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Nearest Communities to McClain,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from McClain.<1>

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


McClain is located in Missoula County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Missoula County: Clearwater (ID), Idaho (ID), Flathead, Granite, Lake, Mineral, Powell, Ravalli & Sanders.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 78 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of McClain. Of these communities, 33 are located in counties other than Missoula 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 McClain (which is Missoula 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 McClain

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

  • Missoula County   (where McClain resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.missoulacounty.us/
    • County Seat for Missoula:   Missoula
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to McClain   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from McClain.
      • Carlton
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
        • Carlton is located in Missoula County
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      • Cozy Court
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Cozy Court is located in Missoula County
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      • Lolo
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Orchard Homes
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Orchard Homes is located in Missoula County
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      • Yukon Saddle
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Yukon Saddle is located in Missoula County
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      • Hell Gate ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Hell Gate is located in Missoula County
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      • Missoula
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Travois Village
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Travois Village is located in Missoula County
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      • East Missoula
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • East Missoula is located in Missoula County
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      • Westview Park
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Westview Park is located in Missoula County
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      • Bonner Junction
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Bonner Junction is located in Missoula County
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      • Carols Court
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Carols Court is located in Missoula County
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      • Continue List   (33 more) ...
        • Milltown
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Piltzville
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Piltzville is located in Missoula County
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        • Pinegrove
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Pinegrove is located in Missoula County
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        • Turah
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Turah is located in Missoula County
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        • West Riverside
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • West Riverside is located in Missoula County
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        • De Smet
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
          • De Smet is located in Missoula County
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        • Primrose
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
          • Primrose is located in Missoula County
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        • Bonner
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Mountain View Court
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Mountain View Court is located in Missoula County
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        • Grass Valley
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • Grass Valley is located in Missoula County
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        • Clinton
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Grant Creek ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Grant Creek is located in Missoula County
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        • Wye
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Schilling
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Schilling is located in Missoula County
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        • Nagos
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Nagos is located in Missoula County
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        • Miller
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Miller is located in Missoula County
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        • Iris
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Iris is located in Missoula County
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        • Ardrum ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Ardrum is located in Missoula County
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        • Lolo Hot Springs
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Lolo Hot Springs is located in Missoula County
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        • Evaro
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Evaro is located in Missoula County
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        • Frenchtown
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Twin Creeks
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Twin Creeks is located in Missoula County
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        • McNamara
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • McNamara is located in Missoula County
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        • Shangville ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Shangville is located in Missoula County
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        • Huson
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Stovepipe ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Stovepipe is located in Missoula County
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        • Potomac
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Potomac is located in Missoula County
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        • Lothrop
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Lothrop is located in Missoula County
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        • Ninemile
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Ninemile is located in Missoula County
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        • Six Mile ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Six Mile is located in Missoula County
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        • Soudan
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Soudan is located in Missoula County
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        • Schley
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Schley is located in Missoula County
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        • Copper Cliff ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Copper Cliff is located in Missoula County
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  • Granite County
    • County Website:   https://www.granitecountymt.us/
    • County Seat for Granite:   Philipsburg
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to McClain   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from McClain.
      • Eightmile Saddle
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Eightmile Saddle is located in Granite County
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      • Quigley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Quigley is located in Granite County
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      • Ravenna
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Ravenna is located in Granite County
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      • Baird ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Baird is located in Granite County
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      • Nimrod
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Nimrod is located in Granite County
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      • Byrne
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Byrne is located in Granite County
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  • Mineral County
  • Ravalli County
    • County Website:   https://ravalli.us/
    • County Seat for Ravalli:   Hamilton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to McClain   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from McClain.
      • Bitterroot Pines
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Bitterroot Pines is located in Ravalli County
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      • Florence
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Sweeney Creek ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Sweeney Creek is located in Ravalli County
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      • Kenspur
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Kenspur is located in Ravalli County
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      • Eight Mile ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Eight Mile is located in Ravalli County
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      • Bitter Root ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Bitter Root is located in Ravalli County
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      • Apple Blossom Court
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Apple Blossom Court is located in Ravalli County
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      • Bitterroot Court
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Bitterroot Court is located in Ravalli County
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      • Stevensville
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Mountain Shadows Estates
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Cinnabar Court
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Cinnabar Court is located in Ravalli County
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      • Bell Crossing
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Bell Crossing is located in Ravalli County
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      • Continue List   (14 more) ...
        • Bing
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Bing is located in Ravalli County
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        • Burnt Fork ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Burnt Fork is located in Ravalli County
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        • Etna ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Etna is located in Ravalli County
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        • Victor Crossing
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Victor Crossing is located in Ravalli County
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        • Victor
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Tucker
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Tucker is located in Ravalli County
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        • Cobb
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Cobb is located in Ravalli County
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        • Pinesdale
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Quast
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Quast is located in Ravalli County
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        • Corvallis
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Dutch Hill ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Dutch Hill is located in Ravalli County
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        • Woodside Crossing
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Woodside Crossing is located in Ravalli County
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        • Woodside
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Woodside is located in Ravalli County
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        • Riverside
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Riverside is located in Ravalli County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside

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- McClain) 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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