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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 southeast 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 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Selma.<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 26 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Selma. Of these communities, 17 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 Website:   https://www.libertycountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Liberty:   Chester
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Selma   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Selma.
      • Riverview Colony
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Riverview Colony is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Colony
      • Tiber Dam Camp
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Tiber Dam Camp is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiber Dam Camp
      • George ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • George is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
      • Hay Coulee ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Hay Coulee is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Coulee
      • Lothair
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Lothair is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lothair
      • Tiber
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Tiber is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiber
      • Chester
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Buelow
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Buelow is located in Liberty County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buelow
      • Joplin
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Chouteau County
    • County Website:   https://co.chouteau.mt.us/
    • County Seat for Chouteau:   Fort Benton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Selma   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Selma.
      • Russell ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Russell is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
      • Ashmoor ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Ashmoor is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmoor
      • Genou ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Genou is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genou
      • Aznoe ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Aznoe is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aznoe
      • Woods Crossing
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Woods Crossing is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Crossing
      • Colony Bay ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Colony Bay is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Bay
      • Pleasant Valley ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Pleasant Valley is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Carter
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Tunis
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Tunis is located in Chouteau County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis
  • Hill County
  • Pondera County
  • Teton County
  • Toole 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Selma) 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 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.
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