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Nearest Communities to Smead,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.<1>

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

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

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sanders County: Bonner (ID), Shoshone (ID), Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral & Missoula.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 42 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Smead. Of these communities, 33 are located in counties other than Sanders 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 Smead (which is Sanders 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 Smead

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

  • Sanders County   (where Smead resides)
  • Lincoln County
    • County Website:   https://lincolncountymt.us/
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   Libby
    • Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Smead   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Smead.
      • Manicke ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Manicke is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manicke
      • Pioneer Junction
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Pioneer Junction is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Junction
      • White Haven
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • White Haven is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Haven
      • Libby
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Libby is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libby
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,845 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Libby <4>
      • Kootenai Falls
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Kootenai Falls is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kootenai Falls
      • Green Acres
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Green Acres is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
      • Troy
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Bonner County
    • County Website:   https://www.bonnercountyid.gov/
    • County Seat for Bonner:   Sandpoint (ID)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Smead   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Smead.
      • Cabinet ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Clark Fork
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Denton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Denton is located in Bonner County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
      • East Hope
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • East Hope is located in Bonner County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hope
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
      • Hope
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Hope is located in Bonner County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <4>
      • Granite
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Granite is located in Bonner County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
      • Glengary
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Glengary is located in Bonner County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glengary
      • Cedar Creek
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Lakeview
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Garfield
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Garfield is located in Bonner County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
      • Broten
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Broten is located in Bonner County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broten
      • Newman
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Newman is located in Bonner County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Trestle Creek
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Trestle Creek is located in Bonner County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trestle Creek
        • Blacktail
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Blacktail is located in Bonner County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacktail
        • Talache Landing
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Talache Landing is located in Bonner County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talache Landing
        • Sunnyside
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Sunnyside is located in Bonner County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
        • Talache
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Talache is located in Bonner County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talache
  • Shoshone County
    • County Website:   https://shoshonecounty.id.gov/
    • County Seat for Shoshone:   Wallace (ID)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Smead   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Smead.
      • Steamboat Rocks
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Steamboat Rocks is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat Rocks
      • Elkhorn
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Elkhorn is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
      • Prichard
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Prichard is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prichard
      • Eagle
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Eagle is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
      • Murray
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Nelson ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Nelson is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
      • Steamboat ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Steamboat is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat
      • Delta
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Thiard
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Thiard is located in Shoshone County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thiard

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Smead) 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 Smead, 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.