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Nearest Communities to Silver King,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Silver King.<1>

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


Although our information shows that the community of Silver King is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Lewis and Clark County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lewis and Clark County: Broadwater, Cascade, Flathead, Jefferson, Meagher, Powell & Teton.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 40 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Silver King. Of these communities, 12 are located in counties other than Lewis and Clark 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 Silver King (which is Lewis and Clark 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 Silver King

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

  • Lewis and Clark County   (where Silver King resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.lccountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Lewis and Clark:   Helena
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Silver King   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Silver King.
      • Mike Horse ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Mike Horse is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mike Horse
      • Lincoln
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Clemons ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Clemons is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemons
      • Frost ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Frost is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
      • Copper Camp ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Copper Camp is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Camp
      • Lower Ellis Place
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Lower Ellis Place is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Ellis Place
      • Upper Ellis Place
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Upper Ellis Place is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Ellis Place
      • Strom
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Strom is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strom
      • Wilborn
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Wilborn is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilborn
      • La Chapelle Place
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • La Chapelle Place is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Chapelle Place
      • Dearborn Crossing ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Dearborn Crossing is located in Lewis and Clark County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearborn Crossing
        • Dearborn Crossing has also been known as:
        • Dearborn City
        • Dearborn
      • Wolf Creek
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Continue List   (16 more) ...
        • Milford Colony
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Milford Colony is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Colony
        • Atlantic City ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Atlantic City is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic City
        • Sieben
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Sieben is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sieben
        • Canyon Creek
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Craig
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Gloster
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Gloster is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloster
        • Marysville ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Trinity ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Trinity is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
        • Dennison ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Dennison is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
        • Racine Ford ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Racine Ford is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine Ford
        • Bald Butte
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Bald Butte is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Butte
        • Augusta
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Silver City
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Silver City is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
        • Split Rock Junction
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Split Rock Junction is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Split Rock Junction
        • Ferris ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Ferris is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
        • Gilman
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Gilman is located in Lewis and Clark County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
  • Cascade County
  • Powell County
    • County Website:   https://www.powellcountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Powell:   Deer Lodge
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Silver King   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Silver King.
      • Keiley
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Keiley is located in Powell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiley
      • Coughlin
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Coughlin is located in Powell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coughlin
      • Finn
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Finn is located in Powell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finn
      • Geary
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Geary is located in Powell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geary
      • Mannix
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Mannix is located in Powell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannix
      • Helmville
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Blackfoot City ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Blackfoot City is located in Powell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot City
      • Quigley
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Quigley is located in Powell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quigley
      • McGillvary
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • McGillvary is located in Powell County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGillvary
      • Ovando
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Silver King) 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 Silver King, 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.