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Nearest Communities to McDermott,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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


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

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Toole County: Glacier, Liberty & Pondera.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 19 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of McDermott. Of these communities, 5 are located in counties other than Toole 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 McDermott (which is Toole 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 McDermott

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

  • Toole County   (where McDermott resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.toolecountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Toole:   Shelby
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to McDermott   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from McDermott.
      • Gold Butte
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Gold Butte is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Butte
      • Kippen
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Kippen is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kippen
      • Ferdig
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Ferdig is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferdig
      • Ohio Camp
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Ohio Camp is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohio Camp
      • Sunburst
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Oilmont
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Sweet Grass
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Sweet Grass is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Grass
      • Kevin
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Hillside Colony
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Hillside Colony is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Colony
      • Rim Rock Colony
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Rim Rock Colony is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rim Rock Colony
      • Aloe
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Aloe is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloe
      • Demers ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Demers is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Demers
      • Devon
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Devon is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devon
      • Dunkirk
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Dunkirk is located in Toole County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
  • Liberty County
    • County Website:   https://www.libertycountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Liberty:   Chester
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to McDermott   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from McDermott.
      • Whitlash
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Old Banks Place
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Old Banks Place is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Banks Place
      • Hill
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Hill is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
      • Eagle Creek Colony
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Eagle Creek Colony is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Creek Colony
      • Sage Creek Colony
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Sage Creek Colony is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Creek Colony

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 from Point A (ie- McDermott) 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 McDermott, 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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