crossing ‑ Historic
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
          • Nelsons Crossing is located in Gallatin County
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        • Powers
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
          • Powers is located in Gallatin County
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        • Amsterdam
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Belgrade Junction
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Belgrade Junction is located in Gallatin County
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        • Storrs ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
          • Storrs is located in Gallatin County
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        • Upper Bridger ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Upper Bridger is located in Gallatin County
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        • Buell
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Buell is located in Gallatin County
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        • West End
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • West End is located in Gallatin County
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        • Springhill
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • Springhill is located in Gallatin County
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        • Thomasville ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • Thomasville is located in Gallatin County
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        • White
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • White is located in Gallatin County
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        • Reese Creek ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Reese Creek is located in Gallatin County
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        • Penwells ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Penwells is located in Gallatin County
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        • Edilou
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Edilou is located in Gallatin County
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        • Bridger
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Bridger is located in Gallatin County
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        • Hillman
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Hillman is located in Gallatin County
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        • Manhattan
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Lower Madison ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Lower Madison is located in Gallatin County
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        • Accola
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Accola is located in Gallatin County
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        • Logan
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Logan is located in Gallatin County
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        • Menard Wye
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Menard Wye is located in Gallatin County
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        • Carpenter
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Carpenter is located in Gallatin County
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        • Big Sky Canyon Village
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Big Sky Meadow Village
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Big Sky
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Gallop ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Gallop is located in Gallatin County
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        • Menard
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Menard is located in Gallatin County
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        • Gallatin ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Gallatin is located in Gallatin County
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        • Jefferson ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Jefferson is located in Gallatin County
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        • Three Forks
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Sedan
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Sedan is located in Gallatin County
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        • Trident
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Trident is located in Gallatin County
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        • Willow Creek
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Broadwater County
  • Madison County
    • County Website:   https://madisoncountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Madison:   Virginia City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lay Settlement   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lay Settlement.
      • Beacon Point
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Beacon Point is located in Madison County
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      • Cowboys Heaven
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Cowboys Heaven is located in Madison County
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      • Red Bluff
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Red Bluff is located in Madison County
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      • Big Sky Mountain Village
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Norris
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Watkins
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Watkins is located in Madison County
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      • Sterling
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Sterling is located in Madison County
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      • Harrison Mill
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Harrison Mill is located in Madison County
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      • McAllister
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Shaws
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Shaws is located in Madison County
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  • Park County
    • County Website:   https://www.parkcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Park:   Livingston
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lay Settlement   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lay Settlement.
      • Hoffman
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Hoffman is located in Park County
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      • Muir
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Muir is located in Park County
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      • Chimney Rock
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Chimney Rock is located in Park County
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      • Hoppers
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Hoppers is located in Park County
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      • Kotke
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Kotke is located in Park County
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      • Chicory
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Chicory is located in Park County
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      • Brisbin
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Brisbin is located in Park County
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      • Dailey ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Dailey is located in Park County
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      • Emigrant
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Merriman
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Merriman is located in Park County
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      • Pray
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Branding Iron Addition
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
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        • Green Acres Addition
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • High Ground Addition
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Livingston
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Minnesota Addition
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Minnesota Addition is located in Park County
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        • Palace Addition
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Palace Addition is located in Park County
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        • Park Addition
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Park Addition is located in Park County
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        • Riverside Addition
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Riverside Addition is located in Park County
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        • Star Addition
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Star Addition is located in Park County
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        • Chico Hot Springs
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Chico Hot Springs is located in Park County
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        • Pine Creek
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Pine Creek is located in Park County
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        • Chico
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Chico is located in Park County
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        • Bensons Landing ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Bensons Landing is located in Park County
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        • Carbella
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Carbella is located in Park County
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        • Miner
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Miner is located in Park County
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        • White City
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • White City is located in Park County
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Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Lay Settlement) 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 Lay Settlement, 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.
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