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Nearest Communities to Tattnall,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.<1>

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


Tattnall is located in Phillips County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Phillips County: Blaine, Fergus, Garfield, Petroleum & Valley.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 26 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Tattnall. Of these communities, 6 are located in counties other than Phillips 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 Tattnall (which is Phillips 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 Tattnall

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

  • Phillips County   (where Tattnall resides)
    • County Seat for Phillips:   Malta
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Tattnall   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Tattnall.
      • Cree Crossing
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Cree Crossing is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cree Crossing
      • Cole
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Cole is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole
      • Sleeping Buffalo
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Sleeping Buffalo is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleeping Buffalo
      • Whitewater
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Ashfield
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Ashfield is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashfield
      • Bone Crossing
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Bone Crossing is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone Crossing
      • Valleytown
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Valleytown is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleytown
      • Jordan Crossing
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Jordan Crossing is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Crossing
      • Saco
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Saco is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saco
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saco <3>
      • Ynot ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Ynot is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ynot
      • Bowdoin
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Bowdoin is located in Phillips County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdoin
      • Loring
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • East Malta Colony
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • East Malta Colony is located in Phillips County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Malta Colony
        • Loring Colony
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Loring Colony is located in Phillips County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loring Colony
        • Greve ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Greve is located in Phillips County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greve
        • Lowrane ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Lowrane is located in Phillips County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrane
        • Malta
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Malta is located in Phillips County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,843 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malta <3>
        • Sumner
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Sumner is located in Phillips County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
        • Morgan
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Morgan is located in Phillips County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
        • Wagner
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Wagner is located in Phillips County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagner
  • Valley County
    • County Website:   https://www.valleycountymt.gov/
    • County Seat for Valley:   Glasgow
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Tattnall   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Tattnall.
      • Genevieve
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Genevieve is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genevieve
      • Beaverton
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Beaverton is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverton
      • Miles Crossing
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Miles Crossing is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles Crossing
      • Barr ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Barr is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barr
      • Hinsdale
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Larb ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Larb is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larb

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tattnall) 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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