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Nearest Communities to Ledger,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 starting from Ledger.<1>

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

Ledger is located in Pondera County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pondera County: Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Rosebud, Campbell (WY), Crook (WY) & Sheridan (WY).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 44 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ledger. Of these communities, 20 are located in counties other than Pondera 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 Ledger (which is Pondera 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 Ledger

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

  • Pondera County   (where Ledger resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.ponderacountymontana.org/
    • County Seat for Pondera:   Conrad
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ledger   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ledger.
      • Fowler
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Fowler is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
      • Conrad
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Manson
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Manson is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
      • Belgian Colony ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Belgian Colony is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgian Colony
      • Midway ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Midway is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Lone Tree ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Lone Tree is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Tree
      • Williams
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Williams is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
      • Wingina ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Wingina is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingina
      • Brady
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Erickson ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Erickson is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erickson
      • Sollid ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Sollid is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sollid
      • Gallup City
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Gallup City is located in Pondera County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup City
      • Continue List   (12 more) ...
        • Valier
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Abbott Lake ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Abbott Lake is located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott Lake
        • East Community
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • East Community is located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Community
        • New Miami Colony
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • New Miami Colony is located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miami Colony
        • Blair Crossing
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Blair Crossing is located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Crossing
        • Broadhead ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Broadhead is located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadhead
        • Kuka Crossing
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Kuka Crossing is located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuka Crossing
        • Pondera Colony
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Pondera Colony is located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondera Colony
        • Aubrey Crossing
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Aubrey Crossing is located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey Crossing
        • Shields Crossing
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Shields Crossing is located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields Crossing
        • Birch Creek Colony
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Birch Creek Colony is located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch Creek Colony
        • Kingsbury Colony
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Kingsbury Colony is located in Pondera County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury Colony
  • Chouteau County
  • Liberty County
  • Teton County
  • Toole 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ledger) 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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