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Nearest Communities to Sutherland,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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 starting from Sutherland.<1>

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


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

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Prairie County: Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield, McCone & Wibaux.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 23 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sutherland. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Prairie 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 Sutherland (which is Prairie 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 Sutherland

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

  • Prairie County   (where Sutherland resides)
    • County Seat for Prairie:   Terry
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sutherland   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sutherland.
      • Benz
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benz have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benz
        • Benz is located in Prairie County
      • Zero
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zero have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zero
        • Zero is located in Prairie County
      • Blatchford
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blatchford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blatchford
        • Blatchford is located in Prairie County
      • Saugus
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saugus have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugus
        • Saugus is located in Prairie County
      • Calypso
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calypso have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calypso
        • Calypso is located in Prairie County
      • Terry
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry
        • Terry is located in Prairie County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Terry <5>
      • Bluffport
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluffport have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffport
        • Bluffport is located in Prairie County
      • Mildred
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Fallon
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fallon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
        • Fallon is located in Prairie County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fallon <5>
      • McCloud
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCloud have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCloud
        • McCloud is located in Prairie County
  • Custer County
    • County Seat for Custer:   Miles City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sutherland   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sutherland.
      • Bonfield
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonfield
        • Bonfield is located in Custer County
      • Shirley
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shirley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
        • Shirley is located in Custer County
      • Kinsey
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Knowlton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knowlton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowlton
        • Knowlton is located in Custer County
      • Tusler
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tusler have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusler
        • Tusler is located in Custer County
      • Mizpah
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mizpah have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mizpah
        • Mizpah is located in Custer County
      • Ismay
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ismay
        • Ismay is located in Custer County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
        • Former name for Ismay:
        • Joe
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ismay <5>
      • Miles City
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Miles City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles City
        • Miles City is located in Custer County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,181 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Miles City <5>
      • Westwood Estates
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westwood Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Estates
        • Westwood Estates is located in Custer County
      • Foundation ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foundation have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundation
        • Foundation is located in Custer County
      • Cutler ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cutler have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutler
        • Cutler is located in Custer County
      • Hilcrest ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilcrest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilcrest
        • Hilcrest is located in Custer County
  • Dawson 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- Sutherland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sutherland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5781, Longitude: -105.3450       In this case, the coordinates for Sutherland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Sutherland, 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>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.









 

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