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Nearest Communities to Red Rock,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 from Red Rock.<1>

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

Red Rock is located in Beaverhead County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Beaverhead County: Clark (ID), Fremont (ID), Lemhi (ID), Deer Lodge, Madison, Ravalli & Silver Bow.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 30 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Red Rock. Of these communities, 6 are located in counties other than Beaverhead 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 Red Rock (which is Beaverhead 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 Red Rock

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

  • Beaverhead County   (where Red Rock resides)
    • County Website:   https://beaverheadcountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Beaverhead:   Dillon
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Red Rock   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Red Rock.
      • Armstead ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Kidd
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Kidd is located in Beaverhead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidd
      • Grayling
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Grayling is located in Beaverhead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayling
      • Dalys
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Dalys is located in Beaverhead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalys
      • Dell
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Frenchie Place
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Frenchie Place is located in Beaverhead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchie Place
      • Grant
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Grant is located in Beaverhead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
      • Barretts
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Barretts is located in Beaverhead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts
      • Ford
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Ford is located in Beaverhead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
      • Hildreth
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Hildreth is located in Beaverhead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildreth
      • Chinatown
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Chinatown is located in Beaverhead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinatown
      • Centerville ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Centerville is located in Beaverhead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
      • Continue List   (12 more) ...
        • Yankee Flat ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Yankee Flat is located in Beaverhead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Flat
        • Bannack ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Lima
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Lima is located in Beaverhead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <3>
        • Dillon
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Dillon is located in Beaverhead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,333 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dillon <3>
        • Ermont Mill
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Ermont Mill is located in Beaverhead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ermont Mill
        • Argenta
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • East Bench ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • East Bench is located in Beaverhead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bench
        • Fairview ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Fairview is located in Beaverhead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
        • Guntner Place
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Guntner Place is located in Beaverhead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntner Place
        • Nicholia ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Nicholia is located in Beaverhead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholia
        • Bishop Place
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Bishop Place is located in Beaverhead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Place
        • Bond
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Bond is located in Beaverhead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bond
  • Madison County
  • Lemhi 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- Red Rock) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.