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Nearest Communities to Springwater Colony,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 Springwater Colony.<1>

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

Springwater Colony is located in Wheatland County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wheatland County: Fergus, Golden Valley, Judith Basin, Meagher & Sweet Grass.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Springwater Colony. Of these communities, 17 are located in counties other than Wheatland 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 Springwater Colony (which is Wheatland 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 Springwater Colony

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

  • Wheatland County   (where Springwater Colony resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.wheatlandchamber.com/
    • County Seat for Wheatland:   Harlowton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Springwater Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Springwater Colony.
      • Harlowton
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Winnecook
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Winnecook is located in Wheatland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnecook
      • Hedgesville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Hedgesville is located in Wheatland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgesville
      • Duncan Ranch Colony
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Duncan Ranch Colony is located in Wheatland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan Ranch Colony
      • Living Springs
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Living Springs is located in Wheatland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Living Springs
      • Shawmut
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Judith Gap
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Twodot
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jellison Place
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Jellison Place is located in Wheatland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jellison Place
      • Martinsdale Colony
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Martinsdale Colony is located in Wheatland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsdale Colony
  • Fergus County
  • Golden Valley County
    • County Website:   https://www.goldenvalleycountymt.org/
    • County Seat for Golden Valley:   Ryegate
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Springwater Colony   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Springwater Colony.
      • Barber
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Barber is located in Golden Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
      • Dodgetown ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Dodgetown is located in Golden Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgetown
      • Franklin
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Franklin is located in Golden Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
      • Rothiemay
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Rothiemay is located in Golden Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothiemay
      • Golden Valley Colony
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Golden Valley Colony is located in Golden Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Valley Colony
      • Ryegate
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Ryegate is located in Golden Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryegate
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ryegate <3>
      • Seventynine ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Seventynine is located in Golden Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seventynine
  • Meagher County
  • Sweet Grass 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 from Point A (ie- Springwater Colony) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.