Nearest Communities to Polson,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Polson, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Polson:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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 Polson.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Polson is located in Lake County and is the County Seat.
The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lake County: Flathead, Missoula & Sanders.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 60 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Polson. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Lake 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 Polson (which is Lake 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 Polson
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Lake County (where Polson resides)
- County Website: https://www.lakemt.gov/
- County Seat for Lake: Polson
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Polson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Polson.
- Belle-Vue Court
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Belle-Vue Court is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle-Vue Court
- Jette
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jette is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jette
- Kerr
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kerr is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
- Rocky Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Point is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Turtle Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Turtle Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
- Mountain View ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Kings Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kings Point is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
- Finley Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Finley Point is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley Point
- Dunham
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dunham is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunham
- Allard ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Allard is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allard
- Pablo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lindisfarne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lindisfarne is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindisfarne
- Continue List (24 more) ...
- Spring Valley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Spring Valley is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Big Arm
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Snowberg Court
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Snowberg Court is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowberg Court
- Ronan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Round Butte
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Round Butte is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Butte
- Dayton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Elmo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rollins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Proctor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Dance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bear Dance is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Dance
- Kicking Horse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kicking Horse is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kicking Horse
- Salmon Prairie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Salmon Prairie is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Prairie
- Allentown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Allentown is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Charlo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Meltons
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Meltons is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltons
- Sipes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sipes is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipes
- Post Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Post Creek is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Woods Bay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Woods Bay is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Bay
- Swan Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Mary Ronan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Mary Ronan is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mary Ronan
- Moiese
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Idlewise Court
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Idlewise Court is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewise Court
- Saint Ignatius
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ravalli
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Flathead County
- County Website: https://flatheadcounty.gov/
- County Seat for Flathead: Kalispell
- Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Polson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Polson.
- Hog Heaven ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hog Heaven is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Heaven
- Lakeside
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ferndale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ferndale is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Bigfork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bear Creek Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bear Creek Village is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek Village
- Holt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Holt is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
- Somers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Swan River ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Swan River is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan River
- Forest Hill Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Forest Hill Village is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Village
- Mud Lake ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mud Lake is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Lake
- Negro Prairie ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Negro Prairie is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Negro Prairie
- Quintonkon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Quintonkon is located in Flathead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintonkon
- Missoula County
- Sanders County
- County Website: https://www.co.sanders.mt.us/
- County Seat for Sanders: Thompson Falls
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Polson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Polson.
- Sloan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sloan is located in Sanders County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Lonepine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Niarada
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Niarada is located in Sanders County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niarada
- Camas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Camas is located in Sanders County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camas
- Agency
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Agency is located in Sanders County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agency
- Old Agency
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Old Agency is located in Sanders County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Agency
- Hot Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dixon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Camas Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Camas Prairie is located in Sanders County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camas Prairie
- McDonald
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- McDonald is located in Sanders County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- Perma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Perma is located in Sanders County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perma
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- Polson) 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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