Nearest Communities to Square Butte,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Square Butte, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Square Butte:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 starting from Square Butte.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Square Butte is located in Chouteau County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chouteau County: Blaine, Cascade, Fergus, Hill, Judith Basin, Liberty, Pondera & Teton.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 29 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Square Butte. Of these communities, 19 are located in counties other than Chouteau 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 Square Butte (which is Chouteau 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 Square Butte
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Chouteau County (where Square Butte resides)
- County Website: www.co.chouteau.mt.us/
- County Seat for Chouteau: Fort Benton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Chouteau County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Chouteau County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Chouteau County
- Nearest Communities to Square Butte ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Square Butte.
- Lonetree ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Geraldine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geraldine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geraldine
- Geraldine is located in Chouteau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geraldine <4>
- Montague
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Patterson ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Shonkin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Big Sag
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sag
- Big Sag is located in Chouteau County
- Iliad
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Highwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwood
- Highwood is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highwood <4>
- Hopp ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast) - Fort Benton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Benton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Benton
- Fort Benton is located in Chouteau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Benton <4>
- Fergus County
- County Website: www.co.fergus.mt.us/
- County Seat for Fergus: Lewistown
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Fergus County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Fergus County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Fergus County
- Nearest Communities to Square Butte ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Square Butte.
- Pownal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Coffee Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Creek
- Coffee Creek is located in Fergus County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coffee Creek <4>
- Denton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Denton is located in Fergus County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denton <4>
- Everson ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Hoosac
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast) - Samples Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Samples Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samples Crossing
- Samples Crossing is located in Fergus County
- Judith ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast) - Danvers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
- Danvers is located in Fergus County
- Deerfield Colony
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deerfield Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Colony
- Deerfield Colony is located in Fergus County
- Judith Basin County
- County Seat for Judith Basin: Stanford
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Montana
- Judith Basin County
- From Family Search:
- State of Montana
- Judith Basin County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Montana
- Judith Basin County
- Nearest Communities to Square Butte ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Square Butte.
- Arrow Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrow Creek
- Arrow Creek is located in Judith Basin County
- Dover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Merino
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Geyser
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geyser
- Geyser is located in Judith Basin County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geyser <4>
- Surprise Creek Colony
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Surprise Creek Colony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise Creek Colony
- Surprise Creek Colony is located in Judith Basin County
- Stanford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Stanford is located in Judith Basin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanford <4>
- Spion Kop
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest) - Windham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham
- Windham is located in Judith Basin County
- Mann ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest) - Raynesford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynesford
- Raynesford is located in Judith Basin County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raynesford <4>
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- Square Butte) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Square Butte. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.5150, Longitude: -110.1983 In this case, the coordinates for Square Butte have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |