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Nearest Communities to Sahara,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 west 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.

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.

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

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Golden Valley County: Fergus, Musselshell, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Wheatland & Yellowstone.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 45 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sahara. Of these communities, 42 are located in counties other than Golden Valley 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 Sahara (which is Golden Valley 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 Sahara

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

  • Golden Valley County   (where Sahara resides)
  • Fergus County
    • County Website:   https://fergusmt.gov/
    • County Seat for Fergus:   Lewistown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sahara   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sahara.
      • Warr ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Warr is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warr
      • Forestgrove
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Piper
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Piper is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
      • Heath
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Heath is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
      • Darrel ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Darrel is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darrel
      • Becket
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Becket is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becket
      • Dryland ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Dryland is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryland
      • Box Springs ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Box Springs is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Springs
      • Cheadle ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Cheadle is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheadle
      • Skaggs ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Skaggs is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaggs
      • Novary ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Novary is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novary
      • Battrick ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Battrick is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battrick
      • Continue List   (26 more) ...
        • Ayers Ranch Colony
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Ayers Ranch Colony is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Ranch Colony
        • Beaver Creek
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Beaver Creek is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
        • Cottonwood
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Cottonwood is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
        • Lewistown Junction
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Lewistown Junction is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Junction
        • Chippewa ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Chippewa is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa
        • Nelson ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Nelson is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
        • Grass Range
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Akerville ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Akerville is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akerville
        • Corbly ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Corbly is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbly
        • Lewistown
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Rockford ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Rockford is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
        • Giltedge ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Giltedge is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giltedge
        • Ruby Gulch ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Ruby Gulch is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Gulch
        • Glengarry
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Glengarry is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glengarry
        • Lewistown Heights
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Lewistown Heights is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown Heights
        • Roy - Winifred Junction
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Seright ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Seright is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seright
        • Bell Ranch Colony
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Bell Ranch Colony is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Ranch Colony
        • West Lewistown
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • West Lewistown is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lewistown
        • Garneill
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • McClave
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • McClave is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClave
        • Canyon ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Canyon is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
        • Fort Maginnis ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Fort Maginnis is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Maginnis
        • Maiden
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Maiden is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden
        • New Year
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • New Year is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Year
        • Moore
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Musselshell County
  • Wheatland County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Sahara) 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 Sahara, 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.