Nearest Communities to Summit,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Summit, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Summit:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Summit is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Madison County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Madison County: Fremont (ID), Beaverhead, Gallatin, Jefferson & Silver Bow.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Summit. Of these communities, 6 are located in counties other than Madison 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 Summit (which is Madison 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 Summit
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Madison County (where Summit resides)
- County Website: https://madisoncountymt.gov/
- County Seat for Madison: Virginia City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Summit ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Summit.
- Central City ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Central City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Virginia City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Virginia City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Former names for Virginia City:
- Varina
- Verina
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virginia City <4>
- Nevada City ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Junction ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Junction is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Varney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Varney is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varney
- Bowman Place
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bowman Place is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Place
- Ruby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ruby is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Woodward Place
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodward Place is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward Place
- Kingrey Place
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kingrey Place is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingrey Place
- Alder
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hale Place
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hale Place is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale Place
- Cameron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
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- Laurin ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Laurin is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurin
- Reeder Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Reeder Place is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeder Place
- Tate Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tate Place is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tate Place
- Ball Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ball Place is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Place
- Ennis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Campbell Place
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Campbell Place is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Place
- Jeffers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jeffers is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffers
- Leonard Place
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leonard Place is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard Place
- Sweetwater ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sweetwater is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Burdick Place
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Burdick Place is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdick Place
- Leary Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leary Place is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leary Place
- Abe ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Abe is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abe
- McAllister
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fries Place
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fries Place is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fries Place
- Watkins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Watkins is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins
- Brandon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brandon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Sheridan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hoffman Place
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hoffman Place is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffman Place
- Holden Place
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Holden Place is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden Place
- Indian Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Indian Crossing is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Crossing
- Cowboys Heaven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cowboys Heaven is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowboys Heaven
- Leiterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Leiterville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leiterville
- Sterling
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sterling is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Big Sky Mountain Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Norris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bluff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bluff is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- Centerville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Twin Bridges
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pony ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Strawberry ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Strawberry is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Beacon Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beacon Point is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Point
- Grahams Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grahams Place is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahams Place
- Schusters Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Schusters Place is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schusters Place
- Beaverhead County
- County Website: https://beaverheadcountymt.gov/
- County Seat for Beaverhead: Dillon
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Summit ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Summit.
- Guntner Place
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Guntner Place is located in Beaverhead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntner Place
- Bishop Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bishop Place is located in Beaverhead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Place
- Fairview ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Beaverhead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- East Bench ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- East Bench is located in Beaverhead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bench
- Gallatin County
- County Website: https://www.gallatinmt.gov/
- County Seat for Gallatin: Bozeman
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Summit ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Summit.
- Big Sky
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Big Sky Meadow Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Summit) 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 Summit, 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. |