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Nearest Communities to Rancher,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Rancher.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Rancher is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Treasure County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Treasure County: Big Horn, Musselshell, Petroleum, Rosebud & Yellowstone.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 28 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Rancher. Of these communities, 21 are located in counties other than Treasure 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 Rancher (which is Treasure 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 Rancher

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

  • Treasure County   (where Rancher resides)
    • County Seat for Treasure:   Hysham
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rancher   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rancher.
      • Myers
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Myers is located in Treasure County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
      • Etchetah ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Etchetah is located in Treasure County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etchetah
      • Bighorn
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Kurtzville ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Kurtzville is located in Treasure County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurtzville
      • Hysham
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Sanders
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Sanders is located in Treasure County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders
      • Burnt Creek ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Burnt Creek is located in Treasure County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Creek
  • Big Horn County
    • County Website:   https://www.bighorncountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Big Horn:   Hardin
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rancher   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rancher.
      • Old Ford Place
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Old Ford Place is located in Big Horn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Ford Place
      • Foster
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Foster is located in Big Horn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
      • Kingley
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Kingley is located in Big Horn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingley
      • Carperville ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Carperville is located in Big Horn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carperville
      • McRae ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • McRae is located in Big Horn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRae
  • Rosebud County
    • County Website:   https://rosebudcountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Rosebud:   Forsyth
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rancher   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rancher.
      • Ahles
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Ahles is located in Rosebud County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ahles
      • Thebes
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Thebes is located in Rosebud County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
      • Finch
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Finch is located in Rosebud County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
      • Ingomar
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Vananda
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Vananda is located in Rosebud County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vananda
      • Howard ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Howard is located in Rosebud County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
      • Galbraith
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Galbraith is located in Rosebud County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galbraith
      • Sumatra
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Nichols
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Nichols is located in Rosebud County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
      • Hibbard ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Hibbard is located in Rosebud County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbard
      • Cold Spring
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Cold Spring is located in Rosebud County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
      • Bascom
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Bascom is located in Rosebud County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bascom
  • Yellowstone 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- Rancher) 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 Rancher, 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.