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Nearest Communities to Shorey,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Stillwater County: Carbon, Golden Valley, Park, Sweet Grass & Yellowstone.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 24 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Shorey. Of these communities, 19 are located in counties other than Stillwater 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 Shorey (which is Stillwater 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 Shorey

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

  • Stillwater County   (where Shorey resides)
    • County Seat for Stillwater:   Columbus
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shorey   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shorey.
      • Rapelje
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Busteed
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Busteed have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busteed
        • Busteed is located in Stillwater County
      • Molt
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Craver
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craver have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craver
        • Craver is located in Stillwater County
      • Springtime
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springtime have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springtime
        • Springtime is located in Stillwater County
  • Golden Valley County
    • County Seat for Golden Valley:   Ryegate
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shorey   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shorey.
      • Seventynine ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seventynine have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seventynine
        • Seventynine is located in Golden Valley County
      • Belmont
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belmont have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
        • Belmont is located in Golden Valley County
      • Cushman
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cushman have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushman
        • Cushman is located in Golden Valley County
      • Golden Valley Colony
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Valley Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Valley Colony
        • Golden Valley Colony is located in Golden Valley County
      • Slayton Junction ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slayton Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayton Junction
        • Slayton Junction is located in Golden Valley County
      • Lavina
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lavina have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavina
        • Lavina is located in Golden Valley County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lavina <4>
      • Ryegate
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ryegate have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate
        • Ryegate is located in Golden Valley County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ryegate <4>
      • Dodgetown ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dodgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgetown
        • Dodgetown is located in Golden Valley County
      • Franklin
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
        • Franklin is located in Golden Valley County
      • Barber
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barber have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
        • Barber is located in Golden Valley County
  • Musselshell County
    • County Seat for Musselshell:   Roundup
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shorey   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shorey.
      • Bundy
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bundy have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bundy
        • Bundy is located in Musselshell County
      • Elso
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elso have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elso
        • Elso is located in Musselshell County
  • Wheatland County
  • Yellowstone County
    • County Website:   www.co.yellowstone.mt.us/
    • County Seat for Yellowstone:   Billings
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shorey   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shorey.
      • Broadview
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Comanche
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche
        • Comanche is located in Yellowstone County
      • Acton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
        • Acton is located in Yellowstone County
      • Rimrock
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimrock
        • Rimrock is located in Yellowstone County
      • Baseline
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baseline have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baseline
        • Baseline is located in Yellowstone County
      • Hesper
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesper
        • Hesper is located in Yellowstone County

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- Shorey) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shorey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.0805, Longitude: -109.1007       In this case, the coordinates for Shorey 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 Shorey, 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.
<5>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.




 

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