Nearest Communities to Selma,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Selma, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Selma:
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 Selma is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Liberty County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Liberty County: Chouteau, Hill, Pondera & Toole.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 25 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Selma. Of these communities, 16 are located in counties other than Liberty 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 Selma (which is Liberty 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 Selma
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Liberty County (where Selma resides)
- County Seat for Liberty: Chester
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Liberty County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Liberty County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Liberty County
- Nearest Communities to Selma ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Selma.
- Riverview Colony
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverview Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Colony
- Riverview Colony is located in Liberty County
- Tiber Dam Camp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tiber Dam Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiber Dam Camp
- Tiber Dam Camp is located in Liberty County
- George ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Hay Coulee ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hay Coulee have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Coulee
- Hay Coulee is located in Liberty County
- Lothair
(18 miles [29 km] to the north) - Tiber
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north) - Chester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Chester is located in Liberty County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 870 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <5>
- Buelow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Joplin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joplin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joplin
- Joplin is located in Liberty County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Joplin <5>
- Chouteau County
- County Website: www.co.chouteau.mt.us/
- County Seat for Chouteau: Fort Benton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Chouteau County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Chouteau County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Chouteau County
- Nearest Communities to Selma ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Selma.
- Russell ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Ashmoor ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Genou ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Aznoe ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - Woods Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Crossing
- Woods Crossing is located in Chouteau County
- Colony Bay ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colony Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Bay
- Colony Bay is located in Chouteau County
- Pleasant Valley ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Pleasant Valley is located in Chouteau County
- Carter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carter have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
- Carter is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carter <5>
- Hill County
- County Website: www.co.hill.mt.us/
- County Seat for Hill: Havre
- Note: The Canadian Province of Alberta lies to the northwest and the Province of Saskatchewan to the northeast
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Hill County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Hill County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Hill County
- Nearest Communities to Selma ...
- Pondera County
- County Website: www.ponderacountymontana.org/
- County Seat for Pondera: Conrad
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Pondera County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Pondera County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Pondera County
- Nearest Communities to Selma ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Selma.
- Sollid ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west) - East Community
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Community have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Community
- East Community is located in Pondera County
- Fowler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Teton County
- County Seat for Teton: Choteau
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Teton County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Teton County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Teton County
- Nearest Communities to Selma ...
- Diamond Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Valley
- Diamond Valley is located in Teton County
- Diamond Valley
- Toole County
- County Seat for Toole: Shelby
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Toole County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Toole County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Toole County
- Nearest Communities to Selma ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Selma.
- Galata
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galata
- Galata is located in Toole County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galata <5>
- Devon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest) - Dunkirk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Selma) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Selma. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.2133, Longitude: -111.1297 In this case, the coordinates for Selma have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Selma, 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |