Nearest Communities to Nelson,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Nelson, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Nelson:
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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Nelson.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Nelson is located in 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 65 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Nelson. Of these communities, 19 are located in counties other than Lewis and Clark 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 Nelson (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 Nelson
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Lewis and Clark County (where Nelson resides)
- County Website: https://www.lccountymt.gov/
- County Seat for Lewis and Clark: Helena
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Nelson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nelson.
- Old Weiss And French Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- York
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- York is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Vista
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Vista is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
- Lakeside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lakeside is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Dennison ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dennison is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Canyon Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Canyon Ferry is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Ferry
- Daytown ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Daytown is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daytown
- Cavetown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cavetown is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavetown
- Iron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Iron is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron
- Evergreen Court
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Court is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Court
- East Helena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gearing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gearing is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gearing
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- Sieben
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sieben is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sieben
- Wolf Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Four Range
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Four Range is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Range
- Silver City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Helena
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Helena is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 33,737 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helena <3>
- Seven Mile ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Seven Mile is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Mile
- Tobin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tobin is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobin
- Craig
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Birdseye
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Birdseye is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
- Broadwater
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Broadwater is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadwater
- Fort Harrison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kenwood ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kenwood is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Trinity ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Trinity is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Dotsonville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dotsonville is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotsonville
- Canyon Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Blue Cloud ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Cloud is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Cloud
- Austin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Austin is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Park City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Park City is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Unionville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Marysville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Weed
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Weed is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed
- Strom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Strom is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strom
- Skyline
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Skyline is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline
- Gloster
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gloster is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloster
- Wilborn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wilborn is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilborn
- Belmont ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Bald Butte
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bald Butte is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Butte
- Forest Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Heights is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Heights
- Atlantic City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Atlantic City is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic City
- Ferris ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ferris is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Dearborn Crossing ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Mike Horse ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mike Horse is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mike Horse
- Frontier Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Frontier Town is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Town
- Rimini ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rimini is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimini
- Broadwater County
- County Website: https://www.broadwatercountymt.gov/
- County Seat for Broadwater: Townsend
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Nelson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nelson.
- Whites City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whites City is located in Broadwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites City
- Diamond City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Diamond City is located in Broadwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
- Winston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Barker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Barker is located in Broadwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker
- Noble
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Noble is located in Broadwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
- Cascade County
- County Website: https://www.cascadecountymt.gov/
- County Seat for Cascade: Great Falls
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Nelson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nelson.
- Adel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adel is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adel
- Mid Canon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mid Canon is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid Canon
- Millegan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Millegan is located in Cascade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millegan
- Jefferson County
- County Website: https://jeffersoncounty-mt.gov/
- County Seat for Jefferson: Boulder
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Nelson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nelson.
- Clasoil
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Clasoil is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clasoil
- Louisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Louisville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
- Montana City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Clancy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lewiston ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lewiston is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- New Haven ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Haven is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Alhambra
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Alhambra is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alhambra
- Meagher County
- County Website: https://www.meagherco.com/
- County Seat for Meagher: White Sulphur Springs
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Nelson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Nelson.
- Lingshire
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lingshire is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingshire
- Preston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Preston is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Watson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Watson is located in Meagher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Powell County
- County Website: https://www.powellcountymt.gov/
- County Seat for Powell: Deer Lodge
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Nelson ...
- Blossburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blossburg is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossburg
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Nelson) 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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