Nearest Communities to Preston,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Preston, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Preston:
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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Preston is located in Meagher County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Meagher County: Broadwater, Cascade, Gallatin, Judith Basin, Lewis and Clark, Park, Sweet Grass & Wheatland.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 36 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Preston. Of these communities, 25 are located in counties other than Meagher 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 Preston (which is Meagher 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 Preston
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Meagher County (where Preston resides)
- County Seat for Meagher: White Sulphur Springs
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Meagher County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Meagher County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Meagher County
- Nearest Communities to Preston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Preston.
- Watson
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Lingshire
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Fort Logan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Logan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Logan
- Fort Logan is located in Meagher County
- Manger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Buckingham
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buckingham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- Buckingham is located in Meagher County
- Langford City ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Langford City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langford City
- Langford City is located in Meagher County
- Wolsey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east) - Springdale Colony
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springdale Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Colony
- Springdale Colony is located in Meagher County
- White Sulphur Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Sulphur Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur Springs
- White Sulphur Springs is located in Meagher County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 915 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Sulphur Springs <4>
- Forest Green
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Green have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Green
- Forest Green is located in Meagher County
- Calkins ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Broadwater County
- County Seat for Broadwater: Townsend
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Broadwater County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Broadwater County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Broadwater County
- Nearest Communities to Preston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Preston.
- Whites City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whites City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites City
- Whites City is located in Broadwater County
- Diamond City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
- Diamond City is located in Broadwater County
- Barker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Noble
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Canton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south) - Winston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Winston is located in Broadwater County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winston <4>
- Bedford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Deep Creek ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deep Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
- Deep Creek is located in Broadwater County
- Townsend
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Townsend is located in Broadwater County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,220 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Townsend <4>
- Cascade County
- County Website: www.co.cascade.mt.us/
- County Seat for Cascade: Great Falls
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Cascade County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Cascade County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Cascade County
- Nearest Communities to Preston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Preston.
- Millegan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - Adel
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest) - Calvert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jefferson County
- County Website: www.co.jefferson.mt.us/
- County Seat for Jefferson: Boulder
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Jefferson County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Jefferson County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Jefferson County
- Nearest Communities to Preston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Preston.
- Clasoil
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Louisville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louisville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
- Louisville is located in Jefferson County
- Montana City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montana City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montana City
- Montana City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montana City <4>
- Lewis and Clark County
- County Website: www.co.lewis-clark.mt.us/
- County Seat for Lewis and Clark: Helena
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Lewis and Clark County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Lewis and Clark County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Lewis and Clark County
- Nearest Communities to Preston ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Preston.
- Vista
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Cavetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavetown
- Cavetown is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Daytown ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west) - Canyon Ferry
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canyon Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Ferry
- Canyon Ferry is located in Lewis and Clark County
- York
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Nelson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Lakeside
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Old Weiss And French Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Weiss And French Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Weiss And French Place
- Old Weiss And French Place is located in Lewis and Clark County
- East Helena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Helena
- East Helena is located in Lewis and Clark County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,130 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Helena <4>
- Four Range
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Range have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Range
- Four Range is located in Lewis and Clark County
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- Preston) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Preston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.7438, Longitude: -111.3583 In this case, the coordinates for Preston have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
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