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Nearest Communities to Teigen,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.

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.


Teigen is located in Petroleum County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Petroleum County: Fergus, Garfield, Musselshell & Phillips.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 34 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Teigen. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Petroleum 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 Teigen (which is Petroleum 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 Teigen

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

  • Petroleum County   (where Teigen resides)
    • County Website:   https://petroleumcountymt.org/
    • County Seat for Petroleum:   Winnett
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Teigen   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Teigen.
      • Winnett
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Blakeslee ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Blakeslee is located in Petroleum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakeslee
      • Flatwillow
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Flatwillow is located in Petroleum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwillow
      • Wallview ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Wallview is located in Petroleum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallview
      • Hoyle ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Hoyle is located in Petroleum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyle
      • Shay ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Shay is located in Petroleum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shay
      • Jitney ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Jitney is located in Petroleum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jitney
      • Cat Creek
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Dovetail ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Dovetail is located in Petroleum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dovetail
      • Kelley
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Kelley is located in Petroleum County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelley
  • Fergus County
    • County Website:   https://fergusmt.gov/
    • County Seat for Fergus:   Lewistown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Teigen   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Teigen.
      • Grass Range
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Battrick ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Battrick is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battrick
      • Becket
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Becket is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becket
      • Bell Ranch Colony
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Bell Ranch Colony is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Ranch Colony
      • Ayers Ranch Colony
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Ayers Ranch Colony is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Ranch Colony
      • Chippewa ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Chippewa is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippewa
      • Dryland ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Dryland is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryland
      • Warr ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Warr is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warr
      • Valentine
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Valentine is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
      • Darrel ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Darrel is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darrel
      • Novary ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Novary is located in Fergus County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novary
      • Forestgrove
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Box Elder ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Box Elder is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Elder
        • Roy
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Cheadle ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Cheadle is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheadle
        • Fort Maginnis ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Fort Maginnis is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Maginnis
        • Piper
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Piper is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
        • Giltedge ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Skaggs ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Skaggs is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaggs
        • Fergus
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Fergus is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fergus
        • Canyon ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Canyon is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
        • Nelson ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Nelson is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
        • Rustle ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Rustle is located in Fergus County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustle
  • Musselshell County

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- Teigen) 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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