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Nearest Communities to South Browning,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from South Browning.<1>

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

South Browning is located in Glacier County.

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Glacier County: Flathead, Pondera & Toole.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 39 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of South Browning. Of these communities, 11 are located in counties other than Glacier County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for South Browning (which is Glacier 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 South Browning

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

  • Glacier County   (where South Browning resides)
    • County Website:   https://glaciercountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Glacier:   Cut Bank
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to South Browning   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from South Browning.
      • Browning
        (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • North Browning
        (Less than 2 miles to the north)
        • North Browning is located in Glacier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Browning
      • Durham
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Durham is located in Glacier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
      • Blackfoot
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Blackfoot is located in Glacier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot
      • Starr School
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Starr School is located in Glacier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr School
      • Star
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Star is located in Glacier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
      • East Glacier Park Village
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • East Glacier Park
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Kiowa
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Meriwether
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Meriwether is located in Glacier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriwether
      • Family ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Family is located in Glacier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Family
      • Wetzel
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Wetzel is located in Glacier County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetzel
      • Continue List   (16 more) ...
        • Piegan
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Piegan is located in Glacier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piegan
        • Bison
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Bison is located in Glacier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
        • Fort Piegan
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Fort Piegan is located in Glacier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Piegan
        • False Summit
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
          • False Summit is located in Glacier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for False Summit
        • Hidden Lake Colony
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Hidden Lake Colony is located in Glacier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake Colony
        • Sundance
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Sundance is located in Glacier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance
        • Seville Colony
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Seville Colony is located in Glacier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seville Colony
        • Summit
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Summit is located in Glacier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
        • Big Sky Colony
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Big Sky Colony is located in Glacier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sky Colony
        • Douglas ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Douglas is located in Glacier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
        • Saint Mary
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Gunsight
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Gunsight is located in Glacier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunsight
        • Rising Sun
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Babb
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Glendale Colony
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Glendale Colony is located in Glacier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Colony
        • Sullivan ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Sullivan is located in Glacier County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
  • Flathead County
  • Pondera County

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 drawn from Point A (ie- South Browning) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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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