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Nearest Communities to Swan Lake,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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.<1>

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

Swan Lake is located in Lake County.

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lake County: Flathead, Missoula & Sanders.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 64 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Swan Lake. Of these communities, 36 are located in counties other than Lake 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 Swan Lake (which is Lake 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 Swan Lake

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

  • Lake County   (where Swan Lake resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.lakemt.gov/
    • County Seat for Lake:   Polson
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Swan Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Swan Lake.
      • Bear Dance
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Woods Bay
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Woods Bay is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Bay
      • Idlewise Court
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Idlewise Court is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewise Court
      • Allard ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Allard is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allard
      • Finley Point
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Finley Point is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley Point
      • Rollins
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Kings Point
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Kings Point is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Point
      • Lindisfarne
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Lindisfarne is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindisfarne
      • Salmon Prairie
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Salmon Prairie is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Prairie
      • Rocky Point
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Rocky Point is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
      • Turtle Lake
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Turtle Lake is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle Lake
      • Dayton
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Continue List   (16 more) ...
  • Flathead County
    • County Website:   https://flatheadcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Flathead:   Kalispell
    • Note: The Canadian Province of British Columbia lies to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Swan Lake   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Swan Lake.
      • Quintonkon
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Quintonkon is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintonkon
      • Ferndale
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Ferndale is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
      • Bear Creek Village
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Bigfork
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Mud Lake ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Mud Lake is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Lake
      • Swan River ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Swan River is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan River
      • Negro Prairie ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Negro Prairie is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Negro Prairie
      • Holt
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Holt is located in Flathead County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
      • Lakeside
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Canyon Creek Boat Landing
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Somers
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Creston
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Continue List   (23 more) ...
        • Forest Hill Village
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Forest Hill Village is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Village
        • Jessup
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Jessup is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessup
        • Nimrod
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Nimrod is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod
        • Demersville ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Demersville is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Demersville
        • Essex
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Mar-Le Villa
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Mar-Le Villa is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mar-Le Villa
        • Singleshot
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Singleshot is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singleshot
        • Three Forks
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Three Forks is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
        • Ashley ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Ashley is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
        • Duncan ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Duncan is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
        • Evergreen
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Kalispell
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Meadow Manor Incorporated
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Ridgewood Terrace
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Ridgewood Terrace is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Terrace
        • South Fork ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • South Fork is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
        • Wagsmith Villa ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Wagsmith Villa is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagsmith Villa
        • Snowslip
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Snowslip is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowslip
        • Parkdale ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Parkdale is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
        • Pinnacle
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Pinnacle is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinnacle
        • Blacktail
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Blacktail is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacktail
        • McCarthyville ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Northridge Heights
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Northridge Heights is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge Heights
        • Rose Crossing
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Rose Crossing is located in Flathead County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Crossing
  • Missoula County

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- Swan Lake) 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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