RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Montana >> Lewis and Clark County >> Mike Horse >> Nearby CommunitiesIndex...

Nearest Communities to Mike Horse,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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 west 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 starting from Mike Horse.<1>

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


Although our information shows that the community of Mike Horse is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Lewis and Clark County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lewis and Clark County: Broadwater, Cascade, Flathead, Jefferson, Meagher, Powell & Teton.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 49 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Mike Horse. Of these communities, 12 are located in counties other than Lewis and Clark 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 Mike Horse (which is Lewis and Clark 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 Mike Horse

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

  • Lewis and Clark County   (where Mike Horse resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.lccountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Lewis and Clark:   Helena
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mike Horse   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mike Horse.
      • Silver King ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Silver King is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver King
      • Strom
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Strom is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strom
      • Wilborn
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Wilborn is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilborn
      • Wolf Creek
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Sieben
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Sieben is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sieben
      • Canyon Creek
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Lincoln
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Atlantic City ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Atlantic City is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic City
      • Dearborn Crossing ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Dearborn Crossing is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearborn Crossing
        • Dearborn Crossing has also been known as:
        • Dearborn City
        • Dearborn
      • Craig
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Lower Ellis Place
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Lower Ellis Place is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Ellis Place
      • Gloster
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Gloster is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloster
      • Continue List   (25 more) ...
        • Trinity ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Trinity is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
        • Clemons ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Clemons is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
        • Upper Ellis Place
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Upper Ellis Place is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Ellis Place
        • Marysville ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Dennison ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Dennison is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
        • Bald Butte
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Bald Butte is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Butte
        • Silver City
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Silver City is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
        • Copper Camp ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Copper Camp is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Camp
        • La Chapelle Place
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • La Chapelle Place is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Chapelle Place
        • Frost ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Frost is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
        • Milford Colony
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Milford Colony is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Colony
        • Ferris ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Ferris is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
        • Gearing
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Gearing is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gearing
        • Belmont ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Belmont is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
        • Old Weiss And French Place
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Birdseye
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Birdseye is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
        • Skyline
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Skyline is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
        • Weed
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Weed is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed
        • Austin
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Austin is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
        • Iron
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Iron is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron
        • Nelson
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Nelson is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
        • Tobin
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Tobin is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobin
        • Evergreen Court
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Evergreen Court is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Court
        • Fort Harrison
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Seven Mile ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Seven Mile is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile
  • Cascade County
  • Powell County
    • County Website:   https://www.powellcountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Powell:   Deer Lodge
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mike Horse   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mike Horse.
      • Keiley
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Keiley is located in Powell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiley
      • Finn
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Finn is located in Powell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finn
      • Blackfoot City ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Blackfoot City is located in Powell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot City
      • Mannix
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Mannix is located in Powell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannix
      • Quigley
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Quigley is located in Powell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quigley
      • Blossburg
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Blossburg is located in Powell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossburg
      • McGillvary
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • McGillvary is located in Powell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGillvary
      • McDonald
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • McDonald is located in Powell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
      • Coughlin
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Coughlin is located in Powell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coughlin
      • Helmville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mike Horse) 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 Mike Horse, 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.