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Nearest Communities to Russell,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.<1>

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

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

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chouteau County: Blaine, Cascade, Fergus, Hill, Judith Basin, Liberty, Pondera & Teton.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 29 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Russell. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Chouteau 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 Russell (which is Chouteau 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 Russell

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

  • Chouteau County   (where Russell resides)
    • County Website:   https://co.chouteau.mt.us/
    • County Seat for Chouteau:   Fort Benton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Russell   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Russell.
      • Genou ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Genou is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genou
      • Ashmoor ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Ashmoor is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmoor
      • Aznoe ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Aznoe is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aznoe
      • Woods Crossing
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Woods Crossing is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Crossing
      • Pleasant Valley ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Pleasant Valley is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Colony Bay ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Colony Bay is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Bay
      • Carter
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Tunis
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Tunis is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
      • Kershaw
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Kershaw is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kershaw
      • Floweree
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Fort Benton
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Chappell
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Chappell is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappell
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Loma
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Ophir ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Ophir is located in Chouteau County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
        • Kenilworth
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Kenilworth is located in Chouteau County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenilworth
        • Lander Crossing
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Lander Crossing is located in Chouteau County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lander Crossing
  • Cascade County
  • Hill County
  • Liberty County
    • County Website:   https://www.libertycountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Liberty:   Chester
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Russell   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Russell.
      • Riverview Colony
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Riverview Colony is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Colony
      • Selma ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Selma is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
      • Tiber Dam Camp
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Tiber Dam Camp is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiber Dam Camp
      • George ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • George is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
      • Hay Coulee ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Hay Coulee is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Coulee
      • Lothair
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Lothair is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lothair
      • Tiber
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Tiber is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiber
  • Pondera County
  • Teton County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Russell) 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 Russell, 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.
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