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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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

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 Website:   https://www.meagherco.com/
    • County Seat for Meagher:   White Sulphur Springs
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Preston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Preston.
      • Watson
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Watson is located in Meagher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
      • Lingshire
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Lingshire is located in Meagher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingshire
      • Fort Logan
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Fort Logan is located in Meagher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Logan
      • Manger
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Manger is located in Meagher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manger
      • Buckingham
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Buckingham is located in Meagher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
      • Langford City ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Langford City is located in Meagher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langford City
      • Wolsey
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Wolsey is located in Meagher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolsey
      • Springdale Colony
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Springdale Colony is located in Meagher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Colony
      • White Sulphur Springs
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Forest Green
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Forest Green is located in Meagher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Green
      • Calkins ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Calkins is located in Meagher County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calkins
  • Broadwater County
    • County Website:   https://www.broadwatercountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Broadwater:   Townsend
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Preston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Preston.
      • Whites City
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Whites City is located in Broadwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites City
      • Diamond City
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Diamond City is located in Broadwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
      • Barker
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Barker is located in Broadwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker
      • Noble
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Noble is located in Broadwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
      • Canton
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Canton is located in Broadwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
      • Winston
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Bedford
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Bedford is located in Broadwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
      • Deep Creek ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Deep Creek is located in Broadwater County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
      • Townsend
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Cascade County
  • Jefferson County
  • Lewis and Clark County
    • County Website:   https://www.lccountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Lewis and Clark:   Helena
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Preston   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Preston.
      • Vista
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Vista is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
      • Cavetown
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Cavetown is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavetown
      • Daytown ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Daytown is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daytown
      • Canyon Ferry
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Canyon Ferry is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Ferry
      • York
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • York is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
      • Nelson
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Nelson is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
      • Lakeside
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Lakeside is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
      • Old Weiss And French Place
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • East Helena
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Four Range
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Four Range is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Range

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. 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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