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Nearest Communities to Mobridge,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 Mobridge is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Fergus County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Fergus County: Blaine, Chouteau, Golden Valley, Judith Basin, Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips & Wheatland.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 23 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Mobridge. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than Fergus 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 Mobridge (which is Fergus 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 Mobridge

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

  • Fergus County   (where Mobridge resides)
    • County Website:   https://fergusmt.gov/
    • County Seat for Fergus:   Lewistown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mobridge   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mobridge.
      • Little Crooked ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Little Crooked is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Crooked
      • Rocky Point ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Rocky Point is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
      • Carroll ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Carroll is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
      • Box Elder ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Box Elder is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder
      • Roy
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Valentine
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Valentine is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
      • Woodhawk ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Woodhawk is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhawk
      • Fergus
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Fergus is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fergus
  • Blaine County
    • County Website:   https://blainecounty-mt.gov/
    • County Seat for Blaine:   Chinook
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mobridge   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mobridge.
      • Power Plant ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Power Plant is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power Plant
      • Cow Island ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Cow Island is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Island
      • Hays
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Pine Grove
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Pine Grove is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
      • Big Warm ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Big Warm is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Warm
      • Dry Lake
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Dry Lake is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Lake
      • Lodge Pole
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Lodge Pole is located in Blaine County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge Pole
  • Petroleum County
  • Phillips County
    • County Seat for Phillips:   Malta
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mobridge   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mobridge.
      • DY Junction
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • DY Junction is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DY Junction
      • Landusky ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Landusky is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landusky
      • Trine ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Trine is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trine
      • Zortman
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Whitcomb ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Whitcomb is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitcomb

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mobridge) 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 Mobridge, 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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