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Nearest Communities to Seeley Lake,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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


Seeley Lake is located in Missoula County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Missoula County: Clearwater (ID), Idaho (ID), Flathead, Granite, Lake, Mineral, Powell, Ravalli & Sanders.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 38 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Seeley Lake. Of these communities, 11 are located in counties other than Missoula 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 Seeley Lake (which is Missoula 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 Seeley Lake

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

  • Missoula County   (where Seeley Lake resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.missoulacounty.us/
    • County Seat for Missoula:   Missoula
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Seeley Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Seeley Lake.
      • Woodworth
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Woodworth is located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodworth
      • Clearwater
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Clearwater is located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
      • Barite
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Barite is located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barite
      • Sunset
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Sunset is located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
      • Greenough
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Potomac
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Potomac is located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potomac
      • McNamara
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • McNamara is located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNamara
      • Twin Creeks
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Twin Creeks is located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Creeks
      • Yreka
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Yreka is located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yreka
      • Coloma ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Coloma is located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
      • Miller
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Miller is located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
      • Copper Cliff ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Copper Cliff is located in Missoula County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Cliff
      • Continue List   (15 more) ...
        • Condon
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Bonner
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Schley
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Schley is located in Missoula County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schley
        • Bonner Junction
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Bonner Junction is located in Missoula County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonner Junction
        • Carols Court
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Carols Court is located in Missoula County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carols Court
        • Milltown
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Mountain View Court
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Mountain View Court is located in Missoula County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Court
        • Piltzville
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Pinegrove
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Pinegrove is located in Missoula County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinegrove
        • Turah
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Turah is located in Missoula County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turah
        • West Riverside
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • West Riverside is located in Missoula County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Riverside
        • Grant Creek ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Grant Creek is located in Missoula County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Creek
        • Clinton
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • East Missoula
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Evaro
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Evaro is located in Missoula County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evaro
  • Granite County
  • Lake County
  • Powell 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 from Point A (ie- Seeley Lake) 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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