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Nearest Communities to Manicke,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Please note 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.

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

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lincoln County: Bonner (ID), Boundary (ID), Flathead & Sanders.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 26 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Manicke. Of these communities, 17 are located in counties other than Lincoln 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 Manicke (which is Lincoln 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 Manicke

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

  • Lincoln County   (where Manicke resides)
    • County Website:   https://lincolncountymt.us/
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   Libby
    • Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Manicke   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Manicke.
      • Happys Inn
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Happys Inn is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happys Inn
      • Scotchville ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Scotchville is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchville
      • Jennings
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Jennings is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
      • Pioneer Junction
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Pioneer Junction is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Junction
      • White Haven
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • White Haven is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Haven
      • Ripley ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Ripley is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
      • Libby
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Libby is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libby
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,845 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Libby <4>
      • Green Acres
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Green Acres is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
      • Yarnell
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Yarnell is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarnell
  • Flathead County
  • Sanders County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.sanders.mt.us/
    • County Seat for Sanders:   Thompson Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Manicke   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Manicke.
      • Bend
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Bend is located in Sanders County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend
      • Trout Creek
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Childs
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Childs is located in Sanders County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
      • Larchwood
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Larchwood is located in Sanders County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larchwood
      • Tuscor
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Tuscor is located in Sanders County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscor
      • White Pine
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • White Pine is located in Sanders County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Pine
      • Noxon
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Talc
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Talc is located in Sanders County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talc
      • Smead ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Smead is located in Sanders County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smead
      • Belknap
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Belknap is located in Sanders County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap
      • Shannonville ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Shannonville is located in Sanders County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannonville
      • Snider
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Snider is located in Sanders County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider
      • Thompson Falls
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Heron
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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- Manicke) 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 Manicke, 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.